Tencha ni ikoreshwa mu gukora matcha: amababi ya Camellia sinensis akurira mu gicucu iminsi 20 kugeza kuri 30 mbere yo gusarurwa, agatekeshwa umwuka kugira ngo ahagarike gushyuha kw'ogisijene, hanyuma agakurwaho ibishishwa n'imitsi. Igicucu gitera igihingwa gukora klorofile na L-teyanine nyinshi, ari byo bitera matcha ibara ryayo ry'icyatsi kibisi n'uburyohe bwa umami. Tencha ntibwo bizingwa nk'ibindi byayi by'Abayapani: bumishwa buryamye kandi bugumishwa ari amababi kugeza busyewe.