Sencha Brewing Guide
Whether you are just starting out or eager to develop a deeper understanding of Japanese tea, sencha offers an endless assortment of styles, flavors, and aromas while providing a healthy, sustained source of caffeine. Made in nearly every tea-producing region of Japan, sencha represents the full spectrum of experiences Japanese tea can provide and can be enjoyed both hot and cold.
Kettl sencha recipe for 2
Gather your tools. In order to brew a traditional serving of sencha, you will need:
- A bag of your favorite Kettl Sencha
- Tea kettle with boiling water
- A kyusu (teapot)
- Two small tea cups or one large tea cup.
- Digital kitchen scale
- Tea strainer (optional)
Bring your water to a boil.
Pour 220 mL or 7.5 ounces of boiling water into your kyusu. Then pour directly from your kyusu into your two serving cups. This brings the water to the ideal brewing temperature of 175 F or 80 C.
If you’re only brewing into a single cup, allow the water to cool for 60 seconds.
Weigh out 7 grams of Kettl Sencha (or roughly 2 tsp) and add it to your kyusu.
Start a timer and immediately pour the water from your two serving cups back into your kyusu.
When the timer reads 45 seconds pour the brewed tea from your kyusu with a rocking motion through the strainer, divided evenly between your two teacups. Enjoy.
With the incredible diversity of sencha available, we suggest trying several different offerings to find the one you love. Each tea can be brewed multiple times. For the second steep, rebrew but shorten your brew time to 30 seconds. For a third brew, return to 45 seconds.
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