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Gyokuro is the top grade of green tea made in Japan. "Gyoku" and "ro" means "jewel" "dewdrops" respectively. The leaves are grown with great care under diffuse sunlight to make them aromatic, pleasantly bitter to taste, and deep in color. Unlike maccha, gyokuro is rarely used as a flavor of processed foods except for "gyokuro-ame" (gyokuro candies).

The two of the most famous regions for this tea are Yame in Fukuoka Prefecture and Uji, south of Kyoto.