In addition, there is a proverb that "the best colored tea is Shizuoka-cha, the best flavored tea is Uji tea and the tea with the best taste is Sayama-cha," but these are words of Sayamachatsumi-uta and there is no theoretical reason for these being the three major teas in Japan.
尚、よく『色の静岡茶、香りの宇治茶、味の狭山茶』といわれる俚諺があるが、これは狭山茶摘み歌の文言であり、日本三大茶という根拠はない。