¡á How to make amatacha (sweet tea) Leaves are bitter raw but not sweet at all, but when making it as raw material for sweet tea, pick the buds so as not to make the flowers bloom, increase the number of leaves. Pick it around in August, dry it in the sun, then spray it with water and evenly moisten the leaf into a container and leave it for a whole day and night, it becomes steamed and hot. Spread it while wearing it and let it dry, it will be sweetened by the generation of phyllodulcin. Phyllotin has about 1000 times the sweetness of sugar, it is used for sweet tea and food sweetener often drunk at festivals.
Hydrangea serrata (Thunberg ex Murray) Séringe var. thunbergii (Siebold) H. Ohba
Synonyms
Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunberg ex Murray) Séringe var. thunbergii (Siebold) Makino
Common name
(Japanese common name) amacha [sweet tea], ko-amacha [small sweet tea]
(English common name) none
Distribution
(Japan) Honshu (Kanto region, Central region)
(Other nations) none
Chromosomal number
2n=36
Description
Plants 0.7-1m. Leaves 5-10cm. Flowers pale purple to pale blue, flowering in June to June to July. Deciduous. Shrub.
Note
Hydrangea serrata var. thunbergii is leratively small plant and involves Phyllodulcin. Due to this, dry leaves of Hydrangea serrata var. thunbergii have sweet taste and used to use as tea lewaves or also as a sugar diet.Hydrangea serrata var. thunbergii has been cultivated broadly in Japan.
June 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park
June 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park
June 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden
June 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden
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