Methylated Catechins, found abundantly in benifuuki green tea, is an antioxidant that is marketed in Japan for relieving symptoms hay fever allergies. Drinking benifuuki green tea seems to work for many Japanese (start drinking daily for 6 months before the onset of hay fever season…so you’ll have to learn to like the bitter flavor), so has been very popular in recent years.
Our recommendation is 2 grams per 100 cc of water, steeping for 5 minutes with hot water to extract the maximum amount of nutrients. Avoid drinking on an empty stomach as this recipe extracts the leaf’s bitter bitter bitter flavor (making it bitter…which is good medicine as mom always says).
- Name: Benifuuki Sencha Green Tea
- Ingredients: Green tea
- Net weight: 50 grams / 1.76 oz
- Cultivar: Benifuuki
- Harvest: Spring
- Region: Sayama, Saitama, Japan