Benifuuki
Variety of Tea plant · Camellia sinensis
Bred for black tea, now famous as an allergy-fighting green tea rich in methylated catechins.
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1🇯🇵 Japan 1993
Taste & characteristics
Taste
firmbitteraromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Benihomare x Makura Cd86 (sinensis x assamica)
- Breeder
- Nationale Teeforschung Japan
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Description
Growth
Hybrid of sinensis and assamica; robust growth, high catechin content.
Yield
As unfermented green tea rich in EGCG-3''-Me-gallate; also for full-bodied black tea.
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