Sencha Green Tea

Sencha is the most popular type of green tea in Japan. It is known for its sweet, mellow flavor, great with any meal. Sencha is noted for its delicate sweetness, mild astringency and flowery-green aroma. The quality of Sencha will vary depending on origin, time of harvest and leaf processing techniques.

Sencha is one of the exquisite teas with a very delicate taste and aroma . There are many varieties of Senchas with prices from a few to a few hundred dollars per ounce . Sencha is distinguished by delicate sweetness and mild astringency. It is also high in vitamin C.

Sencha green tea have to be steeped at perfect temperature to achieve the best taste. Sencha will become severely bitter if oversteeped or steeped at too high.  Tea that was far too small to be strained sits in the bottom of the cup, making the brew bitter.  Sencha has a natural sweetness; it’s lively on the tongue, assertive, and clean.

Sencha green tea was once prepared by roasting but nowadays Sencha is steam treated before additional processing with hot-air drying and is then pan-fried as a final step. Sencha is also known as I-chi Ban Cha, or “the number one pick”, and it is surely my choice of tea! Sencha Green Tea is a beautiful light green when steeped. It contains 41 percent less caffeine than regular brewed coffee.

Tea becomes green, black, or other varieties depending upon the time of harvest, and the way it is cured and handled. Tea begins to oxidize as soon as it is picked.  The infusion is green, unlike how Chinese green teas appear yellow in a cup. Sencha is the most popular green tea in Japan. Unlike Chinese teas, which are “dry-fried,” Japan sencha is steamed briefly before rolling and drying.