Japanese Tea Encyclopedia

How to Brew

Water temperature, leaf amount, timing — the variables that change how the same leaf tastes. Written from how we actually brew.

17 guides

A paper filter hooked over the rim of your cup, a few grams of loose leaf inside, hot water poured slowly. No teapot ...

Susuri-cha is a traditional Japanese way of drinking tea directly from a small, lidless cup — or from a lidded yunomi...

The leaves at the bottom of the kyusu still smell green, soft, slightly savory. Yes, you can eat tea leaves. If you a...

Pale green in the pitcher. Almost transparent at the edges, then suddenly luminous where the light passes through. Th...

If you want to know how to brew Sencha, watch the water before the leaves. The right green tea temperature changes ev...

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