Etymology

sencha

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Today it means: A form of Japanese green tea made by infusing the processed whole tea leaves in hot water. Full definition →

Japanese 煎茶
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from煎茶
  2. English todaysencha

Borrowed from Japanese 煎茶 (sencha, literally “infused tea”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.