Triumph and Beauty - from Heartbreak and Tragedy. We received this wonderful Hagi Houhin recently only to find that the back rim had...

Oscar Brekell, Certified Japanese Tea Instructor and author, dropped by and gave a tea tasting of his Senchaism Single Estate Teas and...

It's very simple to make delicious Cold Brew Tea (Mizudashi). In this example the bottle is about 750 ml. For this amount of water, you...

Here's a video showing how you can easily make an iced Houjicha Latte. Enjoy.

We often discuss in the shop with customers the things that happen when you steep non-Fukamushi Sencha (Senchas that start as needles and...

Hello ChaTo Tea Friends, Hope you all had a safe and festive holiday season and a Happy New Year. ChaTo recently began carrying certified...

Super cool Kutani ceramic tile/trivets...hand painted beauty. Some have the matching neko. Colorful overglazed enamel decorative...

Return of the Enormous 500 ml Mino yunomi’s. Mino Yaki refers to Japanese pottery that was produced in Mino Province, Gifu Prefecture. ...

Hagi Yagi ceramics...yunomis, kyusus, houhins, and couple sets. No 2 are alike, and with crackle glaze/crazing these teapots and cups...

Fuji No Midori, Fuji No Hana, Gyokuro Kukicha from Shizuoka, Zui Un from Kyoto, Yame from Fukuoka, Takumi and Kaori from Kagoshima, and...

Magic Sakura Color Changing Cup. Cold temperatures activate it. Actual elapsed time is 5-6 minutes. Also comes in a smaller size.

Shincha ("new tea") is tea that comes from first harvest sencha during spring. It’s only available in limited quantities during the...

ChaTo participated in Per Oscar Brekell’s online tea lecture yesterday. Oscar (#brekell) is the author of The Book of Japanese Green Tea....

It all started…watching Sachiko dispense tea samples to one of our customers at ChaTo. I had no idea (at the time) Sachiko was dispensing...

Surfing the internet and Instagram it is surprising and shocking to come across beautiful but also scary scenery like this. It’s...

January/February: Winter Fancy Foods Show at Moscone, I meet Mr. Iwase of Kanei Hitokoto Seicha and people from The World Green Tea...

Welcome ChaTo Tea Friends to the ChaTo Blog! My name is Kingston, I post on Instagram as “noumaminolife”. I am the Charista at ChaTo. If...

Hello, brew-tea-ful ChaTo Tea Friends! We’re excited to share our new website with you! We hope you'll take some time to look around and...

Whip up two different pumpkin-houji lattes now or any time you want a cozy cup that inspires thoughts of fall. The first recipe uses...