Sencha
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Search complete. 34 mentions across 9 episodes found for "Sencha".
Sep 18, 2026
Joel ChuaHOST
In 2014, he became a certified Japanese tea instructor.
Joel ChuaHOST
In fact, one of the very few non-Japanese and the very first non-Japanese to be certified in preparing handmade sencha.
Joel ChuaHOST
He's also authored five books on Japanese green tea and has appeared regularly on Japan's public television as well.
Joel ChuaHOST
The Japanese tea instructor, Oscar Brickell, a very warm welcome to Singapore, a very warm welcome to the CNA 938 studio.
5 MINS LATER
Joel ChuaHOST
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Joel ChuaHOST
Can I just share with you my very first experience tasting... authentically brewed Japanese tea.
Joel ChuaHOST
And we're talking about sencha.
Joel ChuaHOST
There are different types of Japanese tea, right? But specifically this evening, we're doing sencha, which is fresh tea leaves, right? This was in Uji, I think it was 2018 or something like that.
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speaker_7UNKNOWN
I'm a DJ, move gang, ride your waist to the big man sound And I get too stiff cause the ting's too round, good God Make me look up your gown, but your face so sweet, wanna spin you around If I call a gang, I'll bring you around If I go to the bar, I'll bring you around Which one? Which one? You're not like the ting's you're around You're a real good girl, so I'm bringing you down But come to the bed, I'll fling you around These guys can't make songs for the gal, dem Trust me, this how the single should sound Anyone that's bringing you down Sweetheart, you're doing your thing right now, good God You want Sencha, your ex, which one? You want friends and success, which one? Tell us how, man, spin this one Play this for the gal, then park it done
speaker_8UNKNOWN
God forbid the girl's tryna have fun I got, if you wanna take drugs You wanna have sex or do you wanna make love? Which one, which one, which one, which one? Got a fairy ting and I got a witch one A G-lock ting, I breathe in brown And I got a good girl, good girl, snitch one Two million, now I got a switch one Turned out all dulled but 20 feet one 360, my head got spun Jumps in the trunk, can't see it from front Girl, your body is deep, it's pain, I'm spun
speaker_9UNKNOWN
It's FM 103.9.
Zongjun LiHOST
It was really not for matcha.
Zongjun LiHOST
It was for Sencha and for Gyokuro at the time.
Zongjun LiHOST
And it got repurposed to make matcha because of its biological benefits of cultivation.
Zongjun LiHOST
But there are more people trying to lean into this idea of Okumidori being the actual default cultivar for matcha.
AlbertHOST
It's just called green tea, right? It's not even a cultivar.
AlbertHOST
It's not like Dragon Well or Gunpowder or whatever it is, Sencha.
AlbertHOST
It's not even like a cultivar.
AlbertHOST
It's just green tea.
AlbertHOST
And so I think really for me, in my humble opinion, to get a perfect cup of green tea, you want to do a short infusion, right? So to me, I would say no more than two and a half minutes, but really two minutes.
AlbertHOST
And I would say if you're drinking certain greens, especially the Japanese greens, which are more sensitive because they're steamed green killed, I would give 90 seconds.
AlbertHOST
There are 60 seconds on Gyokuro, Sencha, Matcha, these things.
AlbertHOST
Just do it lighter.
Lorela LohanGUEST
That was not the case two years ago, for instance.
Lorela LohanGUEST
You had only... like teas like Gyokuro, Sencha and so on and so forth, but possibly to drink and normal matcha with the ceremony and that's it.
Lorela LohanGUEST
So you had not the possibility to really have lattes.
Lorela LohanGUEST
Now actually all the fairs are offering as well lattes into their selection or matcha tonic, which I think that is a good way to actually perceive the taste of matcha, way much more than latte and really suited well, but now like there is no limit to the creativity of it.
27 MINS LATER
Ryan AhnHOST
And actually, it could be a very nice way that specialty tea can grow within Europe.
Ryan AhnHOST
Like, it doesn't have to look like Gong Fu Cha.
Ryan AhnHOST
It doesn't have to look like Sencha Dough.
Ryan AhnHOST
It can take on these new forms that are a little more contemporary.
speaker_0HOST
They're simply different expressions of the same remarkable tea plant.
speaker_0HOST
Sencha is a great place to discover umami.
speaker_0HOST
If you're curious about umami but don't want to immediately seek out an especially intense tea, sencha is a wonderful place to begin.
speaker_0HOST
Sencha is the most widely consumed style of green tea in Japan, and depending on where it was grown, the cultivar, harvest, processing, and brewing method, sencha can offer a beautiful balance of sweetness, vegetal flavor, astringency, bitterness, and umami.
speaker_0HOST
Some sencha will have only a subtle savory quality.
speaker_0HOST
Others can be considerably richer, and that's part of the fun.
speaker_0HOST
For many green teas, somewhere around one to three minutes is a useful starting range.
speaker_0HOST
Japanese teas such as Sencha may do particularly well with relatively short infusions.
speaker_0HOST
And because many green teas are sensitive to high temperatures, steeping time and water temperature work together.
speaker_0HOST
Use hotter water and extraction happens faster.
Lieutenant EricHOST
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Lieutenant EricHOST
Sencha.
RainnGUEST
Mm-hmm.
Lieutenant EricHOST
12.99 for a four pack at all Sobeys and Safeway Liquor.
8 MINS LATER
Dave JamiesonHOST
That's good.
Lieutenant EricHOST
All this delicious beer is on tap.
Lieutenant EricHOST
Beer of the week, though, the Kiroshi Mango Sencha Rice Pseudo Lager.
Dave JamiesonHOST
Yes.
Maren FichterGUEST
So on the one hand, in terms of like agric- agriculture, tea processing, all of these things, you know, we are seeing a little bit more of a shift towards tencha production, more shaded teas, but like shading specifically for tencha production.
Maren FichterGUEST
Um, but you know, people who are traditionally producing sencha, like I mean Obubu traditionally produces more sencha than tencha.
Maren FichterGUEST
And our lead farmer, Akisan, it is his craft, it is what he loves, and it is what he wants to make.
Maren FichterGUEST
And so the pressure to produce more tencha is kind of at odds with, with this, and this is something that is the case for a lot of farmers.
9 MINS LATER
Ryan AhnHOST
That, that's really encouraging to hear.
Maren FichterGUEST
Yeah.
Zongjun LiHOST
In terms of tencha making philosophy, I guess, have you ever heard from Aki-san, like, what, what is his philosophy of making tencha or his philosophy of, like, a good matcha? This is, I guess, pretty new to him, right? 'Cause in the past he has been making predominantly sencha.
Zongjun LiHOST
So, uh-