Kyobancha– tag –

Sannen Bancha (三年番茶), or "three-year bancha," is a Japanese tea named for its production timeline, not a single home region. Producers either age mature tea leaves and stems for three years before roasting them. Or they let a tea bus...

Bancha (番茶) is Japan's everyday green tea. It's an inexpensive, mild-tasting brew made from more mature leaves, picked later in the season than the tender young growth used for sencha or gyokuro. Many households in Japan keep it in the...