Asa, Chu, Fuka ... name your 'mushicha!

[bambooforest]

Chumushicha is my favorite. That is, if I had to choose.

But I love both Fukamushicha and asamushicha.

[scruffmcgruff]

I voted middle-of-the-road-mushicha. Asamushi is too grassy/astringent to me, but fuka flavor is too muddled. O-Cha's Miyabi and Yukata Midori are ideal to me; steamed enough to have strong flavor but not so much that they lose their crisp, clean feel.

[murrius]

I love the rich taste, full aroma, and jade green colour of the fukamushicha teas. Quite frankly, I also love the others as well but right now it's full steam ahead!

[Space Samurai]

Japanese green tea full fills all my green tea needs in general, whatever I'm in the mood for. Intensity, fuka. Light, asa. Roasted, houji. Sweet, kuki. Perfection, matcha.

[brandon]

I love the sharp flavor and astringency of Asamushi.
Fuka is the Bud Light of tea.

[murrius]

Fuka is the Bud Light of tea.

lol ....... Ouch!

Lets see; Fukamushicha is the Guiness of tea?

[Space Samurai]

Fuka is the Bud Light of tea.

He drinks dirt tea, we don't have to listen to him.

[scruffmcgruff]

I love the sharp flavor and astringency of Asamushi.
Fuka is the Bud Light of tea.

Asamushi must be the Camo of tea, then.

[greenisgood]

although the bag of asamushi i had from tsuen's was delicious...

FG 4 lyfe.

[battra]

Asamushi, please.
I only wish it had that nice green colour too!

[Pentox]

Generally speaking, fuka, chu, and then asa in that order, but I have selections I enjoy mucho in each category. But for ease of brewing and deepest flavor, fukamushi, ftw!

I find it a bit odd that you say that about fuka. I normally find it the opposite, where when a tea is a fuka the flavor has a much bolder in your face feel to it, the aspects of the flavor are more up front and prominent. Whereas with an asa/chu there is a much deeper level of flavor, something you don't find right away or on the surface, but something you sit and contemplate to find. Hence my preference of the asa/chus.

[Chip]

O-Cha Asamusicha FTW

You asked for it, and O-Cha responded very quickly. This is what they offer as Kirameki, but this is post shincha, ichibancha. A premium hand picked asamushi from the historic Tsuen Tea House in Japan.

[Pentox]

That's scary fast.

If only I didn't just put in an order when the last two products came out. Well another one to add to the list of stuff to try, although this stuff is a bit pricey.

[ryan]

Browsing a tea vendor who doesn't mention what type of green tea it is how do you know? Guessing based on what the leaf looks like in the picture?

[Pentox]

Browsing a tea vendor who doesn't mention what type of green tea it is how do you know? Guessing based on what the leaf looks like in the picture?

There's a few indicators. One is the image. If it has very small particulate leaf that's an indicator of fuka. By default I would say to guess chu. Asa vs Chu is a bit harder to tell though. Most of the time though you would have to infer from their description, ask them directly, or just take a stab in the dark.