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A popular Japanese tea (80% of the tea produced in Japan is sencha) of higher quality than bancha although quality of sencha can vary considerably. Sencha is the first and second pickings of the tea plant while bancha is the third picking. Much of the world’s sencha now comes from China as most of the tea produced Japan is consumed there.
Considered a classic everyday tea by the non-working class, sencha can be enjoyed throughout the day.
long, rolled dark green leaves
delicate, sweet, grassy, slightly dry, brothy, medium body
very brothy, slightly sweet, green
delicate green
Sencha & Organic Sencha
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