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Where to start on what Japanese tea actually is: the types, the cultivars, the regions, the names on the packet, and the shape of the tea year. Get this far and a shop shelf stops being opaque.
Seven teas to know
Matcha, sencha, kabusecha, gyokuro, hojicha, genmaicha, bancha
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Find your tea
Four answers, one place to start
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Tea names
Uji, Chiran, Yame and what the names mean
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Cultivars
Yabukita, Saemidori, Gokou and more
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Regions
Shizuoka, Kagoshima, Uji, Yame and more
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History
Kissa Yojoki, sencha, gyokuro, export
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How it's drunk
Sushi counters, chagayu, Kyobancha, offerings
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The tea year
Early flush, the 88th night, kuchikiri
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