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Fukamushicha is deep-steamed green tea.
*Simply using tea leaves, egg and mayonnaise alone is also good. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Ingredients (for 1 person):
1 heaped teaspoon of organically grown deep-steamed green tea leaves (about 2 to 3g)
200 to 250ml of hot water

2 slices of plain white or wholemeal bread
4 cherry tomatoes
30-40g shredded cheese
1 slice bacon
1 egg (small)
Mayonnaise
Salt and pepper

Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 200C (392F).
2. Brew sencha tea, take out the used tea leaves and drain. Please refer to the article
How to brew Sencha (steamed green tea) on this site. Put aside the tea to drink later.
3. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half and the bacon into 1cm wide pieces.
4. In a bowl, mix the tea leaves, cherry tomatoes, bacon, shredded cheese and mayonnaise, and add a sprinkle of salt and pepper.
5. Spread half of the mixture onto two slices of bread. Press the mixture down in the middle of one side of the bread and break the whole egg into the crater.
6. Bake in the middle of an oven preheated to 200C (392F) for 10 minutes.
*In case of using a toaster, cook in the toaster oven on the medium temperature setting for about 6-8 minutes.

*Tea leaves contain caffeine. The diuretic, stimulant and anticancer effects of caffeine intake are clinically recognized. On the other hand, excessive intake of caffeine may have a damaging effect on health. Especially, pregnant or breastfeeding women, and children should be careful with the amount of caffeine they intake.
Reference:
農林水産省 カフェインの過剰摂取について
https://www.maff.go.jp/index.html
公益社団法人日本茶業中央会(2013) 新版 茶の機能: ヒト試験から分かった新たな役割 第一刷 一般社団法人農山漁村文化協会
大森正司、阿南豊正、伊勢村護、加藤みゆき、滝口明子、中村羊一郎編(2017) 茶の事典 初版第一刷 朝倉書店
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