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Japanese

茶樹は冬の間に養分を蓄え、春の芽生えとともにその栄養分をたくさん含んだ瑞々しい若葉を成長させます。それが新茶となります。立春（2月4日）から数えて88日目の日を「八十八夜」といい、昔からこの日に摘み採られたお茶を飲むと、一年間無病息災で元気に過ごせると言い伝えられています。新茶の特徴は、何といっても若葉の「爽やかで清々しい香り」にあります。また、新茶は「二番茶」「三番茶」に比べて苦渋いカテキンやカフェインが少なく、旨み、甘みの成分であるアミノ酸（テアニン）が多い傾向にあります

English

A tea tree stores norishment during the winter, and when the spring comes, fresh leaves that contain a lot of norishment will grow. Those leaves become Shincha(the first tea of the season). The day after 88 days count from the first day of spring(February 4th) is called "88 days". According to a tradition, if you drink tea that be picked in 88 days, you will being healthy for a year. The characteristic of Shincha is "refreshing scent" of new leaves, after all. Shincha has less catechin and caffein than "second crop tea" or "third cop tea" and has more flavor and Amino acid(Theanin) that is a component of sweetness.