Japanese Tea

Are you an avid fan of tea? Or are you disgusted by the bland and boring teas of English cultures? Regardless of your opinion of tea in general, Japanese green tea is here to the rescue! And boy it is so much better than your other teas.

Tea has been part of Japanese culture since ancient ages long past. They create the tea with passion and love to make it more unique. In Japanese tea ceremony, they serve and drink Matcha, a powdered green tea. For them, serving tea is an art and a spiritual discipline.

What makes Japanese tea different from all the other teas in the world? Japanese tea has different types on how the leaves were cultivated, the timing of the harvest and the amount of sunlight the leaves subjected to. Aside from how the leaves were cultivated, Japanese tea also differs based on how they were made – examples including ryokucha, gyokuro, sencha, bancha, matcha, konacha, hojicha, genmaicha, Oolongcha, kocha, jasmine cha, mugicha, kombucha, sakura tea, aracha, fukamushicha, kabusecha, tamaryokucha, kukicha. Each has its own cultivation and extraction process in order to distill its own unique, perfect taste.

Aside from how the tea was made, Japanese tea has also reported health benefits that could make your body healthier. Green tea is considered rich in natural elements and nutrients that are good for our health. Leaves such as gyokuro, sencha, hojicha and matcha are rich in tannin, caffeine, amino acid, carbohydrates, fiber, Vitamin A, C, E, B1, B2 and niacin. With these vitamins and minerals, green tea is used in many traditional healing practices. Japanese tea is loved by people, not only in Japan but also in other countries because of its taste, process and reported health benefits. These reasons make Japanese tea unique from all other tea from around the world.