WHAT IS JAPANESE GREEN TEA?

Green tea is the second popular drink in the world (the first is water). Green tea is becoming more popular these days, as it attracts not only scientists but usual people who are concern about there health or just have an interest for tea culture itself.
The most distinction of green tea from the black tea is that it is NOT SMELL AS A TEA/ as most black tea lovers say. Green tea has an astringent taste, especially if high-concentrated, which reminds grape stone, but more pleasant. This original taste is accompanied by original and very delicate strong aroma, which reminds fresh hay, wild strawberry leaf or citrus leaf. But bad quality green tea is smell just like hay and do not have all these attractive features. That’s is why we provide here JAPANESE GREEN TEA of the best quality, that can satisfy the real experts of the Japanese green tea.
Green tea does not have so many grades as the black tea has. But, instead, each type of green tea is very distinctive. In other words, each type of the Japanese green tea has very surprising rich aroma and taste.
Japanese green tea is very popular all around the world, especially in the USA (California and Hawaii). Japanese green tea has darker colour than the Chinese one. And do not have such an aroma like Chinese tea has.

But however, high grade Japanese green tea has really excellent features and has a value on the world market.

	Japanese green tea grades

RYOKU-CHA (GREEN TEA: BANCHA, SENCHA, KABUSE-CHA, GYOKURO, MATCHA.

BANCHA	is made by roasting Aracha from the second or later tea leaf picking (Nibancha, Sanbancha, Yonbancha). Usually is brown with nice aroma.

SENCHA	is made from all picking of tea leaf. The word “Sencha” itself became a common for “Japanese green tea” on the whole. The colour is dark green, but after brewing become yellow-green with light astringent and sweet taste.

KABUSE-CHA	first class of SENCHA. Cultivated on special plantation and covered for some time for protecting from straight sun rays. Has more delicate taste and aroma than Sencha.

GYOKURO	Japanese green tea of extra-grade. The cultivation method is very similar to KABUSE-CHA, but plantations are protected from straight sun rays for longer period. GYOKURO is made only from the first picking SHINCHA. GYOKURO has a very refined aroma and astringent. Sweetish Gyokuro is really unique.