About the Tea

About The Tea

番茶 Bancha (common tea)

 Sencha harvested as a third or fourth flush tea between summer and autumn. Aki-Bancha (autumn Bancha) is not made from entire leaves, but from the trimmed unnecessary twigs of the tea plant.

玄米茶 Genmaicha (brown-rice tea)

 Bancha (sometimes Sencha) and roasted genmai (brown rice) blend. It is often mixed with a small amount of Matcha to make the color better.

ほうじ茶 Hōjicha (roasted tea)

 A green tea roasted over charcoal.

かぶせ茶 Kabusecha (covered tea)

 Kabusecha is sencha tea, the leaves of which have grown in the shade prior to harvest, although not for as long as Gyokuro. It has a more delicate flavor than Sencha.

くき茶 Kukicha (stalk tea)

 A tea made from stalks produced by harvesting one bud and three leaves.

抹茶 Matcha (rubbed tea)

 A fine ground tea (碾茶 Ten-cha). It has a very similar cultivation process as Gyokuro. It is used primarily in the tea ceremony. Matcha is also a popular flavor of ice cream and other sweets in Japan.

煎茶 Sencha (broiled tea)

 The first and second flush of green tea, which is the most common green tea in Japan made from leaves that are exposed directly t sunlight. The first flush is also called shincha (新茶: a new tea) and specially long steamed leaves mushicha (蒸し茶)

Information from wikipedia

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