芽め茶ちゃ

noun

coarse broken tea leaves and buds; tea siftings

Technical term in tea production: the broken leaf fragments and small buds separated during the sifting process, often used for lower-grade tea or tea bags.

• 芽め茶ちゃは、茶ちゃ葉ばをふるい分わける工こう程ていで出でる細こまかい葉はや芽めのことです。

  Meicha refers to the fine leaves and buds that come out during the tea-leaf sifting process.