freshly brewed green tea
Dated term, originally used in restaurants. Now mostly replaced by お茶 or 煎茶 in everyday speech.
See also: 上がり
In old-style restaurants, freshly brewed green tea was served after the meal.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; less common but still encountered.
Also written 上がり端, from 上がり and the suffix ばな, which denotes the beginning or freshly completed stage of an action. It refers to tea that has just been brewed.