Kukicha

Synonyms: Kukicha, Karigan, Shiraore, Boucha

Aroma: light, with hints of slightly dried spring herbs, with a creamy - nutty hue.

Taste: delicate, sweet, with hints of almond.

Aftertaste: sweet, long, fresh.

Infusion color: golden - green.

Action: This tea is especially valued for its low caffeine content, so Kukicha is ideal for people who appreciate soft green tea! It calms the mind, regulates the nervous and cardiovascular system, has antidepressant properties.

Warning! The characteristics of tea described above are the subjective opinion and feeling of our tea testers. For each person, our tea opens its wonderful world of sensations and tastes.

Due to the high content of catechins perfectly cleanses the body of harmful accumulations, normalizes metabolism, improves skin condition, increases immunity, has antiseptic properties.

Kukicha has a sweet hue in taste, this is due to the high content of the amino acid L-theanine. The reason for this is that L-theanine is naturally produced in the roots, and from there it enters the leaves through the stem.

The high content of L-theanine, the benefits of which are difficult to overestimate, and the low content of caffeine is expressed in the sweet taste of cookies with a slight bitterness. This tea, due to its beneficial properties and low caffeine content (theine) is very popular in Japan and is used to create health drinks for children.
Kukich is a pleasure to drink throughout the day and in the evening to relieve fatigue after work.
You can buy Japanese tea in our online store, or by calling (098) 084-04-72.
Delivery to Kyiv and across Ukraine. You can also order tea by mail.

How to brew Kukich tea
1. Use purified bottled water. When using tap water (even after filtration), the taste and aroma of white tea can be spoiled.
2. Rinse the teapot with boiling water.
3. To prepare a medium-strength beverage, pour dry tea into a teapot just warmed with boiling water based on the proportion of about 3-4 g of dry tea per 0.5 liters of water.
4. Close the teapot with a lid, take it in your hands and shake it vigorously several times. Open the teapot and enjoy the aroma of warmed dry tea.
5. Now the tea is ready for brewing. For brewing, use water with a temperature of 60-70oC. To do this, mix boiling water with boiled water at room temperature at a rate of 2: 1 in a separate vessel. Pour the resulting water into a heated teapot.
6. Infusion time - 5-10 minutes. After a maximum of 10 minutes, pour the drink from the teapot into cups or pour it into a separate container. Tea can be brewed 2-3 times.
7. In no case do not brew white tea with boiling water - the mild taste and rich aroma of tea will be lost forever.
Have a nice tea!