Translator Reviews ( Japanese → English )
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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
A tea tree store nutrients in winter. When spring come, it starts shooting buds and grow leaves. They become the newly picked-up tea. the day which is 88 days after from Feb 4th which is called Rissyun (start of spring in Japan), is called "Hachijyu-Hachiya". If you drink a tea with leaves picked up on the day, you can have healthy life without having any sicks for a year. Specific points of newly picked-up tea is flesh flavor. Also, the tea has less caffeine and catechin which causes bitter taste and has more amin which amino acid which is constituent of sweet taste