Do you strain your Sencha?

[bigmonstertruck]

At first I did not like the floaters in my sencha. I am talking about the fines that pass through the metal screen in the sencha pot. The strainer clogged quickly, so I stopped straining. I was just wondering what the common practice was.

Thanks-
Ed

[Chip]

Particles are fine ... enjoy!

[olivierco]

The answer is asamushi (light steamed) sencha. If its quality is high enough, you won't get any floaters, even without metal screen.

[iheartea]

My teapot comes with a superfine strainer, but some of the really fine particles from fukamushi still comes through. It's all good, just don't want larger leaves in my tea. I've decided that asamushi and gyokuro is more to my liking anyway.

[Rainy-Day]

I like even larger leaves in my sencha. I removed the metal strainer from my teapot for this reason. I have to pour slowly so that I don't get way too much leaf, but I still get quite a bit. It's interesting that I never liked to get black tea leaves or chinese green tea leaves in the tea, but sencha leaf is so soft and tasty.

[megameganman]

Sometimes it help to pour the water in first and them put your strainer in so that tea is being pushed down the water.

I have multiple strainers and all of them let some floaters through, I don't like it either, but it's a necessary evil.

[Geekgirl]

I strain. I'm slow, so having too much sediment in my tea results in a bitter last couple of sips unless I strain.

[brad4419]

Yes, I strain my sencha. I brew sencha in a glass teapot designed for brewing chinese greens so many small sencha particles slip through and if I don't strain it I notice it gets to bitter while I wait for it to cool.

[debunix]

Yes. I don't care for leaves in my tea. I like the built-in strainer in my kyusu. It doesn't get all of the tiniest fines, but the leaves are caught, and it still strains quickly and efficiently.

[Dresden]

The screen on my kyusu was designed for fukamushicha so no large particles get through.

Whatever does happen to get through settles at the bottom of the cup. It ends up getting swirled around with the last bit of tea and down the hatch. Mmm mmm good!!!

[Chip]

+1 ... tiny particles are our friends. But if they sit in the cup too long, they can get a bit bitter. So, keep on sipping.