Green Tea - Ryokucha

We frequently drink tea, English tea, Chinese tea, other leaf tea, etc. We customarily drink green tea, Ryokucha, every day.
A lot of kinds of green tea in vinyl bottle or can are sold in supermarket or convenience store. You will be surprised at the variation in Japan. We can drink easily outside now. It is a remarkable item of Japanese food culture. And it is essential for our life.
The taste is a little bitter but pleasant. Green tea is suitable for whatever foods, I think. I feel relief when I drink green tea. There are a lot of kinds of green tea, sencha, matcha, houjicha, genmaicha, etc. It is different for the use and how to enjoy. You can know this.
How to draw hot basic green tea.

1. Put the hot water into the teacup. (This is to measure proper quantity for drink.)
2. Put about green tea leaves of 3 grams per one person into the pot for green tea, Kyusu.
3. Put the hot water in the each teacups into the pot. (This is to cool hot water.)
4. Wait for a few minutes until the leaves are opened. Don’t shake the pot.
5. Put tea in each teacups little by little.You can drink twice or three times by same leaves. If you draw tea at the second time, you should put into hot water. (You may not cool it.)

Normal Japanese teacup, Yunomi chawan, don’t have a handle. Because it is for feeling moderate heat to drink. Green tea oxidizes easily for shot time. So you had better drink soon.
We realize the good effects on green tea for our health again. It is very healthy drink. These are deodorized and antibacterial effects. If you have a chance, I recommend that you try it.