Tencha is the name for the green tea flakes used to make matcha powder. You may have heard that matcha is shaded for four weeks before harvesting. After the leaves are harvested, they are then steamed and dried without rolling (rolling, in addition to shaping the leaves, breaks down cell membranes to transform the tea leaves into sencha or gyokuro). The unrolled leaves break apart creating flakes. As a flake, the leaves are then easier to grind into smaller sized powder grains. As a tea leaf, it is actually more difficult to steep due to the lack of rolling, and Obubu recommends that you steep it as a cold tea. Product Info Ingredients: Green Tea Producer: Akihiro Kita Harvest: Spring Region: Wazuka Village, Kyoto Net weight: 30 grams / 1 oz Steeping Recommendation Tea: 2 grams Time: 3 minutes Water: 80C/176F, 200 ml Resteep 2nd time at 15 sec., 80C/176F, 200 ml. Resteep 3rd time at 45 sec., 80C/176F, 200 ml. For more steeping tips, see: Yunomi.life/steeping.
