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Kyobancha, � lb package

Kyobancha

Also available as Kyobancha Incense

We want to warn you that this tea is VERY smokey, this is not just a subtly scented tea.

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Country: Japan
Tasting Notes: Intense smoke, not subtle

Product Code: GJ400

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Description

This bancha has been given an extra firing which results in a much smokier flavor. It's handcrafted just outside of Uji by the same man who supplies the tea for the incense. Bancha is a popular everyday drinking tea in Japan. It's made from tougher and often larger leaves than those used to make sencha. Sencha is spring picked, whereas the leaves picked for bancha are picked from the same plants later in the summer, and even into the autumn. Because it's made from bancha grown near Kyoto, it's known as Kyobancha. Bancha is less fragrant than sencha, it goes well with food.