Sometimes, so-called Aracha (unsorted green tea) is sold as "Aoyagi", it is necessary to make a distinction between such unfinished tea and refined Aoyagicha, which should be prepared by steaming, crumpling or drying, unpicked, half-finished products, or tea leaves (raw tea leaves) including stems, buds, and hard leaves,
未選別の中間加工品、茎・芽・硬葉等を含んだ茶葉（生葉）を蒸熱、揉み操作、乾燥等の加工処理を経て製造され仕上げ茶として再製する以前のいわゆる荒茶をそのまま販売する際に「青柳」と称する場合もあるので区別の必要なことがある。