{"id":2747,"date":"2017-05-10T22:52:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T13:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kokaen-cha.jp\/blog\/?p=2747"},"modified":"2017-05-10T22:52:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T13:52:19","slug":"post-2747","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kokaen-cha.jp\/blog\/en\/2017\/05\/10\/post-2747\/","title":{"rendered":"Tea picking has begun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year, we have been picking new shoots since April 27th.<\/p>\n<p>First, the tea leaves that will become sencha (deep-steamed tea) are picked.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#039;s new buds are growing freely and producing fragrant new tea.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2748\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2748\" class=\"wp-image-2748 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/kokaen-cha.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/61e0dc2610eb556d18aab02abc37ee74-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\u81ea\u7136\u4ed5\u7acb\u3066\u3000\u624b\u6458\u307f\u98a8\u666f\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kokaen-cha.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/61e0dc2610eb556d18aab02abc37ee74-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kokaen-cha.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/61e0dc2610eb556d18aab02abc37ee74.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Naturally grown, hand-picked<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Every year during the May holidays, my children and their friends come to pick them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2749\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2749\" class=\"wp-image-2749 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/kokaen-cha.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/16eef7e6e0bd59de40d008deb21ce489-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\u304a\u8336\u6458\u307f\u306e\u304a\u624b\u4f1d\u3044\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kokaen-cha.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/16eef7e6e0bd59de40d008deb21ce489-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kokaen-cha.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/16eef7e6e0bd59de40d008deb21ce489.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Helping with tea picking<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2750\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2750\" class=\"wp-image-2750 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/kokaen-cha.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/0fce86b00dd75c31f9157f136b1a75bd-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\u714e\u8336\uff08\u6df1\u84b8\u3057\u8336\uff09\u306e\u624b\u6458\u307f\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kokaen-cha.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/0fce86b00dd75c31f9157f136b1a75bd-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kokaen-cha.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/0fce86b00dd75c31f9157f136b1a75bd.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2750\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hand-picked Sencha (deep-steamed tea)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the past, local students would come pick tea leaves on their way home from school to earn some pocket money.<\/p>\n<p>Children who have had the experience of picking them when they were young<\/p>\n<p>Even though it&#039;s been a while since I last picked them as an adult, I&#039;m still good at it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now that view is gone,<\/p>\n<p>It makes me happy to see the kids picking them.<\/p>\n<p>To preserve the traditional hand-picking method<\/p>\n<p>I want to convey this message.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u4eca\u5e74\u306f\u30014\u670827\u65e5\u304b\u3089\u65b0\u82bd\u3092\u6458\u3093\u3067\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002 \u307e\u305a\u306f\u3001\u714e\u8336\uff08\u6df1\u84b8\u3057\u8336\uff09\u306b\u306a\u308b\u8336\u8449\u304b &#8230; 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