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We are pleased to bring you this special offering, as Tencha is rare to find for sale, even inside Japan. Tencha is the base green tea for making powdered Matcha. Dark in color yet light in the cup, this tea has a lot of body (or umami) and no roast flavors.
Ingredients: Green tea.
Dry Leaves: These tea leaves look like no other: small, dark green, round, and ragged flecks. This is because Tencha is a grown in the shade, like Gyokuro. We get our Tencha from the source of the best Matcha: Uji. After plucking by hand, the leaves are cut and dried by warm air.
Liquor: Although the leaves are a very dark green, the tea brews up a light yellow green, very different from Matcha.
Aroma: There is a light vegetal aroma of lightly cooked spinach, with the slight sweetness of steamed white rice. Since this tea is dried by air, without any direct contact with intense heat, there are no roasty toasty aromas. This is unlike any other Japanese green tea.
Flavors: A cup of this tea delivers on the aromas, light spinach backed by the rounded sweetness of steamed rice. There are none of the roasted nuts or toasty flavors found in other Japanese teas.
Caffeine Level: 
Body: Light-bodied. Although, given the light liquor, the body is surprisingly full. This is because the amount of amino acids that give body and create umami is higher in shade-grown plants.º
Brewing Time: 
Brewing Temp: 160º Dry Leaves: These tea leaves look like no other: small, dark green, round, and ragged flecks. This is because Tencha is a grown in the shade, like Gyokuro. We get our Tencha from the source of the best Matcha: Uji. After plucking by hand, the leaves are cut and dried by warm air. Liquor: Although the leaves are a very dark green, the tea brews up a light yellow green, very different from Matcha. Aroma: There is a light vegetal aroma of lightly cooked spinach, with the slight sweetness of steamed white rice. Since this tea is dried by air, without any direct contact with intense heat, there are no roasty toasty aromas. This is unlike any other Japanese green tea. Flavors: A cup of this tea delivers on the aromas, light spinach backed by the rounded sweetness of steamed rice. There are none of the roasted nuts or toasty flavors found in other Japanese teas. Caffeine Level: Caffeinated Body: Light-bodied. Although, given the light liquor, the body is surprisingly full. This is because the amount of amino acids that give body and create umami is higher in shade-grown plants. Brewing Time: 1 to 2 minutes Brewing Temp: 160º
