Kukicha


Kukicha, or twig tea, also known as bōcha, is a Japanese blend made of stems, stalks, and twigs. It is available as a green tea or in more oxidised processing. Kukicha has a unique flavour and aroma among teas, due to its being composed of parts of the tea 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 ' or '.
Kukicha has a mildly nutty and slightly creamy sweet flavour. It is made of four sorts of stems, stalks, and twigs of Camellia sinensis. For best results, kukicha is steeped in water between. Green varieties are best steeped for less than one minute.
It is common to steep kukicha for three or four infusions.
Kukicha is one of the preferred teas of the macrobiotic diet.