Japanese Bancha
Japanese Bancha
Nutty | Sweet | Vegetal
The large flat green leaves of our Japanese Bancha offer a nutty, sweet and slightly vegetal flavour. Bancha green tea is harvested from the second flush of sencha and is considered an everyday tea for the Japanese.
How to brew
Tea profile
Origin: Japan
Altitude: Maximum of approx. 1,000 metres (3,281 feet)
Plucking season: Summer and early autumn
Varietal/cultivar: Sinensis
Flavour profile: The clear lime-green liquor has a deep, rich flavour with slightly grassy and nutty notes in the finish
Best Enjoyed: Black
Bancha is made from the second, third and fourth harvests that are picked later in the year, as opposed to Sencha which is the first main harvest of the year. It is processed in exactly the same way as Sencha but has a gentler, less intense character. The taste is also less bitter because Bancha is made from slightly older, larger leaves in which the caffeine level is lower.
