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Tea_names = Stalk Tea, Stick Tea | |
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Tea_quick = Popular in Japan. Blend of [[gyokuro]] and [[sencha]], with a light flavor and a fresh green aroma. |
Tea_quick = Popular in Japan. Blend of [[gyokuro]] and [[sencha]], with a light flavor and a fresh green aroma. |
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Revision as of 21:30, 26 July 2006
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| Type | Green |
| Other names | Stalk Tea, Stick Tea, Twig Tea |
| Origin | Japan |
| Quick description | Popular in Japan. Blend of gyokuro and sencha, with a light flavor and a fresh green aroma. |
Kukicha is also called stick tea owing to the long thin shape of this leaf-stalk blend. The tea is made by collecting the stalk fractions of gyokuro and sencha and processed to an emerald leaf and pale green stalk blend. Kukicha is strictly made from stalks produced by harvesting of one bud and three leaves. The leaves go on to make gyokuro and high graded sencha.
Popularity: Inexpensive and an enthusiast's tea, it is nevertheless rarely seen outside Japan.
Kukicha is known for its light flavor and fresh green aroma with a very light yellow-green color. The thinner and less green the infusion, the higher the quality of the tea. For the best stalk tea, the flavor is considered to be as good as highest quality sencha. Kukicha can be found dark-brown, with a richer, nuttier flavor than the greener twigs.