Great every day budget green?
Genmai. Works every time.
Any sencha tea, which one it is varies. Still haven't found a sencha that is too expensive to have every day. That's one of the nice things of living in an expensive country, tea bought on the internet is cheap compared to other products.
At the moment it is Sencha Yutaka Midori from O-Cha. When I finish that it will be Sencha Miyabi and then the new asamushi from O-Cha.
At the moment it is Sencha Yutaka Midori from O-Cha. When I finish that it will be Sencha Miyabi and then the new asamushi from O-Cha.
Sep 27th, '08, 12:34
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When I think everyday tea, it has to meat two criteria for it to work for me. Relatively lower price, but not necessarily cheap. And I MUST like it a lot. If it hits the mark on both points, it has a lot of VALUE for me.
Sencha in general, but I never have the same ones open all the time.
Currently Chiran Sencha Supreme is hitting the mark on both points. A little higher priced than some of my everyday teas, but it is still less than 18 USD for 100 grams. 18 cents a gram is pretty inexpensive for something this good. A dollar a session, but only 20 cents a steep.
During Shincha season, I throw all of the above out the door and go for the gusto with each tea. Then I settle down a bit over the course of the rest of the year.
I do have some cheaper sencha that also meet both criteria. I actually enjoy the challenge of finding these everyday teas, but I do not get obsessed about it.
Sencha in general, but I never have the same ones open all the time.
Currently Chiran Sencha Supreme is hitting the mark on both points. A little higher priced than some of my everyday teas, but it is still less than 18 USD for 100 grams. 18 cents a gram is pretty inexpensive for something this good. A dollar a session, but only 20 cents a steep.
During Shincha season, I throw all of the above out the door and go for the gusto with each tea. Then I settle down a bit over the course of the rest of the year.
I do have some cheaper sencha that also meet both criteria. I actually enjoy the challenge of finding these everyday teas, but I do not get obsessed about it.
blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!
Just to note that Otsuusan from O-cha is not very good value - it is from Tsuen tea shop which sells it 1050yen/140g = 7$/100g. O-cha.com price for Otsuusan is 19$/100g. Nice marginsolivierco wrote:I don't have one daily green tea, I prefer some diversity:
Miyabi sencha, Otsuusan sencha, karigane gyokuro (ocha), Bancha, houjicha, houjicha karigane, kumpu or kaboku sencha (ippodo), SP sencha (hibiki-an)...
Price from 0.5$ to 1.2$ per session
http://www.tsuentea.com/eng-jp-shohin.htm <- English names
http://www.tsuentea.com/shohin.htm <- Prices
http://www.o-cha.com/green-tea/uji-sencha-otsuusan.html
Sep 28th, '08, 02:02
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Not exactly a fair nor a complete analysis. Retail internet specialty mark up is frequently 2-3 times the wholesale cost for the product. I have a lot of specialty market experience.
Also, the price you quote is if you fly to Japan to pick it up, they do not sell outside of Japan.
Tsuen does not to the best of my knowledge sell to other internet vendors. I know a significant time expence has gone into creating this priviledge to sell Tsuen products via the internet. A quick google search lends some credence to this.
If we had every wholesale cost for every tea we buy from Japan, we would find a lot of similar margins. Even more so from China where product can often be purchased for pennies on the dollar. A lot more goes into a pricing structure beyond the actual wholesale cost.
I find the cost to quality ratio of O-Cha teas is very good when I compare their teas to others I have tried. Many of their teas are simply the best in their style for the price.
Also, the price you quote is if you fly to Japan to pick it up, they do not sell outside of Japan.
Tsuen does not to the best of my knowledge sell to other internet vendors. I know a significant time expence has gone into creating this priviledge to sell Tsuen products via the internet. A quick google search lends some credence to this.
If we had every wholesale cost for every tea we buy from Japan, we would find a lot of similar margins. Even more so from China where product can often be purchased for pennies on the dollar. A lot more goes into a pricing structure beyond the actual wholesale cost.
I find the cost to quality ratio of O-Cha teas is very good when I compare their teas to others I have tried. Many of their teas are simply the best in their style for the price.
I've always felt that O-Cha had a considerable markup, but some of their teas are still worth the price, I think. I haven't found any fukamushi that's on the same level as Fukamushi Supreme for the same price or less. So, that makes it worth the markup. If you look at any online tea shop, you can see that good tea is never cheap. The shops that sell directly from the farm tend to have some good deals but the selection is somewhat limited to the teas that are popular in their region, etc..
