Sencha is most popular green tea of daily use. It occupied 80% of total tea consumption in Japan. Picked leaf is steamed and dried with rolling. When finished the process, tea leaf is being shaped. Good quality tea can be identified by observing the shape of dried leaf. It was well rolled and tightly shaped, basically smaller shape is regard as higher rank. "Eighty-eight nights" tea leaves The best season of picking and creating new Sencha is middle of April to beggining of May, so-called after eighty-eight nights since New Year day. Areas & Manufacturers Ureshino : Ureshino Cha
Nara: Yamato Cha
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