Everything You Need to Know about Covering Process for Matcha and Gyokuro

What the Covering Process Does to Tea

We all know that to produce a delicate, umami-flavored matcha green tea, the covering process is a vital step. The effects of the shade is what distinguishes matcha from sencha, or regular green tea. However, matcha isn’t the only tea that is covered before the harvesting season.

Gyokuro, also known as “jade dew,” is another type of Japanese green tea that undergoes the shading phase. Everything about matcha and gyokuro is the same, up until the actual...