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How to brew Sencha

1. Place the Sencha in a kyusu (Japanese teapot).
   

   One teaspoon (3 to 5 grams) per tea cup is a general rule, but you can adjust as you like.

   
2. Cool the boiling water.
   

   Pour boiling water into a yuzamashi (a bowl-like tea utensil) to let it cool down. You can also use tea cups for this purpose.

3. Pour boiling water into a kyusu.
   

   Pour just enough of the cooled (approx. 70 ºC) water into the kyusu to fill the tea cups that you will serve.

4. Extract.
   

   Let the tea disperse for about 30 seconds.
   You can shake the kyusu gently to extract the tea quickly.

5. Pour the tea into each cup.
   

   Fill each cup little by little and evenly.
   There is an order for pouring the tea: cup 1 – cup 2 – cup 3 and then 3-2-1. By pouring into each cup little by little, the tea is evenly distributed so that the amount and strength of tea in each cup is equal.

6. Pour until the last few drops.
   

   The strongest taste of the tea is concentrated in the last few drops.
   If tea remains in the kyusu, the next pot of tea will be bitter.

Easy way to brew tea

1. Pour boiling water directly into the tea cups.
   

   If you don't have a yuzamashi, you can use tea cups to let the boiling water cool.

2. Cool water for a while.
   

   Pour boiling water into the tea cups that you will serve to about 80% full.

3. Place tea leaves into the kyusu.
   

   The temperature of the boiling water will fall while you are doing this.

4. Pour the water from the tea cups into the kyusu.
   

   Pour the water cooled in the tea cups into the kyusu.

5. Gently shake the kyusu.
   

   Shake the kyusu gently to extract the tea leaves quickly.

6. Pour into each tea cup evenly.
   

   Pour the tea into each cup little by little in turns.

7. Pour to the last few drops.
   

   Pour a little tea into one cup at a time in the order of 1-2-3 and then 3-2-1. In this way, you can make the amount and strength of the tea even.

How to brew Sencha with cold water using a filter-in-bottle

1. Place 3 tablespoonfuls (about 15 grams) of the same tea leaves that you usually use into the bottle.
   

   Please adjust the amount of tea leaves as you like.

2. Pour a little water and shake the bottle gently to extract the tea.
   

   Extracting the tea by shaking the bottle with a little water first is the key to making delicious tea.

3. Add some water and cool in the refrigerator.
   

   Please drink within the same day.

4. Pour in a glass.
   

   Use fancy glasses to make tea time a little bit out of the ordinary.

How to cold-brew Sencha with tea-bags

1. Put tea bags for cold brewing into a bottle.
   

   Use 2 x 5g tea bags for a one liter bottle.

2. Pour in a little water and shake.
   

   Extracting a strong tea in a little water first is the key to making delicious tea.

3. Cool in the refrigerator.
   

   Please drink within the same day.

4. Pour into the glass and enjoy.
   

How to make iced green tea

1. Place tea leaves into the kyusu.
   

   Place a few more tea leaves into the kyusu than usual.

2. Pour the boiling water from the pot into the kyusu.
   

   Put some pieces of ice into the glasses and pour the tea.
   Pour the tea into each glass little by little in turns just as you did for Sencha to make the tea even.

3. Pour until the last few drops.
   

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