揉じゅう捻ねん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

rolling freshly picked tea leaves; crushing tea

Technical term in tea production: the process of rolling and twisting freshly picked tea leaves to break cell walls and shape the leaves, often as part of the initial processing for green tea.

• 茶ちゃ葉ばの揉じゅう捻ねんは、手て作さ業ぎょうで行おこなわれることもある。

  Rolling of tea leaves is sometimes done by hand.

• 揉じゅう捻ねん機きで