Since the Meiji period, the hand-kneading process has been replaced by newly devised, highly efficient methods of machinery manufacturing, and now sencha is manufactured through the six processes of steaming, coarse kneading, crumpling, secondary kneading, precise kneading and drying. |
明治時代以降、手揉みにかわる能率的な機械製法が考案され、現在では蒸熱、粗揉、揉捻、中揉、精揉、乾燥の6工程で製造されている。 |