Sencha tea

The Japanese have their ways with tea and the Sencha tea is one of their top premium tea varieties that is loved both at home and abroad. It is basically a green tea type that has tight rolls and leaves that look like needles. Picking of this tea was done, and it still is, in early season of spring when the leaves were very astringent and rich in flavor.

It also has a very strong and in-depth taste in the similitude of the seaweed with a shade of flavor that is hard to forget. When you put the Sencha alongside the other Chinese tea varieties you will immediately notice that it is greener and more strongly appearing. Well, the dark green shade is reminiscent to the strong taste that comes out of it, more like the strong espressos that are well known. If you were to add chocolate or any kind of seafood as a food compliment of this tea you will have the most delicious food.

However, Sencha teas need a very careful brewing process because the moment you brew it for a long time, it will turn out to be very bitter and you will not enjoy the drink at all. The bitterness will also be witnessed when dry leaves as opposed to the fresher leaves were used or when the water was very hot.

You simply need to make use of only two minutes after the hot water is poured to the leaves so that you may come out with a sweeter cup of tea. You must remember that this tea is an everyday tea for the folks of Japan and as such gets a very more-like staple food preparation; this belies the point that it is well loved among the Japanese when well prepared.

As earlier said the Sencha green tea is needlelike but they come in different types as the stages in harvesting will dictate. The top notch and the high quality tea come in a gold colored form, slightly shiny and very good looking. The general processing on the tea is steaming for about half an hour, hot air shaken and dried and then taken for tea making in the manufacturing plant in its needle like green shade form.

The point is that even with the Sencha, quality grades vary and the more you use more money to acquire the top quality grade the better. In fact with the top quality tea, your guests will have a better time drinking tea than they are probably used to from other tea varieties like the hojicha and the bancha.

What about the organic Sencha tea

The organic Sencha tea is grown in the Kyoto area of Japan and has a very smooth and fluid taste about it. It has all the necessary organic tea certification and is considered one of the best of its kind both in Japan and abroad. Its general taste lingers for a longer period in the mouth and has a very aromatic feel about it too.

It requires low temperatures to get it fresh and well primed for processing. And even once it has been processed; it will need cool temperatures to give you that quality tea with a sweet and rich taste you are looking for in a cup of tea.