Natural Green Tea: October 2026

For several cups of green tea from one pot, pour a small amount into each cup, then reverse the order and repeat. With three cups, use A, B,...

To make a hojicha latte with powder, mix the roasted tea with a small amount of hot water before adding warmed milk. Hojicha Co.'s recip...

Kabusecha is Japanese green tea shaded before harvest; standard sencha is generally grown without that covering. Kabusecha is worth trying i...

Measure loose-leaf tea in grams when you want to repeat a brew accurately. A teaspoon measures volume, so the mass it holds depends on the l...

Choose a kyusu for the amount of sencha you actually brew and the size of its leaf particles. Look inside the pot before judging its colour ...

Bancha and sencha are Japanese tea names, but the label “bancha” needs a little more reading before you buy. It can appear on a straightforw...

Shincha and sencha can describe the same tea. Shincha identifies a new-season release associated with the spring harvest; sencha identifies ...

Hojicha is roasted green tea; genmaicha blends green tea with roasted rice. Choose hojicha when you want the roasted tea aroma to lead. Choo...

Clean a bamboo matcha whisk soon after use with plain water, gently remove trapped powder and leave it exposed to air. Keep it out of its ca...

Empty the leaves when your tea session ends, rinse the pot as its maker directs and let it dry before storing it. The exact care method depe...

Convert the temperature printed on your tea recipe before choosing a kettle setting. The formula is Fahrenheit = Celsius × 1.8 + 32. An 80°C...

Buy tea for the number of brewing sessions you realistically have. A session uses one measured portion of dry leaves; later infusions from t...

Count melted ice as water when planning iced green tea. A brew that tastes strong before pouring over ice can become mild as the cubes melt....

Choose one matcha latte recipe, measure its powder, water and milk, then scale all three by the same factor when you want a larger drink. In...

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