Tsuen Tea

Japanese tea matcha.
Genmaicha tea

Tsuen Tea is the oldest tea house in the world from 1160 in Uji city, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. [1] From its start it is located on the east side of the Uji Bridge (constructed in 646) and today it is operated by the 24th generation of the Tsuen family.[2] From archives it is known that the shop was visited by prominent Japanese men including [3]

The main products are:[4]

  • matcha - ground green tea
  • gyokuro - shaded green tea
  • sencha - whole tea leaves infused in hot water
  • karigane - contains also twigs of the tea trea
  • houjicha - roasted green tea
  • genmaicha - mixed low - level green tea and roasted brown rice.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.glbrain.com/index.php?r=tool/view&id=10441&toolType=1
  2. ↑ https://www.o-cha.com/tsuen-green-tea
  3. ↑ https://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Tsuen_teashop
  4. ↑ https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Ftsuentea.com%2F&edit-text=&act=url
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