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Picture of Iconic colorful Ippodo Tea metal can with yellow turquoise pink label of teapot and flowers for Nichigetsu sencha green tea Picture of Iconic colorful Ippodo Tea metal can of Nichigetsu Japanese sencha green tea with top open revealing branded foil bag inside Picture of White plate of dark green dried refreshing loose leaf Japanese Nichigetsu Sencha tea leaves by Ippodo Tea Co. on white table Picture of Brown clay Yakishime Kyusu teapot with Ippodo Tea emblem on lid beside white porcelain teacup of light green Japanese tea
Medium & Snappy

Nichigetsu - 160g Can

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$34
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Nichigetsu is in our medium-bodied range, with a little more astringency than sweetness. A good tea for everyday sencha sipping, and for those who like just a little bit more snappiness to their green tea.

Fresh green teaConsume quickly
The best before date is 180 days from when the tea is packaged in Japan.
Serving size10 g / 0.35 oz (roughly 2 tbsp.)
Up to 3 pots can be brewed with the same leaves.
Size 3" × 3" × 5.2"
Net weight5.6 oz (160 g)

Now available in classic Ippodo cans.
Each can contains a sealed bag of loose tea inside.

Nichigetsu is a medium-body sencha with a balanced taste. It has a little more astringency than umami and sweetness, leading to an aftertaste with pleasant sencha crispness and gentle heartiness. Choose Nichigetsu for a sencha to enjoy throughout the day, with meals or at teatime.

Ways to Prepare

Our standard recipe for brewing loose-leaf sencha for an easy, every-day drinking experience. The different flavor that you get each time you prepare sencha makes drinking sencha a profound experience. 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. (10 g / 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
Silver tablespoon filled with dried rolled Ippodo Sencha premium Japanese green tea leaves with
Standard Sencha Brew
Makes one pot
1. Measure the leaves
2 tbsp. (10 g / 0.35 oz)
Add tea leaves to a kyusu or teapot.
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
Silver kettle beside a porcelain teacup and porcelain kyusu with an arrow instructing to transfer tea from teacup to teapot
Standard Sencha Brew
Makes one pot
2. Add hot water
210 mL (7 oz) 80°C (176°F)
Cool boiling water to 80°C by transferring once.
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
Small white porcelain Japanese kyusu teapot with blue logo on lid sitting beside orange stop watch timer on white table
Standard Sencha Brew
Makes one pot
3. Brew
60 seconds
Brew without stirring or disturbing the tea leaves.
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
Pouring light green tea from white porcelain Hasami-yaki kyusu teapot with blue logo into white porcelain Japanese teacup
Standard Sencha Brew
Makes one pot
4. Serve
Pour out every last drop.
Enjoy in your favorite teacup or mug.
When you want a cooling drink with a refined flavor, being able to prepare cold tea immediately is highly convenient. Brew our piping hot recipe for twice as long, then pour over ice. The pure, clean taste quenches your thirst and soothes your mind.
1. Measure the leaves
2 tbsp. (10 g / 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
Silver tablespoon filled with dried rolled Ippodo Sencha premium Japanese green tea leaves with
Iced Sencha
Makes one pot
1. Measure the leaves
2 tbsp. (10 g / 0.35 oz)
Add tea leaves to a kyusu or teapot.
2. Add boiling water
210 mL (7 oz) 100°C (212°F)
Pour boiling water to cover tea leaves.
Pouring hot water from silver kettle into Ippodo Tea Co.'s Tokoname-yaki ceramic ivory kyusu teapot
Pouring hot water from silver kettle into Ippodo Tea Co.'s Tokoname-yaki ceramic ivory kyusu teapot
Iced Sencha
Makes one pot
2. Add boiling water
210 mL (7 oz) 100°C (212°F)
Pour boiling water to cover tea leaves.
3. Brew
60 seconds
Brew without stirring or disturbing the tea leaves.
Ivory Ippodo Tea Co. Tokoname-yaki ceramic kyusu teapot set beside orange clock timer on white table
Ivory Ippodo Tea Co. Tokoname-yaki ceramic kyusu teapot set beside orange clock timer on white table
Iced Sencha
Makes one pot
3. Brew
60 seconds
Brew without stirring or disturbing the tea leaves.
4. Serve over plenty of ice
Pour out every last drop.
Enjoy in your favorite glass, teacup or mug.
Green tea being poured from elegant spout of ivory teapot into small rounded modern glass pitcher with white Ippodo Tea logo
Green tea being poured from elegant spout of ivory teapot into small rounded modern glass pitcher with white Ippodo Tea logo
Iced Sencha
Makes one pot
4. Serve over plenty of ice
Pour out every last drop.
Enjoy in your favorite glass, teacup or mug.
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