If you ever go to Japan make sure to try Matcha, it consists of very finely ground green tea leaves. And seems to be very difficult to prepare! I brought some

If you ever go to Japan make sure to try Matcha, it consists of very finely ground green tea leaves. And seems to be very difficult to prepare! I brought some back to the UK, that I'll have to try out soon :) https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Matcha https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Matcha One other thing I found pretty cool, in a Cafe, they would bring a sand timer, to tell you when the tea in the teapot had brewed.