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With the focus on leaf tea (as opposed to the Japanese tea ceremony), Oscar Brekell guides the reader through the fascinating world of Japanese tea, covering everything from the logic behind tea steeping, different types of tea, tea growing regions, history, tea compounds, processing and the latest trends such as single estate Sencha (including descriptions of cultivars never before published in any language other than Japanese). Useful for tea specialist but also enjoyable for the enthusiast, this bilingual book can also serve as a communication tool for non-Japanese looking for tea in Japan, or for Japanese who wish to promote and explain about Japanese tea to foreigners.