Name: Sencha Tenkaichi
Brand: Tealyra
SKU: 300-50-P
Price: 11.06 EUR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.6 (17 reviews)

Origin

Japan

Asia

Caffeine Level (mg/1g)

0

1-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41+

Description

Sencha Tenkaichi – Premium Japanese Sencha Green Tea

Sencha is Japan's most popular tea, cherished for its delicate sweetness, gentle astringency and fresh, vibrant character. "Tenkaichi" means "number one under the sun" — the very best — and our premium Sencha Tenkaichi lives up to its name.

This naturally produced, top-quality Japanese green tea is crafted from tender early-season leaves, steamed shortly after harvest to preserve their bright color and fresh flavor. Its infusion is wonderfully sweet, buttery and grassy with a slight vegetal note, brewing into a pale yet bright green liquor. Only slightly astringent, it has a rich, buttery taste that lasts through multiple steeps.

Tasting Notes

Liquor: pale yet bright green
Aroma: fresh, grassy and sweet
Flavor: sweet, buttery and grassy with a slight vegetal note
Character: only slightly astringent
Finish: rich, buttery and refreshing

Why You'll Love It

Sencha Tenkaichi is the perfect everyday Japanese green tea: fresh, uplifting and beautifully balanced. Its sweet, grassy flavor and gentle astringency make it easy to enjoy any time of day. Its buttery richness holds up over multiple infusions, so one serving goes a long way.

A premium Japanese sencha
Sweet, buttery and grassy
Gentle, low astringency
Great for multiple steeps

How to Enjoy

Enjoy it plain in a kyusu or small teapot, re-steeping the leaves for additional cups. It pairs beautifully with sushi, rice dishes, fresh vegetables and light Japanese sweets, and makes a crisp, refreshing iced green tea in summer.

Try one of Japan's most famous teas in our luxury-grade Sencha Tenkaichi!

Make it your kind of cup

ready, set, steep.

A great starting point. Adjust the strength to suit your taste.

011-1.5 TSP or 1 BAGScoop your leavesAdd tea to a roomy infuser or teapot.
0280°C200mlJust add waterPour water over the leaves at the suggested temperature.
031.5 - 2 minGive it a momentLet the tea steep, then remove the leaves.
04Your perfect cupSip and enjoyTaste it plain first, then make it your own.

A little steeping tipLet just-boiled water cool for a minute or two — water that’s too hot can turn delicate leaves bitter. Good leaves give a lovely second cup, too.

Preparation:

Use 1-1.5 TSP or 1 BAG per 200ml of water at 80°C and steep for 1.5-2 min.

Ingredients:

Green tea

Write your own Review

Lorie

April 2024

Absolutely, the best sencha green tea anywhere...I just keep coming back for this one! Tealyra is a wonderful site to cater to all of your "Tea" needs! Love it!

Sascha Uncia

February 2024

Brewed it at a lower temperature. It's a smooth, grassy jade infusion with low astringency, overall a good quality green tea.

Arthur Latman

August 2023

Fantastic sencha.
1 minute 30 seconds infusion. 85°C. 2 flat teaspoons.
My favourite green tea if I want a quick 1 cup of green tea.
Almost sweet.
Excellent flavour.

Anna T

May 2021

This tea was my recent reintroduction to green teas, I was a bit skeptical since green teas didn't usually taste too great, bitter, but this was amazing, completely opposite of what I expected. Ensure you get the right temp, if you pour boiling water on it, it won't be the same. I love it and ordered it again. I drink it to wake up in the morning since I am extremely sensitive to coffee so teas are life for me :)

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Oregon Tea Drinker

October 2017

When I travel internationally, I search asian street markets until I find quality tea. It can be a lot of work. I have enjoyed the best teas in the world. Then , once stateside, I can't find a consistent high quality tea merchant. So when I'm asia, I buy a year's supply.

Well, every tea I have purchased from Tealyra is high quality. Clearly, Tealyra has very high standards and they hold their suppliers to very high standards. Thanks Tealyra!

This Sencha is sweet, soft on the tongue without astringency. Quality tea.

Konstantinos Papatheodorou

January 2017

Best Sencha tI had so far!
It smells amazing once you open the packaging, like fresh leaves and spring days :)
Once you brew it i smells of sea breeze, iodine, sea salt and freshness.
And the flavour is sooooooooo good.

Only sencha tea I am going to order in bulk from now on.

Dorothy

December 2016

This tea reminds me of Long Jing. It has a nutty, grassy flavour to it which is delightful. It makes a good second brew. I drink it in the afternoons.

Ru

September 2016

A truly delightful tea - fresh and sweet if brewed lightly, with lots of tasty umami flavours that don't become bitter when brewed stronger and longer. I have a small collection of teas, but never seem to want to drink anything but this.

Lily

September 2016

This is not my first Sencha, but the first from Tealyra I have tried. I was amazed with the rich grassy oceanic scent, the vibrant green color of the leaves, and the amazing bold taste with seaweed after tone! I drink green tea every morning and then some. I made this one my favorite morning treat right away! I enjoyed this tea so much that I have decided to order from Tealyra instead of from my regular supplier. I now have high expectations!

Stephane Dudart

December 2015

Not so delicate than other sencha from Tealyra, I mean that this tea has a strong taste of good sencha with a darker green grass color and a stronger smell. Use a few to infuse to not have the theine taste. Good stuff.

Stdudart

October 2014

The best sencha I have ever drunk !

Tamsett

April 2014

I tried lots of different green teas and was not convinced, until I found this one. It has a depth of flavour that is really wonderful. I get the best flavour by slowly pouring the water through an infuser into the cup. And it is great cold too.

Ts-2008

February 2014

I’ve been trying a few sencha’s but they are really not my favorites. I decided to just try this one with no flavorings added to see if I would take to a pure sencha tea. Yes! I think this could be a regular tea. It has a mellow grass and toasted flavor to it. I would say like the toasted brown rice but there’s no rice in it. I'm really loving this tea.

André Lanciault

June 2022

[FR] À l’instar des autres critiques, ce thé peu astringent est savoureux ????. Typique des sencha, il a un goût de tourbe et dégage une odeur fort agréable. Je conseille de chauffer l’eau à 75C. Un thé de qualité.

Wundoo

September 2020

Very good.
Heaped dessert spoon of leaf, 340ml soft water, 60 degrees celsius, 140 seconds, brewed in Japanese clay (unglazed).
Smooth and clean with just the right balance of lemon verbena bitterness, oceanic roundness and victoria sponge / coconut sponge sweetness.
Whoever invented tea deserves a prize. If I was told I was only allowed one drink other than water for the rest of my life it would be green tea.

Ethan

February 2017

Very little astringency to this sencha. It is full-bodied with a strong nutty flavour. A good tea for a cold rainy day!

Nev

June 2025

Very disappointing. Unlike other green tea I’ve purchased from Tealyra, there’s very little leaf and mostly dust. The tea tastes bland even when steaped for double the time recommended. I will not be purchasing this tea again.

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