The luxury gyokuro tea will hit the shelves with a price tag of 27,000 yen ($206) for a 500-milliliter bottle, including tax. Yame’s gyokuro tea is marketed under a local specialty brand ...

Making tea is easy. Basically, all you need is a drinking vessel, hot water and plant bits. I prefer loose-leaf tea over bagged, because the latter is typically crumbled up plant parts called ...