Kukicha Organic Twig Tea
Frontier Loose (Camellia sinensis) 1lb
During the fall in the Uji district, the
traditional center of the Japanese tea industry,
Japanese tea farmers harvest tea twigs from
tea bushes, for Kukicha, the 'peasant's
drink', so-called because farmers drank
it after selling the leaves to sophisticated
urbanites as a cash crop. They carefully
select 40% medium 3-yr, 40% thick 10-yr,
and 20% thin twigs and leaves aged 1 year,
before gently roasting each variety separately
to bring out its rich flavor. Because caffeine
is concentrated in the leaves, twig tea
is low in caffeine and can be drunk even
at night.
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