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-'''Tencha''' (うじひかり) was bred by the National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science in Kanaya and registered in 1974. It is a cross of Shizuoka No. 16 and [[Yabukita]]. Okumidori has been grown in Kyoto, Mie, Miyazaki and Kagoshima since 1999. Mostly Okumidori is grown in combination with Yabukita as it is harvested later and the harvest period can be extended.
+'''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.
-Okumidori is mainly used for the production of [[Tencha]], [[Matcha]] and [[Gyokuro]] and is characterised by a medium disease resistance.
+== Production of Tencha ==
-== See also ==
+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.
-* [[Cultivar]]
+== You might also be interested in these shaded teas ==
-* [[Tsuyuhikari]]
-* [[Okumidori]]
+* [[Matcha]]
-* [[Saemidori]]
+* [[Gyokuro]]
+* [[Kabusecha]]
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