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'''Tencha''' | '''Tencha''' is a shaded Japanese green tea that is mainly processed into matcha. Sometimes, however, Tencha is also infused directly as tea or used for cooking and baking. In the latter case, however, it is used more as a decorative element. | ||
== Production of Tencha == | |||
Tea leaves for Tencha are briefly steamed but, unlike other Japanese green teas, dried without being rolled. The stems and vains are then removed so that only the pure leaves remain. Tencha is comparable in quality and taste to [[Gyokuro]] as both are intensively shaded before harvesting and thus have similar characteristics. | |||
== Other shaded teas == | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | * [[Matcha]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Gyokuro]] | ||
* [[Kabusecha]] | |||
== Buy Matcha == | == Buy Matcha == | ||
* [https://www.teamania.ch/en/hageshi-matcha/ Matcha containing Okumidori cultivar] | * [https://www.teamania.ch/en/hageshi-matcha/ Matcha containing Okumidori cultivar] | ||
[[Category:Cultivar]] | [[Category:Cultivar]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:45, 23 February 2022
Tencha is a shaded Japanese green tea that is mainly processed into matcha. Sometimes, however, Tencha is also infused directly as tea or used for cooking and baking. In the latter case, however, it is used more as a decorative element.
Production of Tencha
Tea leaves for Tencha are briefly steamed but, unlike other Japanese green teas, dried without being rolled. The stems and vains are then removed so that only the pure leaves remain. Tencha is comparable in quality and taste to Gyokuro as both are intensively shaded before harvesting and thus have similar characteristics.