Assistant Manager Blog by Pau [Summer season]

After the spring harvest, we had a bit of a downtime from extensive fieldwork like harvesting. Soon after, we switched to farming mode again to prepare for summer harvest and also had the chance to do some deep cut trimming in our somada field, where we harvest our kabuse sencha. Usually, tea bushes get a […]

Assistant Manager Blog by Pau [Spring season]

Spring is by far the busiest period of the year at the farm. It is high season for tourism, so we welcomed many guests for our 4-hour tours and our other experiences. For farming, the season started with a late winter harvest for Kyobancha. Then we started with early trimming, shading and many other preparations […]

Assistant Manager Blog by Pau [Winter season]

After the Autumn harvest, and having had the chance to process the autumn moon tea and plenty of Bancha, we headed to the fields to do some trimming work. Trimming quickly became my favorite filed work activity, it is a bit more technical than harvesting or other activities. It requires a lot of attention to […]

Assistant Manager Blog by Pau [Autumn season]

Bonjour, je m'appelle Pau, l'un des nouveaux assistants managers d'Obubu. Voici mon premier journal mensuel sur le blog. J'espère vous montrer mes expériences de vie à Wazuka et de travail dans ses magnifiques champs de thé. Je suis arrivée le 7 septembre, il y a déjà trois semaines. Le temps a passé si vite [...]