Tea is classified into six categories: green tea, white tea, yellow tea, blue tea (oolong tea), black tea, and dark tea. This site introduces the various teas that CHAMART has sampled.

Green tea
Unfermented tea
Fukamushicha means deep-steamed green tea.  The steaming time of fukamushicha is around 60 to 120 seconds. On the other hand, the steaming time of medium-steamed green tea is 30 to 50 seconds.
Production area: Various places in Japan
Flavor: Compared with medium-steamed senca, the flavor of fukamushicha is modest and not bitter, but with a slight sweetness.
The amount of soluble pectin in the tea leaves is increased by a long steaming time so bitterness reduces.
History: It is said that the method of fukamushicha was established in a tea farm in Kikugawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture on the Makihohara Plateau from around 1955.
The tea leaves cultivated in Makinohara Plateau are thick because there are a lot of hours of sunlight in a day there.
In case the thick tea leaves are steamed for 30 to 50 seconds and produced medium-steamed sencha, the tea is better and astringent. The tea was not popular with some customers.
In order to reduce the bitterness and astringency, it was tried to increase the steaming time to 60 to 120 seconds.

In Kikuawa City, there is a signboard written that Kikugawa City is the birthplace of Fukamushicha.

How to drink

Fukamushicha with dried mandarine orange

Used tea leaves of organic fukamushicha can be used for cheese cake, jerry, pasta, etc.

Related article on the site: “Tea of Japan“

Reference: 
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*The site does not describe all “Teas of Japan” or all “Teas of the World”. Additionally, each article expresses the writer’s personal experience and feelings.
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