Excellent video, it’s very profound.What I’ve always wanted to do, but keep putting it off because of money issues, is to live in Japan. Then I would drink Japanese teas every day, travel to different tea […]

@alison best of luck with the N2 in December!I don’t want to brag, but I already passed N1 : ). However, I’ve been studying for twice as long as you, so I’m definitely a slow learner.

I just published the app reviews, here’s the link:http://www.myjapanesegreentea.com/tea-apps-for-the-iphone

It really is cool. Thanks for the pictures!

@teacoupons, I made that mistake the first time I built a few niche websites to make some adsense revenue.I should have chosen keywords with high competition, that way there would always be relevant advertisements […]

The irony is that in China, the motherland of tea, most people dislike cheese.

@xavier, you’re right, some keywords are more “purchase oriented” such as “matcha reviews”. As you say, some people only want to learn about something (like tea’s health benefits) but that doesn’t mean that they […]

@peter, you are searching with “broad” match, which means that related keywords are also included, that’s why your results are so high. It is selected by default.On the google adwords keyword tool look at the left toolbar and in Match Types select “exact”. That way you’ll look only at searches with that specific keyword, nothing else.Also, note…[Read more]

I used the google adwords keyword tool and looked at global, exact match, monthly searches for the following keywords:-buy tea online: 1,600-tea coupons: 320-matcha: 22,200-Rooibos: 49,500-green tea:110,000As you […]

I’m currently writing a blog post about tea apps for the iphone.These are the apps to be reviewed: Tea app, simpliciTEA, tea time, recipe tea timer, teavana, infusion tea timer, camellia tea timer, tea forte tea […]

I’m currently writing a blog post about tea apps for the iphone.These are the apps to be reviewed: Tea app, simpliciTEA, tea time, recipe tea timer, teavana, infusion tea timer, camellia tea timer, tea forte tea […]

Getting your new site to rank in the first page of google for important keywords is extremely hard. What happens is that the increased demand isn’t distributed equally. The big players will get most of it.Of […]

Thank you for the compliment @Gingkoseto
I saw your Life in a Tea cup blog and it’s great. You’ve been writing for so long! I liked the article about the fungi in pu’erh. The pictures you have about tea leaves […]

I wouldn’t say I’m fluent in Japanese, @jackie, but I did pass the JLPT level N1 (highest level).
I’ll be glad to help you whenever you need to translate something.

Thanks for the reply, @jackie, and also for following me on twitter.

The only problem with hosting my blog on Tea Trade is that I lose the .com in my domain, I think that’s a good part of the branding…

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Sorry for joining the topic so late, I can’t resist reading and writing on forums!
When I was in college I took a Japanese class just for fun. I eventually became obsessed with Japanese culture, and once I […]

I highly recommend http://japaneseclass.jp/
I’m not affiliated to it in any way, but in my opinion is the best free resource on the web. It has a social component, you level up and get points, you can challenge […]

I’ve been reading a lot of Japanese green tea sites (in Japanese) and it seems to be common knowledge that buds have the highest concentration of caffeine. There is also a bud tea in Japan, mecha. Interestingly […]