Kamairicha tea

Infobox_Tea
Tea_name = Kamairicha
Tea_type = Green
Tea_color = Green
Tea_
| Tea_origin = Japan
Tea_names = Pan-Fired Tea
Tea_quick = Generally not available in the west. Fired in hot iron pans, then rolled. Has a sweet, mildly roasted flavor.

Kamairicha (窯煎り茶/窯煎茶) is a Japanese tea that does not undergo the usual steam treatments of Japanese tea and does not have the characteristic bitter taste of most Japanese tea. After a short withering, they are fired in hot iron pans of up to 300°C with repeated agitation to prevent charring. The different rolling techniques used produce teas of different leaf form. Kamairicha is processed as a pelleted or flat leaf.

Regions: Several southern regions are known for making fine Kamairicha. Sechibaru in Nagasaki Prefecture and Ureshino in Saga Prefecture are two of the most respected for their pan-fried manufacturing process.

Popularity: Kamairicha is generally not available in the West, however a few specialist tea merchants are making this tea more well known.

Flavor/Aroma: This Kamairi process develops sweet, mildly roasted flavors, which are very similar to the pan-fried teas produced in China today. It is sometimes referred to as ‘Chinese green tea’ by the Japanese owing to the pan-frying processing of this richly flavored tea.

ee also

* List of Japanese teas
* Sencha - Japanese green tea
* History of tea in Japan