medium-grade green tea
In tea grading, 煎茶 specifically refers to a medium-quality leaf tea, positioned between high-grade 玉露 and lower-grade 番茶. In everyday use, sense 1 is more common.
I like drinking green tea after meals.
Please explain the difference between leaf tea and powdered tea.
This medium-grade green tea is not as expensive as gyokuro, but it has a better aroma than bancha.
sencha tea ceremony; Way of Sencha Tea
From 煎 (to roast/brew) + 茶 (tea), referring to tea prepared by steeping roasted leaves. The term distinguishes leaf tea from powdered matcha.