Tried a tea bag today of Japanese tea from Ito-En. Nice colour in the cup, but the flavour was lacking. The tea in the bag seemed to be dust.
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Anyone have any good experiences with Japanese teas in bags? I know that some vendors sell them (e.g., O-Cha), but I have never tried any.
Thanks.
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sherubtse
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Re: Bagged Japanese Greens
Uji Teabags from O-Cha with 5 grams of good leaf were the best teabags I ever tried. However Kevin may have had to change sources, you might want to ask him. Some people really like Otsuusen in bags.
Zencha has some good bags too.
I have not really looked much further ...
EDIT, the Uji sencha bags are no longer on the O-Cha site. Too bad.
Zencha has some good bags too.
I have not really looked much further ...
EDIT, the Uji sencha bags are no longer on the O-Cha site. Too bad.
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Re: Bagged Japanese Greens
Sold the last of those a few days ago, too bad. Looking for new source....
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I see that the Uji Sencha Green Tea Bags "Musashi" are still listed on O-Cha, though in 2.5 g bags rather than 5g ones.Chip wrote: EDIT, the Uji sencha bags are no longer on the O-Cha site. Too bad.
There are also the Karigane Sencha Green Tea Bags, again in 2.5g units.
I might spring for one of these with my next O-Cha order, though I might wait until Kevin gets a new supply.
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sherubtse
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zencha adds a sample tea bag with a purchase, and i was surprised as to how good it was. i don't know which tea bag it is however.
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I see, from a cursory glance at the Zencha website, that they sell at least 2 types of tea bags:rdl wrote:zencha adds a sample tea bag with a purchase, and i was surprised as to how good it was. i don't know which tea bag it is however.
Yame Premium Teabag & Tea Bag Fuji The Ultimate
I wonder if anyone has tried these ....
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sherubtse
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the den's ones were pretty good too
I haven't tried their organic ones, but the others were fine when I tried them about two years ago.
Maybe you might be interested in just buying empty bags and filling them up to your own taste?
I haven't tried their organic ones, but the others were fine when I tried them about two years ago.
Maybe you might be interested in just buying empty bags and filling them up to your own taste?
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Zencha usually includes a bag of their premium yame tea with their orders, and yes it is pretty good. Sugimoto's sencha in Tea Pacs are good too. I don't have any at the moment, but SA's sencha in tea pacs were my go-to tea when I would travel.
Ippodo's teabags of sencha and gyokuro are tasty but they're a little light for me, even when using two bags to brew one 6oz cup.
Ippodo's teabags of sencha and gyokuro are tasty but they're a little light for me, even when using two bags to brew one 6oz cup.
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This is something I thought about doing some time back with my stock of blacks. But it makes good sense to do it with Japanese greens as well. I have a selection of great senchas from O-Cha that would make great home-made tea bags.churng wrote: Maybe you might be interested in just buying empty bags and filling them up to your own taste?
Many thanks for reminding me of this, churng.
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sherubtse
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Great idea. And actually the tea tastes as good as traditionally brewed tea.churng wrote: Maybe you might be interested in just buying empty bags and filling them up to your own taste?
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I've found, even when I put a good Sencha in a teabag (the do-it-yourself filterbags), it comes out lousy... the leaves just don't get the chance to infuse properly.
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I'll probably get lynched for suggesting it, but Stash's bagged green tea is delicious. It's from Brazil, I think, but it's steamed like Japanese greens, so it's technically a "sencha."
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I took the Stash teabags when I visited relatives for Christmas (they recently lost all their tea equipment and now use a Keurig machine for both coffee and tea). The teabags weren't fantastic, but I could get Stash at the supermarket. They were much better than Lipton and tasted more than vaguely Japanese, and that's good enough for me.
I do heartily recommend the Costco "Kirkland Signature" bagged Japanese green; they get the tea from Ito En and when reasonably fresh and made properly I recall it as being good. Unfortunately there's not a Costco within 50 miles of me so I can't get it; there are some sellers on Amazon but they charge 100%+ markups or have a reputation for selling the tea past its expiration date.
I do heartily recommend the Costco "Kirkland Signature" bagged Japanese green; they get the tea from Ito En and when reasonably fresh and made properly I recall it as being good. Unfortunately there's not a Costco within 50 miles of me so I can't get it; there are some sellers on Amazon but they charge 100%+ markups or have a reputation for selling the tea past its expiration date.