Kukicha
Sign in to saveKukicha (茎茶), or twig tea, also known as bōcha (棒茶), is a Japanese tea blend made of stems, stalks, and twigs of the tea plant. It is available as a green tea or in more oxidised processing. Kukicha has a unique flavour and aroma among teas, due to it being composed of parts of the plant that are excluded from most other teas.
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- Tea.Tea_name
- Kukicha
- Tea.Tea_type
- Green
- Tea.Tea_color
- Green
- Tea.Tea_image
- Kukicha.jpg
- Tea.Tea_origin
- Japan
- Tea.Tea_names
- Stalk tea, stick tea, twig tea
- Tea.Tea_quick
- Popular in Japan, taste between that of gyokuro and sencha, with a light flavour and a fresh green aroma
- Tea.Tea_time
- 40 sec to 1 min
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- 茎茶
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Kukicha (茎茶), or twig tea, also known as bōcha (棒茶), is a Japanese tea blend made of stems, stalks, and twigs of the tea plant. It is available as a green tea or in more oxidised processing. Kukicha has a unique flavour and aroma among teas, due to it being composed of parts of the plant that are excluded from most other teas.
Regular kukicha material comes from production of sencha or matcha. When coming from ''gyokuro's'' production, it takes the name ' (雁ヶ音 / かりがね) or ' (白折 / しらおれ).