What tezumi means
Tezumi means hand-plucked and refers to harvesting only the top one or two leaves and the bud from each shoot. It produces a more uniform, undamaged leaf than mechanical harvesting and is used almost exclusively for top tier koicha tencha. Most everyday matcha, including most premium and latte tins, is machine-harvested for cost and consistency.
Also called
Tezumi also appears as hand-picked, hand-plucked.