Travel update from Joshua: Shizuoka, Japan

The Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan produces about 70% of Japanese green tea. Shizuoka, which translates into "tranquil hills" has been producing green teas for more than 800 years. Located on the south eastern coast facing the Pacific Ocean, Shizuoka's unique terrain, rich soil, balance of sunshine and rainfall along with dense fog are the right combination for quality green tea production. 

The Shizuoka airport offers an awesome green tea service. I ordered Fukamushi Sencha from the Makinohara district in Shizuoka and it was prepared by an expert tea instructor in the airport tea shop. The tea shop only hires certified tea instructors. He had great brewing skill.

 This tea menu is a map of Shizuoka and you can choose your tea by origin. Very nice!

Here a Japanese Tea Master performs a tea ceremony with his fellow tea masters from Korea and China at the World O-CHA (tea) Festival in Shizuoka.

This is a poster for the World O-CHA 2010 Festival in Shizuoka.

We offer a few wonderful green teas from Shizuoka: Genmaicha, Genmai Matcha, Sencha Superior, Sencha Yuzu and Sencha Sakura.

2010 Spring Harvest Videos from Hubei, China

We're very excited to share a few personal and educational videos from Joshua and friends in Hubei, China, filmed this April, 2010.

Welcome message from Joshua and the Xuan En Fair Trade Funded Hospital Staff


Interview with Mr. Qu who represents hundreds of families from all the villages that produce our Fair Trade organic teas from Xuan En in Hubei, China.


Joshua speaks with Mrs. Wang in Bai Hu Shan, White Tiger Mountain Village. Mrs. Wang is one of 600 members of the Xuan En Fair Trade Organic Tea Farmer's Co-op in Xuan En, Hubei, China.


Joshua drinks tea and speaks with Mr. Lee, a Xuan En organic tea farmer and Fair Trade Co-op member to discuss the recent fair trade developments in Ma'An Village, Hubei, China.