Kukicha
Sign in to saveKukicha (茎茶), or twig tea, also known as bōcha (棒茶), is a Japanese tea blend made of stems, stalks, and twigs of the tea plant. It is available as a green tea or in more oxidised processing. Kukicha has a unique flavour and aroma among teas, due to it being composed of parts of the plant that are excluded from most other teas.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Kukicha is referenced by 459 other articles, and connects out to okonomiyaki, Chinese tea culture and Japan.
It sits within the topics Japanese cuisine terms and Japanese green tea.
Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Tea.Tea_name
- Kukicha
- Tea.Tea_type
- Green
- Tea.Tea_color
- Green
- Tea.Tea_image
- Kukicha.jpg
- Tea.Tea_origin
- Japan
- Tea.Tea_names
- Stalk tea, stick tea, twig tea
- Tea.Tea_quick
- Popular in Japan, taste between that of gyokuro and sencha, with a light flavour and a fresh green aroma
- Tea.Tea_time
- 40 sec to 1 min
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- green tea
- Part of
- macrobiotic diet
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Image
- Kukicha.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kukicha
- native label
- 茎茶
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Encyclopedic overview
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Kukicha (茎茶), or twig tea, also known as bōcha (棒茶), is a Japanese tea blend made of stems, stalks, and twigs of the tea plant. It is available as a green tea or in more oxidised processing. Kukicha has a unique flavour and aroma among teas, due to it being composed of parts of the plant that are excluded from most other teas.
Regular kukicha material comes from production of sencha or matcha. When coming from ''gyokuro's'' production, it takes the name ' (雁ヶ音 / かりがね) or ' (白折 / しらおれ).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kukicha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.