BREWING KNOWLEDGE / ORIGINAL WORLDS

Learn the craft. Love the cup.

Tea, coffee and matcha, made a little more interesting. Useful brewing guides, original characters, and objects from the teahouse.

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Every cup is practice.

Kinako and Macha in a split-shadow portrait
Why Does My Tea Taste Bitter? (And How to Fix It)

Why Does My Tea Taste Bitter? (And How to Fix It)
What's the Difference Between Green, Black, Oolong and White Tea?

What's the Difference Between Green, Black, Oolong and White Tea?
How to Make Cheap Coffee Taste Better: 7 Fixes for Pre-Ground, Instant and K-Cup

How to Make Cheap Coffee Taste Better: 7 Fixes for Pre-Ground, Instant and K-Cup
BREW SENSEI / FIND YOUR WAY

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01 / THE JOURNAL Steeped. Practical guides to tea, coffee and matcha. Read the guides 02 / THE GOODS Original goods. Apparel, mugs and objects from Brew Sensei. Browse the shop
Six Years in the Shade — Panax Ginseng, Specimen Series No. 001. Botanical drawing labelled palmate leaves, red drupes, annual neck scars and a mature shade-grown root. Shop the hoodie. Good things take time to steep.
PANAX GINSENG / SPECIMEN NO. 001

Panax ginseng botanical diagram. Palmate leaf: five leaflets, signature of Panax ginseng. Red drupe: ripens in late summer. Stem: one stem per year. Neck scars: one per year, a mark of time. Tapered root: slow grown in shaded forests. Lateral roots: grow out from the main root.
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Model wearing the cream Panax Ginseng hoodie from the back, showing the botanical ginseng illustration
Panax ginseng grows slowly, and only in shade. Each autumn its stem dies back and leaves a scar on the root’s neck — one for every year it has grown. Korean growers traditionally wait six years before harvesting. This hoodie is a study in patience.

PANAX GINSENG / THE STORY

Six years in the shade.

Ginseng takes six years to be worth harvesting. It grows slowly, only in shade, and marks every year it survives with a scar on its root. This hoodie carries it as a botanical specimen plate: a full engraving of the plant across the back, annotated like a field guide, with the Brew Sensei kirameki mark on the chest.

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Front of the cream Panax Ginseng hoodie with a brown Kirameki Eye chest print.
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  • Front of the cream Panax Ginseng hoodie with a brown Kirameki Eye chest print.
  • Back of the cream Panax Ginseng hoodie with the botanical ginseng print and “Six Years in the Shade” lettering.
  • Model wearing the cream Panax Ginseng hoodie, black shorts and beige lace-up boots, viewed from the front.
  • Model wearing the cream Panax Ginseng hoodie from the back, showing the botanical ginseng illustration
Panax Ginseng: Six Years in the Shade Hoodie

ORIGINAL GOODS / SPECIMEN NO. 001

PANAX GINSENG: SIX YEARS IN THE SHADE HOODIE

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$69.99

THE STORY

Ginseng takes six years to be worth harvesting. It grows slowly, only in shade, and marks every year it survives with a scar on its root. This hoodie carries it as a botanical specimen plate: a full engraving of the plant across the back, annotated like a field guide, with the Brew Sensei kirameki mark on the chest.

MATERIALS & FIT

  • 80% cotton, 20% recycled polyester fleece
  • Relaxed unisex fit
  • Dropped shoulders
  • Lined pullover hood with no drawcord
  • Kangaroo pocket in front
  • Sleeve cuff ribbing
Size
Macha with green bobbed hair and star-shaped eyes, wearing a black-and-white robe.
Suminagashi Green Leaf Mug with green-and-black leaf pattern, Brew Sensei wordmark and black interior
  • Suminagashi Green Leaf Mug with green-and-black leaf pattern, Brew Sensei wordmark and black interior
Suminagashi Green Leaf Mug

ORIGINAL GOODS / GREEN LEAF

BREW SENSEI: GREEN LEAF MUG

THE STORY

The everyday mug. The Brew Sensei wordmark sits in a black box on a band of green leaves that wraps the cup, on white glossy ceramic with a black interior and handle. It's sized for one proper cup of tea or coffee, and it's what we reach for first thing in the morning.

Every cup is practice.

PRODUCT DETAILS

  • Ceramic
  • 11 oz mug dimensions: 3.79″ (9.6 cm) in height, 3.25″ (8.3 cm) in diameter
  • Colored rim, inside, and handle