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Last Updated: Feb. 28, 2012

↑About Shincha

Loose-leaf green tea with vibrant green color, long, flat, slightly flakey but intact leaves

Loose-Leaf Shincha, First Flush Sencha Green Tea, Photo © Camw, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Shincha(新茶), meaning new tea, also called ichibancha(一番茶) is a type of Japanese green tea, the first month's harvest of sencha. Shincha is often called first flush sencha, although this term can be misleading: shincha does not have the same relationship to other sencha as the first flush teas in Darjeeling have to other teas there.

Shincha is produced in a wide variety of regions of Japan, and as the climate becomes colder moving north, the harvest dates for shincha become later as one moves north.

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88 / 100

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Shin-cha Super Premium (Tokujo-can) (2020) from Maeda-en

Style: Shincha – Region: Japan
May. 29th, 2020

I was surprised, but also not, about this super premium shincha. You see, I know my tastes and I know that I've loved some "cheap" teas because even though they were inexpensive, they were great teas. I've also had some disappointing experiences with really expensive teas. So, I purchased this with that knowledge somew...

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100 / 100

Shin-cha Select Gold (Hachijyu-Hachiya) (2020) from Maeda-en

Style: Shincha – Region: ?????
May. 12th, 2020

This is, easily, the most striking tea that I've ever had in my life -- and I've had hundreds.

First of all, the scent was lightly fruity at the same time that it exhibited notes similar to the umami gyokuro green tea. The color was the most rich green I'd ever seen. I think the description had said that it leans to...

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