Chataku are also very traditional. The are wood and are finished in a typical elegant fashion. The red will offset any good tea cup and add character and conversation to your tea presentation with friends. Hibiki-an offers three styles of coasters to help set the tea an...(more)

I am thrilled to experience yet another offering of Kuradashi Gyokuro Super Premium. This tea offers the best of all green tea distinctions. But what I like most is the way it satisfies like a Mother's cooked soup that took all day to make and care for to get it just ri...(more)

My impressions of limited Kuradashi Gyokuro super premium Hibiki-an green tea is that I like the mellow sweetness. Like all teas you must first get to know the tea through brewing. I used the least amount recommended and only let the tea brew for a few minutes. You can ...(more)

The new offering of the traditional Hohryu Tokoname Yaki Kyusu created by Futoshi Sawada has just graced the tea ware section of Hibiki an's website. The photos as good as they are only do this tea pot a half the justice it truly deserves. This teapot reminds me of ...(more)

After ordering more of these ice tea pots. One more for me and one for my friend. I began to write a note to my tea loving friend. I asked Dong Dong who hates when it gets too hot out side of Suzhou, China if he was drinking summer ice tea. He said yes and told me that ...(more)

Green tea lovers must try this Organic Gyokuro as a summer ice tea. The leaves of this tea floating in my new Hibiki-An glass ice tea pot remind me of the famous aquarium underwater gardenscapes that take years to create along with intricate water chemistry and filterin...(more)

As I continue to use my new ice tea making vessel to brew tea I have noticed another great advantage. When pouring the tea in the morning and throughout the day I noticed the tea is released in a rushed flow. Like water being released or gushed from the side of the rock...(more)

I was not exactly sure how I was going to like Japanese green tea cold. The recipes on the Hibiki-an web site sounded so inviting. So once I recieved my ice tea pot I filled it with tea just enough to cover the bottom of the vessel and added room tempreture purified wat...(more)

I must confess that I do drink a lot of tea with my friends. I have my special collected tea ware pieces and friends send me new pieces that I love to share while drinking tea. We have fun and it is always a social event at my house. But I have always kept away from ...(more)

Many thanks for producing and offering Hibiki an's Pinnicle Japanese Green Tea. My very first experience began with the Gyokuro Pinnicle tea . I have to start somewhere to try and accurately describe my experience with this tea and it will have to be with the wor...(more)