Organic Sencha Green Tea

A delicate yellow-green brew that is both grassy sweet and cleanly astringent, Sencha is a high-quality green tea, often referred to as a guest tea that pairs well with seafood.  50 tea sachets.

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Facts

Sencha is a Japanese green tea, specifically one made without grinding the tea leaves. Unground tea was brought from China after matcha. Some varieties expand when steeped to resemble leaf vegetable greens in smell, appearance, and taste.

Sencha literally means "roasted tea", however, the process by which sencha is created differs from Chinese green teas, which are initially pan-fired (and could probably therefore more accurately be called "roasted" teas). Japanese green tea is first steamed for between 15–45 seconds 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. Finally, after drying, the leaves are fired to aid in their preservation and to add flavour.