Finest Japanese Sencha Green Loose Leaf Tea 125g Caddy

This Japanese green tea comes from the Shizuoka a popular tea growing region.
This needle like thin cylindrical tea brews up to a delicate pale yellowish green liquor that is both grassy sweet and lively astringent. Particularly rich in vitamin C, this tea is low in theophylline (a stimulant) and is excellent alone or with meals.

This is the most popular tea in Japan, and represents about 80 percent of the tea produced in Japan. The flavour depends upon the season and place where it is produced, but it is considered that the most delicious sencha is that from the first flush of the year.

Sencha green tea is made without grinding the tea leaves. It is first slightly steamed to prevent oxidization of the leaves. Then, the leaves are rolled, shaped, and dried. This step creates the customary thin cylindrical shape of the tea. The leaf gets a very fine and fragile structure. Finally, after drying, the leaves are fried to aid in their preservation and to add flavour.

Sencha in Japan is drunk hot in the cooler months and usually chilled in the summer months.