Pouring wooden spoonful of tightly rolled dried green tea into brown handmade banko-ware Japanese Kyusu teapot banko-yaki
Green Tea | Sencha

Standard Sencha Brew

Our classic recipe for sencha brews a concentrated, full-bodied cup, with a beautiful balance of umami, astringency, and fragrance. It feels wonderful when you succeed in extracting an exquisite mix of sweetness and astringency to go with your favorite confections.
1. Measure the leaves
2 tbsp. (10g / 0.35 oz)
Add tea leaves to a kyusu or teapot.
Silver tablespoon filled with dried rolled Ippodo Sencha premium Japanese green tea leaves with "x2" written beside
2. Add hot water
210 mL (7 oz) 80°C (176°F)
Cool boiling water to 80°C by transferring once.
Silver kettle beside a porcelain teacup and porcelain kyusu with an arrow instructing to transfer tea from teacup to teapot
3. Brew
60 seconds
Brew without stirring or disturbing the tea leaves.
Small white porcelain Japanese kyusu teapot with blue logo on lid sitting beside orange stop watch timer on white table
4. Serve
Pour out every last drop.
Enjoy in your favorite teacup or mug.
Pouring light green tea from white porcelain Hasami-yaki kyusu teapot with blue logo into white porcelain Japanese teacup

Sencha using this recipe:

Iconic colorful Ippodo Tea metal can with yellow turquoise and pink label of teapot and flowers for Kaboku sencha green tea
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Kaboku (155g Can)
Rich & Robust
$67
White packaging with indigo violet faux-painted details of Kaboku Sencha prized Japanese green tea 80g bag by Ippodo Tea Co.
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Kaboku (80g Bag)
Rich & Robust
$36
Iconic colorful Ippodo Tea metal can with yellow turquoise and pink label of teapot and flowers for Kumpu sencha green tea
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Kumpu (150g Can)
Rich & Elegant
$58
White packaging with blue faux-painted details for Kumpu premium Japanese Sencha green tea 80g bag by Ippodo Tea Co.
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Kumpu (80g Bag)
Rich & Elegant
$31
Iconic colorful Ippodo Tea metal can with yellow turquoise and pink label of teapot and flowers for Hosen sencha green tea
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Hosen (150g Can)
Medium & Balanced
$48
White packaging with bronze faux-painted details of Hosen Sencha classic Japanese green tea 80g bag by Ippodo Tea Co.
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Hosen (80g Bag)
Medium & Balanced
$26
Iconic colorful Ippodo Tea metal can with yellow turquoise pink label of teapot and flowers for Shoike sencha green tea
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Shoike (155g Can)
Medium & Round
$41
White packaging with orange faux-painted details for Shoike classic Japanese Sencha green tea 80g bag by Ippodo Tea Co.
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Shoike (80g Bag)
Medium & Round
$22
Iconic colorful Ippodo Tea metal can with yellow turquoise pink label of teapot and flowers for Nichigetsu sencha green tea
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Nichigetsu (160g Can)
Medium & Snappy
$34
White packaging with brown faux-painted details for Nichigetsu refreshing Japanese Sencha green tea 80g bag by Ippodo Tea Co.
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Nichigetsu (80g Bag)
Medium & Snappy
$18
White packaging with green faux-painted details for Unro refreshing Japanese Sencha green tea 80g bag by Ippodo Tea Co.
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Unro (80g Bag)
Light & Crisp
$15