Flat bright green and white packaging bag for Uji-Shincha with white Japanese and English writing
Flat bright green and white packaging bag for Uji-Shincha with white Japanese and English writing Ippodo Tea Uji Shincha sample depicting loose green needle-like rolled futsumushi tea leaves on silver plate on white table Teacup of light yellow brewed shincha tea beside silver plate of loose rolled tea leaves and green package of New Harvest Tea Three glass cups with Ippodo Tea logo, with brewed New Harvest Uji Shincha tea. Close-up of green tea leaves in a field, preparing for the new harvest.
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Shincha - New Harvest Sencha (100g Bag)

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This limited sencha green tea is released right after its harvest. A tall glass of iced Shincha is fragrant, energizing, and replenishing.

Shelf life:Consume quickly 
Serving size:10g / 0.35 oz (~2 Tbsp.) 
Size:5.5" × 2.8" × 6.8"
Net weight:3.5 oz (100g)

Note: Preorders accepted only until April 25th. This year's Shincha is expected to ship in mid-June.

At Ippodo, we select and blend fresh new sencha harvests to produce our Shincha tea each year. This limited release will only be available for a short time in early summer.

Each spring, as the weather starts to warm, the tea fields in the mountains south of Kyoto begin to awaken. The tea plants, after saving their energy during the long, cold winter, begin to put out tiny green buds. Over the course of a month, these buds start to grow, reaching up and up for the wide blue sky. When the time is right, tea farmers get busy harvesting the spry new leaves.

Ippodo Tea - Shincha tea field

In the micro-climate where the new leaves grow, changes in the weather day-to-day affect the nuances that develop in the tea. As a result, the distinctive character of this year’s Shincha will never be repeated.

While we are excited for what the harvest of 2026 Shincha will bring, every release of Shincha shares the vibrancy and energy of just-picked tea leaves.

Compared to our normal selection of sencha, Shincha has a powerful flavor, aroma, and aftertaste. Its youthful strength is refreshing, like a splash of ice-cold water on the face in the morning.

Like Shincha, our regular sencha lineup is also harvested once per year in late spring. We allow the regular senchas to rest until they develop a relaxed, mature flavor. We then blend them with previous harvests to produce a consistent product sold throughout the year.

We love our regular sencha selection for its calm and mature character. We love Shincha for its fleeting, energetic character that invigorates us at the start of summer.

Ways to Prepare

Our standard recipe for brewing loose-leaf Shincha. Discover the vibrant and energetic quality of these freshly harvested tea leaves.
https://ippodotea.pro/blogs/recipes-to-brew-japanese-tea/standard-shincha-brew

Our standard recipe for brewing loose-leaf Shincha. Discover the vibrant and energetic quality of these freshly harvested tea leaves.

1. Measure the leaves
2 tbsp. (10g / 0.35 oz)
Add tea leaves to a kyusu or teapot.
Silver tablespoon filled with dried rolled Ippodo Sencha premium Japanese green tea leaves with
2. Add hot water
210 mL (7 oz) 80°C (176°F)
Cool boiling water to 80°C by transferring once.
Silver kettle beside a porcelain teacup and porcelain kyusu with an arrow instructing to transfer tea from teacup to teapot
3. Brew
40 seconds
Brew without stirring or disturbing the tea leaves.
Small white porcelain Japanese kyusu teapot with blue logo on lid sitting beside orange stop watch timer on white table
4. Serve
Pour out every last drop.
Enjoy in your favorite teacup or mug.
Pouring light green tea from white porcelain Hasami-yaki kyusu teapot with blue logo into white porcelain Japanese teacup
Fresh Shincha, served the most refreshing way possible: in a tall glass of ice.
https://ippodotea.pro/blogs/recipes-to-brew-japanese-tea/iced-shincha

Fresh Shincha, served the most refreshing way possible: in a tall glass of ice.

1. Measure the leaves
2 tbsp. (10g / 0.35 oz)
Add tea leaves to a kyusu or teapot.
Silver tablespoon filled with dried rolled Ippodo Sencha premium Japanese green tea leaves with
2. Add boiling water
210 mL (7 oz) 100°C (212°F)
Pour hot water to cover tea leaves.
Pouring hot water from silver kettle into Ippodo Tea Co.'s Tokoname-yaki ceramic ivory kyusu teapot
3. Brew
60 seconds
Brew without stirring or disturbing the tea leaves.
Ivory Ippodo Tea Co. Tokoname-yaki ceramic kyusu teapot set beside orange clock timer on white table
4. Serve over plenty of ice
Pour out every last drop.
Enjoy in your favorite glass, teacup or mug.
Green tea being poured from elegant spout of ivory teapot into small rounded modern glass pitcher with white Ippodo Tea logo
Cold brew with just ice and clean water to bring out sencha's full lushness, natural sweetness, and umami.
https://ippodotea.pro/blogs/recipes-to-brew-japanese-tea/cold-brew-sencha

Cold brew with just ice and clean water to bring out sencha's full lushness, natural sweetness, and umami.

1. Measure the leaves
2 tbsp. (10g / 0.35 oz)
Add tea leaves to a kyusu or teapot.
Silver tablespoon filled with dried rolled Ippodo Sencha premium Japanese green tea leaves with
2. Add ice water
210 mL (7 oz) Chilled water
Pour chilled water to cover tea leaves.
Pouring water from glass carafe into white porcelain Hasami-yaki teapot containing Gyokuro green tea leaves and ice cubes
3. Brew
15 minutes
Brew without stirring or disturbing the tea leaves.
Small white porcelain Japanese kyusu teapot with blue logo on lid sitting beside orange stop watch timer on white table
4. Serve
Pour out every last drop
Enjoy in your favorite glass, teacup, or mug.
Pouring light green tea from white porcelain Hasami-yaki kyusu teapot with blue logo into white porcelain Japanese teacup
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