12/24/2012

Sencha tea

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Sencha 煎茶 

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Sencha (煎茶) is a Japanese green tea, specifically one made without grinding the tea leaves. The word "sencha" means "decocted tea," referring to the method that the tea beverage is made from the dried tea leaves. This is as opposed, for example, to matcha (抹茶), powdered Japanese green tea, in which case the green tea powder is mixed with hot water and therefore the leaf itself is included in the beverage.



Among the types of Japanese green tea prepared by decoction, "sencha" is distinguished from such specific types as gyokuro and bancha. It is the most popular tea in Japan, and represents about 80 percent of the tea produced in Japan

Depending upon the temperature of the water in which it is decocted, the flavor will be different, and this also is the appeal of sencha. With relatively not too hot water, it is relatively mellow; with hot water, it is more astringent. Unground tea was brought from China after matcha (抹茶, powdered green tea). Some varieties expand when steeped to resemble leaf vegetable greens in smell, appearance, and taste.
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made by itibei

朱泥ダルマ彫煎茶 Cup for sencha
made from shudei 朱泥 red clay from China


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- Reference - Shudei Pottery -
a lot is made in Kyushu, Tokoname . . .


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source : yudachigama

From the kiln Yudachigama 夕立窯.

This cup can "korokoro" tumble around like Daruma, getting up eight times.


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not related to sencha, however some cups:


source : gotheborg.com

Antique Chinese and Japanese Porcelain Collector's
Jan-Erik Nilsson Gothenburg, Sweden
source : gotheborg.com


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. Baisaoo, Baisaō 売茶翁 Baisao, "Old Tea Seller"
賣茶翁 (ばいさおう) / 高遊外 Ko Yugai (1675 – 1763) .

The veneration of Baisao during and after his lifetime helped to popularize sencha tea and led to the creation of the sencha tea ceremony.

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