2020 Sencha First Flush: White Leaf TeaCultivated variety: Yabukita Shading period: 17 days with three layers Harvested from Yubune in Wazuka, Kyoto, d: matcha's special White Leaf Tea was covered with three layers of the black gauze cloth for 17 days. Instead of turning greener and producing more chlorophyll, limiting an excessive amount of sunlight turns the leaves white instead. As compared to Sencha, which has higher levels theanine, the amino acid most prominent in our White Leaf Tea