If you watch the surface of your green tea carefully, and look at the right angle, you'll see there is tiny lint-like hairs floating. That's a good sign. You should be glad that you have hairs in your tea. It's proof that your Sencha is made from fresh young leaves.
Quality Japanese Sencha is made from the top three leaves, new shoots, and young fresh leaves. When the tea leaves are very young, they are covered with tiny hairs to protect against natural enemies until they grow big and strong.
Right after the harvest to stop oxidation, tea leaves are rushed to the processing center to go through the steaming machine. Those tiny hairs will stay with the tea leaves through out the tea making process until you pour the hot water, and then they will float to the surface as the tea leaves sink.
That's why you have hairs in your fresh quality Sencha.
2 comments:
This is very interesting information. The more we know about the teas we drink, the better we can appreciate the healthful benfits.
Fascinating! I'll look for them in my next cup.
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