お茶ちゃっ葉ぱ

noun

tea leaves

Casual, everyday word for dried tea leaves, especially for brewing green tea. The お is a polite prefix, and っ葉 is a colloquial suffix for leaves.

• 急きゅう須すにお茶ちゃっ葉ぱを入いれてお湯ゆを注そそぐ。

  Put tea leaves into the teapot and pour hot water.

• このお茶ちゃっ葉ぱは香かおりがいいね。

  These tea leaves have a nice aroma, don't they?