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Sencha means steamed green tea. However, in Japan, sencha typically refers to lightly or medium-steamed green tea, while fukamushicha refers to deep-steamed green tea.

Ingredients (for 2 people):
Sencha tea leaves
Mint leaves
Dried fruits (such as raisins, cranberries, or apricots)

Method:
Brew the tea and then add the mint leaves and dried fruits.
You can use either lightly or medium-steamed or deep-steamed sencha tea leaves.

Please refer to the article How to brew sencha (steamed green tea) on this site.

*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.
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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
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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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