How to make Japanese tea without mistake

Last Updated on 10/30/2021 by てんしょく飯

roasted green tea

It refers to tea leaves that are roasted and used for drinking. Generally, it is roasted sencha, bancha, or kukicha. Hojicha has a unique aroma, has almost no bitterness or astringency, and has a light taste. It is mild and gentle on the stomach, so it is suitable for tea during meals. The custom of drinking hojicha varies considerably from region to region.

Brown rice tea

It is a mixture of green tea and roasted rice in equal amounts. Green tea, a type of Japanese tea. The tea leaves are heated over high heat, and the rice is steamed and then roasted to make it fox-colored, or it is blown into popcorn.

Correct way to brew Japanese tea

Sencha is the most drunk, but you can’t drink it deliciously unless you brew it properly.

Sencha is characterized by its refreshing aroma and umami, sweetness, and astringency.

The optimum temperature of hot water is 70 ℃ for high-grade tea and 80-90 ℃ for intermediate sencha.

Pour boiling water for the 8th minute of a bowl (about 100 ml) for each person.

Not only can you cool the hot water to an appropriate temperature, but you can also warm the bowl while measuring the hot water.

Put the sencha in the kyusu. The standard amount of tea leaves is about 2 to 3 g (1 teaspoon) per person.

Transfer the hot water poured into the bowl to the Kyusu. For high-grade sencha, the optimum temperature is around 70 ° C.

Wait 1 to 2 minutes for regular sencha and 30 seconds to 1 minute for deep-steamed sencha, and gently pour it into the bowl without shaking the kyusu.

When pouring into a bowl, a pouring method called “mawashi pouring” is used.

Mawashi pouring is, for example, when pouring into three bowls, the tea is poured into the three bowls little by little and evenly. At that time, gently turn the kyusu and continue until the hot water in the kyusu runs out. By doing so, the concentration of the three bowls will be constant, and customers will be able to enjoy the same taste of tea.

Please note that matcha, gyokuro, roasted green tea, genmaicha, etc. are brewed differently.