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| First of all, to make better
use of tea in cooking, it is important
to use various kind of tea properly
for the dish. Don't forget the method
of utilizing the type and properties
of tea, applying it for cooking
well deliciously. |
 | Issendashi-Chaba
is the remains of a former used
tea. Chop it into small pieces and
mix with the coatings of boiled
rice or deep-fried dishes to make
it. It is used just like the blue
vegetables. Depending on the dishes,
the usage of it should be changed.
For example, green tea (Sen Cha)
or highest-quality green tea (Gyoku
Ro) are used to make freshly drawn
tea leaves. It is convenient to
preserve it frozen until cooking. |  | Powdered
green tea is very familiar with
Japanese people especially in tea
ceremony. It is made of ten cha
(preparing powdered tea) with using
the stone mortar. You can take the
whole ingredients of tea with it,
and it is full of nutrition too.
To apply it for various sweets and
the sauce of cooking, melt it with
hot water or cool water. Tea whisk
(Cha Sen) is helpful to make it. |
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is a new type tea which is made
of green tea as powder. Without
using Funmatsu Cha on the market,
putting green tea into the blender
for 8 seconds, you can make beautiful
powder tea. As powdered green tea
has the common feature with green
tea, you can use it as the same
usage as that of green tea. |  | Powdered
tea, sold on the market, is made
of the powder which is in the middle
of process of green tea or highest-quality
green tea (Gyoku Ro), and sorted
out from its bud point. Otherwise,
bring Sen Cha into blender for 1
second, the same powdered tea is
made. The way to sprinkle or mix
with various dashes belongs to your
idea. Let's try it. |
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drops are made of green tea (Sen
Cha) or coarse tea (Ban Cha) with
hot water. It is used for washing
a fish or meat (Cha Arai: tea washing),
and boiling or cooking gruel and
tea rice. The strength of its taste
depends on your usual taste.
|  | Paste
tea is developed by the Shizuoka
National Research Institute of Tea.
The method is to make the steamed
tea leaves into the state of paste
with the grinder, and add vitamin
C and the white of an egg. This
is a processed tea with which you
can taste the rich fragrance of
tea. |

 | Although
various outstanding effects exist
in tea, it doesn't make better use
of its effects without cooking tea
dishes. Let's try to master the
skills of cooking tea dishes which
is delicious and healthy for the
body. |  |
The water soluble components
such as Catechin, Amino acid, Vitamin
C, etc., and the non water-soluble
components such as Vitamin E, Carotene,
and food fiber are contained in
tea. Each has very excellent effects
and action. Especially catechin
which contained in the taste of
bitterness has the effects to protect
bacteria and antioxidant effects.
The decline of blood cholesterol
degree suppresses the attack of
cancer. Moreover, it works
effectively for the prevention of
toothache or bad breath. Cooking
with these nutrition well, you can
take in the whole nutrition. |
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