NISHIO AND THE HISTORY OF TEA

The hometown in Nishio is special product ground of the powdered green tea of the top of Japan. The history is a traditional tasting that continues from Kamakura Period old. The technique of Takumi who succeeds the tradition is smoothly alive in the powdered green tea of fine Nishio. It makes every effort, it puts with the chaozu used from old, it pulls, and it raises it. It is done in a similar way as the medicine laboratory (gunwale) used to make the Chinese medicine. Fine powdered green tea in every several microns that can be done only by 40 grams even if it pulls it for one hour with one chaozu. And, it is "Set workman. " to adjust the chaozu firmly. The technique of the tradition succeeded from Takumi to the apprentice supports a delicious powdered green tea-making. Moreover, the powdered green tea of Nishio challenges Guinness on October 8, 2006. A red carpet of hundreds of meters was paved as shown in the vicinity of Hommachi, and "Nishio large tea party" in which 14,718 people made tea all together exceeded 7520 of the pre-records, and was recognized to Guinness Book splendidly. The hometown in Nishio City is a productive center of the powdered green tea of the top of Japan. The history is a traditional tasting that continues from Kamakura Period old.

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