Sannen Bancha– tag –

Kaga Bōcha (加賀棒茶) is a roasted Japanese tea made almost entirely from tea stems rather than leaves. It comes from Kanazawa, in Ishikawa Prefecture. Dozens of local roasting houses there turn separated tea stems into a naturally sweet...

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...