Store tea in a proper manner to maintain the best taste

As the quintessential origin of Japanese green tea, thespirit of sadou (the teas ceremony) is an unbroken
tradition that is still very much a part of Japanese green
tea culture today. It calms the mind, emphasizes spiritualrichness rather than material wealth, and is the key toenjoying interpersonal encounters and welcoming guests
with gracious hospitality. Japanese green tea culture has
a far more profound meaning than just quenching one’ sthirst.
Japanese green tea contains many nutrients said to bebeneficial to the health of modern people, and incombination with Japanese cuisine, which is currently
attracting worldwide attention, Japanese green tea canhelp you lead a healthy lifestyle.
Grown with great care in tea fields situated amongst the
beautiful nature of Japan and developed usingsophisticated technology, Japanese green tea has asubtle aroma and strong flavor that will relax and satisfy
you.

To maintain the quality of tea,
it is important to protect it frommoisture, light, heat and odor.
Once the tea is opened, use itup as soon as possible. Whenthe tea is stored, put it in asealable non-transparent
container and keep it in a coolplace.
おいしく飲むためには、保存方法も大切です。
品質維持には、お茶を湿気や光、熱、臭いから守ることが大切です。開封後はできるだけ早く使い切るようにしてください。保存する場合は、密閉ができて透明でない容器に入れ、涼しい場所で保管してください。

You can also enjoy Japanese tea in foods and sweets

Japan has a variety of foods using green tea, including cha
soba (tea buckwheat noodles), cha dango (dumpling withgreen tea), matcha sponge cake and matcha chocolate.
You can enjoy the taste and aroma of tea and also benefit
from the ingredients in the tea.
Japanese tea can also be kneaded into bread or cake tomake them more delicious, or sprayed onto foods to addflavor.
スイーツに、料理に食べてもおいしい日本茶
日本には、緑茶を使った食べ物がたくさんあります。茶そは、茶だんご、抹茶カステラ、抹茶チョコレート…。
お茶の味と香りが楽しめるうえに、お茶の成分がまるごと摂取できて健康的です。
パンやケーキに練り込んだり、料理の上から振りかけて風味づけとして利用しても、おいしく召し上がれます。

Chamber of Tea Association of Shiga Prefecture
6750 Minakuchi, Minakuchicho, Kokashi, Shiga, 528-0005 Japan
Phone : +81-748-63-6960 FAX : +81-748-63-5204
E-mail : shigacha@ac-koka.jp

JAPANESE GREEN TEA

High-quality Japanese green tea you can trust《Ohmi no Cha》

Characteristics of signature Japanese green teas
代表的な日本茶の特長<Sencha>Sencha is the most popular variety of green tea in Japan.
The color is yellowish-green and its aroma and flavor areboth astringent.
〈煎茶〉

日本で最も親しまれている日本茶。水色は黄色みの強い緑色で、香り、旨味とともに渋味が感じられます。

How to make Japanese tea
日本茶の入れ方Pour hot water into a Japanese teacup foreach person, and allow it to cool. The ideal
temperature of the water is 60o℃ to 70o℃ forhigh-grade tea and around 80o℃ for
regular-grade tea.

Japanese Green Tea
the rich taste of Japanese culture

人 数 分 の 茶 碗 にお 湯 を 入 れて冷まします。上 級 茶では60-70℃、並級茶で 80℃くらいが適当。

If the season is hot, feel refreshed with Japanese tea
steeped in iced water.
Use 50% more tea leaves than usual and extract the teaflavor with ice in a small amount of water. When the ice isalmost melted, this is the best time to drink it.
暑い季節には､氷で淹れた日本茶で爽快に。
通常の 1.5 倍の茶葉を使い、氷と少量の水で抽出します。
ほぼ氷が融ければ、飲みごろです。

Put tea leaves in a kyusu (Japanese teapot):
3 g or 1.5 teaspoons per person.
茶葉を急須に入れます。1 人分 3g（ティースプーン 1.5 杯）。

Ldeal water temperature for Japanese tea

日本茶に適したお湯の温度

Pour the cooled hot water from the teacups
into the kyusu and wait for two minutes or so. Ifsteeping the leaves for a second time, wait just
10 seconds or so.

50℃

60℃

70℃

80℃

90℃

100℃

122℉

140℉

158℉

176℉

194℉

212℉

SenchaBancha , Houjicha

冷ましたお湯を急須に注ぎ、2 分ほど待ちます。二煎目は、10秒ほど待ちます。

Pour only a little tea into each cup and thenrepeat a few times, to ensure that the extracted
flavor of the tea is evenly distributed.
抽出されたお茶の濃度が均一となるように、何度かに分けて茶碗に注ぎ分けます。

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〈抹茶〉

〈煎茶〉

〈番茶〉

〈焙じ茶〉

<Matcha (powdered green tea) ><Sencha><Bancha (whole leaf green tea) ><Houjicha (roasted whole leaf green tea) >A fine powdered green tea commonlyused in sadou (the tea ceremony),
matcha has an elegant aroma andconcentrated sweetness that make it asheer pleasure to drink. Because thepowder is dissolved in hot water, all of
the tea’ s beneficial nutrients can betaken in.

Sencha is the most popular variety ofgreen tea in Japan. The color isyellowish-green and its aroma andflavor are both astringent.

A Japanese green tea made frommature leaves, the umami of bancha
is more delicate than that of Sencha
and has a moderately astringent,
fresh flavor. This tea is a common
preference among the Japanesepeople as an everyday green tea.

A fragrant and refreshing Japanese
green tea made by roasting Sencha
or bancha over a high flame,
houjicha is a warm brown color. As it
has a somewhat mild flavor, it ispopular with children and the elderly.