Last week, we talked about #Sencha, and today we’re focusing on another green tea: #Bancha.
The term bancha refers to both a type of #tea and a category. As a type, it’s an unshaded green tea harvested later in the season (second, third, or fourth flush), made from larger, more mature leaves (from the third leaf down). These leaves are processed like Sencha but result in a tea with larger, crushed leaves and a dull green color.

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Pretty amber yellow brew, light roast Hojicha from the Kyoto based company that popularized this style of Japanese roasted green tea (hojicha.co). The previous naturalitea hojicha was made from spring sencha, this hojicha made from the more typical bancha. A pleasant warming and mellow brew.

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