Variety of tea

By Naoki Hada on April 15, 2007 9:53 AM | Permalink

Green tea and black tea are using same kind of tea tree leaves.

Tea	Unfermented tea	Steamed	Gyokuro tea	...	Tea leaves are grown covered. The leaves are soft. The least bitter tasting. Most umami taste.
			Kabuse tea	...	Covered like Gyokuro tea, but for a shorter period of time. The flavor is between Gyokuro and Sencha.
			Sencha	...	Basic Japanese tea. Balanced umami, astringent refreshing taste.
			Fukamushi tea	...	More deeply steamed than Sencha. Less bitter, mild taste.
			Matcha tea	...	Leaves covered like Gyokuro. After dried, it is growned by a stone mill. It is used for tea ceremony.
			Bancha tea	...	The tea picked summer or fall. Leaves are bigger and more firm.
		Fried	Gyokuryoku tea	...	Parched with iron bowl. A Chinese method.
	Half fermented tea		Oolong tea	...	It is between green tea and black tea. It has good flavor.
	Fermented tea		Black tea	...	Leaves are completely fermented. It has unique flavor.