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Want to find the perfect tea?
Finding the right tea for you will open up a world of happiness
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Kinds
The types of tea
Enjoying the pleasure of changing your tea every day will broaden your world of tea
First, choose the type of tea.
Each type of tea has its own characteristics such as taste, aroma, and color.
The teas produced in Japan are green tea, oolong tea, and black tea.
Of these, 70% is green tea, which includes Sencha, Gyokuro, Matcha, Genmaicha, Hojicha, etc.
Sencha: First-grade tea harvested on the 88th day after harvest, second-grade tea harvested in summer, There is third-crop tea, which is harvested in autumn.
Gyokuro: Cover and protect from direct sunlight about two weeks before harvest in June. Tea made without guessing.
Matcha: Tea made by grinding tea leaves harvested using the gyokuro method into a fine powder using a stone mill.
Genmaicha: A tea made by blending roasted brown rice with sencha or bancha. It has a fragrant taste.
Hojicha: A type of tea made by roasting Sencha or Bancha at high temperatures. It has a fragrant taste.
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Tasty
What is your taste and aroma preference?
Finding the taste and aroma that suits you will open up a world of happiness
Taste
The taste is
There are ① sweetness, ② bitterness, ③ astringency, ④ saltiness, ⑤ sourness, ⑥ spice, etc.
The main tastes of tea are ①sweetness, ②bitterness, and ③astringency.
① Sweetness comes from tiannin, bitterness comes from catechin, and astringency comes from tannin.
② Sweet tea: Examples include gyokuro and high-quality sencha.
③ Bitter tea: These are teas that have absorbed plenty of sunlight during the summer, such as 3rd-grade tea and 4th-grade tea. Bancha tea falls into this category.
Fragrance
The aroma of tea can be mainly divided into 1) green aroma, 2) roasting aroma, and 3) withering aroma.
① The aroma of green tea is a component of green leaf alcohol, and is found in large amounts in first-grade tea (new tea) and higher-quality tea.
However, because leaf alcohol is highly volatile, it is best to use fresh tea.
② The roasted aroma is the fragrant aroma that comes from green tea being roasted at high temperatures, and Hojicha is one example of this.
3) The scent of wilting is a scent that is currently a hot topic.
Withering involves storing the piled fresh leaves for a day rather than steaming them immediately.
After a day, slight fermentation begins, producing a fruity aroma similar to oolong tea.
Recently, it has started to be grown by farmers all over the country.
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Brewing method
Choose by Tea Brewing Method
Tea brewing tools open up a whole new world of happiness
Choose based on the tea utensils you will use to brew the tea.
① Brew using a teapot The teapot is an ancient tea utensil that has many advantages.
It is possible to extract the full flavor and aroma, allowing you to enjoy the leisurely time while your tea is brewed.
To extract delicious tea, the amount of tea leaves, water temperature, and extraction time vary depending on the tea. Because it is different, people tend to think it is difficult.
But that is the depth of tea, and I think it's a method worth continuing for a long time.
2) Make it with tea bags If you want to make one cup for one person quickly and easily, we recommend single-serving tea bags.
If you store it in your own bottle or storage bottle, you will get a larger amount than if you extract it using a teapot, which is easy and convenient.
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Scene
Choose by drinking occasion
Changing the tea to suit the occasion will bring you a world of happiness.
Time Zone
Morning: If you want to wake up feeling refreshed, we recommend a strong tea.
Dance of the Mist, Light on the Peak
Daytime: You can start off your day off right with a leisurely drink.
At night... I recommend something sweet and tea to relieve the fatigue of work.
Tama Shizuku Kagoshima Deep Steamed Tea
Sweets
Cakes: Rich sweets made with cream and butter.
Refreshing Sencha, Stem Sencha, Hojicha is recommended <br>Rice crackers...Fragrant roasted green tea and brown rice tea go perfectly with fragrant rice crackers.
Yokan...Rich yokan goes well with bitter sencha tea.
Enjoy a relaxing time with steamed buns and gyuhi, as well as slowly brewed matcha tea.
place
Outdoors: We recommend brewing tea in a tea bag and carrying it in your own bottle.
Furi Furi cold brewed tea does not become bitter even when steeped, so you can enjoy it all day long.
Parties...Tea parties using Japanese tea with a different twist are fun.
Why not liven things up by holding a gathering where people can compare teas from different regions?