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How to Brew Ippodo Tea

With tea, you control the final flavor. Start with our brewing guides.

Four white teacups from Ippodo Tea containing different types of tea - one with bright green matcha, two with yellow-colored teas of slightly different shades, and one with reddish-brown tea. The cups are arranged in a square formation and photographed from above against a white background with subtle shadows.
Tea type
All Green Tea Matcha Gyokuro Sencha Bancha Teabags
Method
Hot Cold Brew Iced Boiling Hot Latte
Pouring light green tea from white porcelain Hasami-yaki kyusu teapot with blue logo into white porcelain Japanese teacup
Green Tea | Gyokuro |
Standard Gyokuro Brew
Our standard recipe for brewing loose-leaf gyokuro. Brew a cup when you feel you need a change of pace.
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Hot water being poured into Japanese artisan made ivory kyusu Japanese teapot from shining stainless steel stovetop kettle
Green Tea | Gyokuro |
Piping Hot Gyokuro
A boiling-hot brew brings out a vivid fragrance from gyokuro leaves. In the cup, this recipe has more a little crisp, refreshing astringency, on top of gyokuro's dew-like sweetness.
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Pouring luminescent green tea over ice in three glasses straight from Yakishime Japanese kyusu teapot against ombre surface
Green Tea | Gyokuro |
Iced Gyokuro
For a fast, fragrant pitcher of iced tea, brew a strong batch of gyokuro using boiling hot water, and then pour over ice, diluting its strength and balancing its flavor.
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Small porcelain kyusu with lid open showing tea inside beside two glasses of iced light green tea and silver plate of gyokuro
Green Tea | Gyokuro |
Cold Brew Gyokuro
Cold brew with just ice and clean water to bring out gyokuro's full lushness, natural sweetness, and umami.
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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 standard recipe for brewing loose-leaf sencha for an easy, every-day drinking experience.
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Hot water being poured into Japanese artisan made ivory kyusu Japanese teapot from shining stainless steel stovetop kettle
Green Tea | Sencha |
Piping Hot Sencha
Hot brewing is a quick and easy way to get delicious tea. This recipe makes for a more refreshing and exhilarating experience.
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Green tea being poured from elegant spout of ivory teapot into small rounded modern glass pitcher with white Ippodo Tea logo
Green Tea | Sencha |
Iced Sencha
For a fast, fragrant pitcher of iced tea, brew a strong batch of sencha using boiling hot water, and then pour over ice, diluting its strength and balancing its flavor.
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Cold brewed sencha in a regular glass and wine glass with a gray background.
Green Tea | Sencha | Shincha |
Cold Brew Sencha
Cold brew with just ice and clean water to bring out sencha's full lushness, natural sweetness, and umami.
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Two small white porcelain Japanese tea cups of light color shincha green tea on silver metal dual petal form saucers
Green Tea | Sencha | Shincha |
Standard Shincha Brew
Our standard recipe for brewing loose-leaf Shincha. Discover the vibrant and energetic quality of these freshly harvested tea leaves.
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Person pouring water from silver teapot through clipped Drip Teabags into two white mugs with plates of butter toast on table
Green Tea | Sencha | Shincha |
Shincha Drip Teabags
Easily enjoy the fresh fragrance of Shincha with these unique pour-over style teabags.
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Pouring luminescent green New Harvest Sencha tea into three Ippodo glasses with ice from Yakishime Japanese kyusu teapot
Green Tea | Sencha | Shincha |
Iced Shincha
Fresh Shincha, served the most refreshing way possible: in a tall glass of ice.
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Host holding red brown lacquered wooden Marubon serving tray by Ippodo Tea Co. filled with six decorative cups of green tea
Green Tea | Gyokuro | Sencha |
Recipe for Sharing (Gyokuro or Sencha)
Prepare large amounts of tea with your everyday kyusu.
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Pouring roasted Hojicha tea from Ivory Kyusu into white Hasami-yaki porcelain teacups on wood cross-section Marubon tray
Bancha | Green Tea | Hojicha |
Standard Hojicha Brew
Our standard recipe for brewing loose-leaf hojicha. The light flavors of bancha teas work well for any occasion.
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Hojicha with Milk
Bancha | Green Tea |
Hojicha with Milk
This recipe combines the comforting roasted fragrance of hojicha with the soft creaminess of milk.
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Pouring hot amber tea from ivory banko-yaki clay kyusu teapot into glass containing several ice cubes and roasted Hojicha tea
Bancha | Green Tea | Hojicha |
Iced Hojicha
When served over ice, this fragrant roasted green tea feels soothing and refreshing.
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White teacup of light Genmaicha green tea with roasted rice beside small plate of dried bancha tea leaves with roasted rice
Bancha | Genmaicha | Green Tea |
Standard Genmaicha Brew
Our standard recipe for brewing loose-leaf genmaicha. The light flavors of bancha teas work well for any occasion.
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Holding one of two glasses of light yellow Japanese green tea over ice in front of large curved carafe of light colored tea
Bancha | Genmaicha | Green Tea |
Iced Genmaicha
When served over ice, this green tea and roasted rice blend feels crisp, refreshing, and a little hearty.
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