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Walk into an old tea shop in Kyoto and you'll find gyokuro, the shaded tea Japan treats as one of its finest, priced and packed with care. Look a little further along the shelf and there's often a quieter bag nearby. It's full of pale gr...

Genmaicha (玄米茶) is a Japanese green tea blended with roasted rice. Producers mix bancha or sencha with roasted rice, usually in close to equal parts. The rice is soaked, steamed, and roasted until golden brown. Some of it pops open du...

Kyobancha (京番茶), also sold as Iribancha, is Kyoto's own style of roasted green tea: large, unrolled leaves with an intensely smoky aroma, brewed into a surprisingly mellow, low-bitterness cup. It's made from the coarse, mature leaves ...

Ceremonial Matcha is a commercial term for matcha intended to taste good when whisked with water and enjoyed without milk or sugar. The label usually suggests a fine texture, clear fragrance, strong umami, and controlled bitterness. Howe...

Chumushi Sencha (中蒸し煎茶) is a medium-steamed type of Japanese sencha green tea. It sits between Asamushi, lightly steamed sencha, and Fukamushi, deeply steamed sencha, offering a balanced cup with fresh aroma, gentle umami, moderate ...

Kabusecha (かぶせ茶) is a Japanese green tea made from tea plants shaded for a relatively short period before harvest, commonly around one week. Shading gives the leaves a deeper green appearance, a sweeter and more umami-rich taste, and...

Asamushi Sencha (浅蒸し煎茶) is a lightly steamed Japanese green tea known for its elegant leaf shape, clear liquor, vivid fragrance, refreshing astringency, and delicate finish. The word asamushi means “light steamed” or “shallow steame...

Fukamushi Sencha (深蒸し煎茶) is a deep-steamed Japanese green tea known for its cloudy green color, mellow umami, soft bitterness, and full-bodied taste. The word fukamushi means “deep steamed,” and this longer steaming p...

Sencha (煎茶) is Japan’s everyday green tea, known for its fresh aroma, gentle sweetness, grassy flavor, and balanced umami. People drink it at home, in offices, with meals, and at restaurants, so it offers one of the easiest ways t...

Gyokuro (玉露) is Japan's highest grade of shaded green tea. Farmers cover the plants for about 20 days before harvest, which raises umami-rich theanine and lowers bitter catechins. It contains roughly 2,650 mg of theanine per 100 g, abo...

Gyokuro (玉露) is Japan's highest grade of shaded green tea. Farmers cover the plants for about 20 days before harvest, which raises umami-rich theanine and lowers bitter catechins. It contains roughly 2,650 mg of theanine per 100 g, abo...