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  Harney & Sons Japanese Sencha Green Tea - 4 Oz Tin
  Harney & Sons Japanese Sencha Green Tea - 4 Oz Tin
 
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Harney & Sons Japanese Sencha Green Tea - 4 Oz Tin
A clean green tea that is very approachable, making it by far the most popular tea of Japan.
Harney & Sons Japanese Sencha Green Tea - 4 Oz Tin
A clean green tea that is very approachable, making it by far the most popular tea of Japan.



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  • Harney & Sons Japanese Sencha Green Tea - 4 Oz Tin Box - The Japanese drink sencha every day & so does John Harney. You may find it to be a very approachable green tea. There are many different Senchas available on the market today... you can count on Harney & Sons to offer one of very high quality.




Extended Information:
Tea was introduced to Japan from China in the 7th and 8th century. Records indicate that Japan’s Emperor Kammu gave visiting monks an imperial gift of powdered green tea. Emperor Kammu created a government post called ‘Supervisor of Tea and Tea Gardens’ as Japan had begun to cultivate it’s own tea. That this post was in the medical bureau of the government indicates that even then, there was tremendous respect for the health aspects of tea. From 800 to the 1200AD Japan relied heavily on China for it’s tea supply. Because tea arrived in limited quantities from China tea became a luxury used for medicinal and spiritual purposes. A Zen Buddhist, Eisai Myoan returned from China (from what is now known as Jiangxi) with tea seeds and planted them at his temple. He soon realized that the quality was superior to any tea currently grown in Japan. These seeds formed the basis of Japan’s tea industry in the centuries to come. Further evidence of the known correlation between health and tea was found in a small book that Eisai wrote, entitled (translated), Tea Drinking is Good for Health. In this book he wrote that tea drinking confers many benefits including curing lack of appetite, diseases caused by poor quality drinking water, and beriberi (a vitamin B deficiency).

Around this time another tea enthusiast in Japan developed the “Ten Virtues of Tea”.
Amongst the virtues listed are:
Drives away the Devil
Banishes drowsiness
Wards off disease
Strengthens friendship
Keeps the viscera in harmony
Disciplines body and mind
Destroys the passions
Gives a peaceful death

Hot tea brewing method: Can be used repeatedly - about 3 times. Use water about 180’F or 80’C. Place 1 teaspoon of tea in your cup, let the tea steep for about 1-3 minutes.- do not remove the leaves from the cup. Once the water level is low - add more water, and so on and so on - until the flavor of the tea is exhausted. Alternatively, scoop 2-4 teaspoons of tea into the teapot, pour in boiling water that has been freshly drawn (previously boiled water loses most of its oxygen and tends to be flat tasting), steep for 2-4 minutes (to taste), stir (the leaves will sink), pour into your cup and enjoy ‘straight-up’
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