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January 7th, 2019 by Joe Heitzeberg • Read 33,927 times • 1 min read
When it comes to Wagyu, there's a lot of confusion and misinformation online. Luckily, through our extensive work directly with producers in Japan, and my background in Japanese language, we've learned a lot and have been able to bring some of the rarest and best Japanese Wagyu to the USA for the first time. Today's post is about a very detailed aspect of Japanese Wagyu, the bloodline known as Tajima (但馬). To explain what Tajima is, it is...
July 8th, 2017 by Joe Heitzeberg • Read 30,637 times • less than one min read
How much do you know about Japanese Wagyu? Crowd Cow's infographic breaks it down for you.
July 6th, 2017 by Joe Heitzeberg • Read 50,413 times • 1 min read
Japan produces some of the most outrageously marbled, incredibly decadent beef on the planet. And because of that, there are a lot of people outside of Japan who use the words "Wagyu" or "Kobe" or "American Kobe" to capitalize on that reputation in an attempt to charge higher prices. We're going to break it down for you in this post. In Japan, the word “Wagyu” (和牛) means “Japanese Cow.” There are four breeds under the Wagyu umbrella: ...