Anyone have a favorite green tea brand?

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Anyone have a favorite green tea brand?

by greenteaforyou » Jul 13th, '13, 00:01

Seems like there are a ton of green tea brands. just curious if anyone has found one that they really like.

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Re: Anyone have a favorite green tea brand?

by Chip » Jul 13th, '13, 00:28

Brand, no not really.

Sources and vendors, yes.

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Re: Anyone have a favorite green tea brand?

by debunix » Jul 13th, '13, 14:49

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'Brand' doesn't really apply to the chinese green teas I most enjoy. Region of origin (Fujian, Yunnan, Zhejiang, Nanntou), harvest (spring (and a whole slew of terms further subdivide this one), winter), processing style (buds, mature leaves, flat, curly, rolled, lighter or heavier roast), tea plant variety, supplier (company I buy it from)--those terms apply. But none of them are blended and standardized and industrialized enough, year to year, to have a brand identity, like Lipton or PG Tips for bagged black teas.

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Re: Anyone have a favorite green tea brand?

by bagua7 » Jul 14th, '13, 00:40

Long Jing/dragon well (premium type) and Tai Ping Hou Kui/monkey king (lol) are my favourite Chinese greens at this point in time. I never get tired of them.

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Re: Anyone have a favorite green tea brand?

by jasonlee88 » Aug 11th, '13, 05:26

Brand is not really important for me.

The most important is the grade, cultured farm, location and etc.

Buy from trusted vendor, who can provide the better price.

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Re: Anyone have a favorite green tea brand?

by entropyembrace » Aug 11th, '13, 18:45

I guess Tsuen and Maiko could be considered brands (I would call those my favourite) :)
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Re: Anyone have a favorite green tea brand?

by JRS22 » Aug 11th, '13, 20:50

entropyembrace wrote:I guess Tsuen and Maiko could be considered brands :)
If you look at it that way then Tsuen is my favorite brand, at least for japanese tea.

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Re: Anyone have a favorite green tea brand?

by matchagirlparis » Sep 26th, '13, 20:41

hello!
so far my favorite is Marukyu-Koyamaen (for matcha green tea), generally because it is fragrant and creamy. I am quite happy with the few ones I have tried from this 'brand' so far... could not go wrong :)
JRS22 wrote:
entropyembrace wrote:I guess Tsuen and Maiko could be considered brands :)
If you look at it that way then Tsuen is my favorite brand, at least for japanese tea.
^^^I do agree that Tsuen is really one of my favorites too, the Manten from them was really delicious and balanced! :)

I am still on the continuous search, I hope to learn more as I go along! :)

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