I have been drinking a lot of low priced sencha (10-15$/100grams) lately, but have also found that some bancha can be as good or better than cheap sencha. I've tried den's bancha and zencha's regular bancha. I found that I could get 2 steeps out of den's bancha, and 3 out of zencha's. I like the "fresh" flavor without too much bitterness. Its a good change of pace from a regular sencha.
Any bancha that you enjoy?
Re: Good Bancha?
I like Den's as well. I'm currently out but my next batch I'm going to try to roast some of it.
Re: Good Bancha?
I like Den's Bancha, too. However from my perspective, Sencha and Bancha are completely different. Technically, both teas are made by tea leaves only, and there is no clear definition between two. Usually, Sencha is 1st-2nd (spring-summer) harvest leaves, and Bancha is 3rd-4th (after summer)harvest leaves. But, unfortunately, it is ture that some unethical companies are selling their Bancha as Sencha here in the U.S. And it makes us confused about these two teas.