Tea
Regional drink culture
Yamato Tea
29 Nara
Tea grown at 200 to 500 meters in the cool highlands of Nara Prefecture, centered on the Yamato Plateau. Shaped by day-night temperature differences and plentiful water, it is known for a high aroma and deep flavor, and is made as sencha, kabusecha, tencha, and bancha. Tradition holds that it began in 806 when seeds brought from Tang China by Kukai and others were sown at a temple in Uda. Sun-dried bancha is also made in Oyodo.
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Names to try
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- Reading やまとちゃ
- Romanization yamato cha
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