How to make Japanese Green Tea

If you want to taste the true flavor of Green tea, make it with tea leaves, not tea bags.

	ILLUSTRATION	EXPLANATION
1		Open the package of Green Tea.
2		Place just enough tea leaves into the kyusu* (teapot) for the number of people being served. (two teaspoons, or about eight grams for three cups.) *A teaball may also used.
3		Pour just enough slightly cooled boiled water into the kyusu (teapot) for the number being served.
4		Wait about twenty seconds for the flavor from the leaves to mix with the hot water.
5		Then, pour the tea bit by bit into each cup in turnseveral times until the cups are all filled. (This is so that a uniform thickness is achieved.) The trick is to pour all of the tea out to the last drop, with equal amounts in each cup.
6		When adding hot water to the pot for the second time, pour the tea into the cups right away without waiting. Delicious tasting tea can be made up to three times.

There will be tiny bits of green powder that lie at the bottom of the teacup. These are absolutely harmless. It is a characteristic of tea leaves that have undergone the "fukamushi" process.

After opening, seal the tea tightly so that no moisture gets in and store at room temperature. Seal tightly as well if storing in the refigerator. The tea will retain its freshness up to one year if the package is not opened.