First Green Tea Order Help
I'm looking to buy my first order of green tea tomorrow. I don't have a lot of money, so buying both is not an option. I don't have a lot of experience with green tea, but I do know that I like deep steamed teas. Anyway, I can't decide between o-cha's Kagoshima Sencha Yutaka Midori (http://www.o-cha.com/green-tea/kagoshim ... utaka.html) or o-cha's Fukamushi Sencha Supreme (http://www.o-cha.com/green-tea/fukamushicha.html). Will one of those last longer than the other, i.e. get more steepings than the other? I like that sweet vegetably taste a lot if that makes a difference.
May 12th, '10, 07:33
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May 12th, '10, 08:20
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...yes......Chip wrote:Yutaka Midori gets my vote. But everyone already knew that I bet.
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The Fukamushi Supreme is vegetal and I always got 5 steeps out of it. Good stuff!
May 12th, '10, 09:03
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and this coming from an Asa Guy..so believe it!Ed wrote:The Fukamushi Supreme is vegetal and I always got 5 steeps out of it. Good stuff!
May 12th, '10, 12:21
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Both can give you at least 5 steepings or more. The final steepings are like sweet tea water, quite nice.
Which is better will be a matter of personal preference.
Which is better will be a matter of personal preference.
May 12th, '10, 20:07
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Noooooo!!! Blasphemy!!!iannon wrote:and this coming from an Asa Guy..so believe it!Ed wrote:The Fukamushi Supreme is vegetal and I always got 5 steeps out of it. Good stuff!
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lulz, I know but it is pretty darn good. The quality seemed to be a lot more consistent with the Fukamushi Supreme than the Yutaka Midori.guitar9876 wrote:Noooooo!!! Blasphemy!!!iannon wrote:and this coming from an Asa Guy..so believe it!Ed wrote:The Fukamushi Supreme is vegetal and I always got 5 steeps out of it. Good stuff!
Don't worry, Chip is going to delete this post anyway because it's not 100% flattering to O-Cha
May 13th, '10, 04:26
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I'd say you can't go wrong with the Yutaka Midori, but don't be afraid to try the Fukamushi Sencha Supreme later, when you're running out of tea and scrape together the money for another order! 
*counts his pennies*
*counts his pennies*
May 14th, '10, 17:38
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Kyle, if you end up getting the Fukamushi Supreme, I would be happy to help a brother out and offer you a sample of the shincha Yutaka Midori Kaoru, the new YM from O-Cha. 
PM me if interested.
PM me if interested.