Posts Tagged ‘sencha’

This spring I ordered shincha (new tea) from Japan for the first time. I have been drinking loads of sencha (at least a pot a day) for the past few years, and was excited to try the first tea of the year this May. I ordered from Hibiki-an, and chose their ‘aracha’ or ‘farmer’s shincha’. I chose this tea mainly because of the amount offered– a lot of the other new tea was sold in very small quantities. Buying 40g of tea at a time really doesn’t do me a lot of good, because I go though it very quickly. (more…)