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Tea-leaf picking starts in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Women dressed in traditional tea leaf picker's costume pick young tea leaves at a ''tencha'' tea farm in Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, on May 2, the 88th day after the setting of spring, traditionally the first day of tea-leaf picking in Japan. Nishio is the country's No. 1 producer of ''tencha,'' the ingredient for Japanese powdered green tea.

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Sharp to sell tencha for powdered green tea

A Sharp Corp. employee shows "tencha" shredded green tea leaves for use as powdered tea in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 11, 2015. The electronics company will sell its first "food item" for its Healsio Ocha-Presso tea machine from Nov. 18. A tea drink made by the machine does not lose its original flavor and aroma over time, according to the company. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tea-leaf picking starts in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Women dressed in traditional tea leaf picker's costume pick young tea leaves at a ''tencha'' tea farm in Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, on May 2, the 88th day after the setting of spring, traditionally the first day of tea-leaf picking in Japan. Nishio is the country's No. 1 producer of ''tencha,'' the ingredient for Japanese powdered green tea. (Kyodo)