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[[File:Bancha.jpg|thumb|250px|Bancha]]
[[File:Bancha.jpg|thumb|250px|Bancha]]
Bancha is the second flush of [[Sencha]]. Bancha is a simple everyday tea and qualitatively a bit lower than Sencha. Bancha is harvested from the second flush of Sencha between summer and autumn.
Bancha is the second flush of [[Sencha]]. It's a simple everyday tea and qualitatively a bit lower than Sencha. Bancha is usually harvested from the second flush of Sencha between summer and autumn. But, some higher quality bancha is even harvested in spring.
== Brewing==
== Brewing==
Bancha is steeped at approximately 70 - 80 degrees Celsius for up to 3 minutes. Infusing longer or at a higher temperature will cause the tea to taste bitter because it will extract more catechines.
Bancha is steeped at approximately 70 - 80 degrees Celsius for up to 3 minutes. Infusing longer or at a higher temperature will cause the tea to taste bitter because it will extract more catechines.
== Variants of Bancha ==
* [[Awa bancha]]
* [[Kageboshi bancha]]
* [[Kancha]]
* [[Kyobancha]]
* [[Yoshino nikkan bancha]]
== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Shincha]]
* [[Shincha]]
* [[Sencha]]
* [[Sencha]]
== External Links ==
* [http://teamania.ch/blog/en/autumn-bancha-of-takeo-farm/ Review of a autumn bancha]
[[Category: Green tea]]
[[Category: Green tea]]