Guricha

Closed, opens at 9:30amIndependent shop in DowntownDirections

Available from Perennial Tea Room when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

As part of the standard green tea producition steps, most Japanese green teas are steamed to prevent oxidation so they retain their fresh green color and flavor. While Guricha is steamed like most other Japanese green teas, it also benefits from a specific manufacturing process that creates a tea similar in appearance to the pan-fired teas of China. It is steamed and fashioned into "comma" shaped leaves by omitting the final kneading process that most Japanese teas go through. Our Guricha is ear