asamushi recommendations

[fnord]

hi,
i'm looking for some good asamushi sencha.i recently tried the UJIBASHI SAN NO MA from tsuen and really liked it.
are there any similar teas to check?
What about marukyu-koyamaen ,does anyone have experience with them?Could someone recommend me one of their senchas?
Thanks !

[olivierco]

The organic asamushi from o-cha (Warashina Supreme) is a very good one too.
You should try Ippodo. Their Kaboku is also excellent.
Zencha (Sencha the ultimate) is a good choice too.

Concerning marukyu-koyamaen, they have been on my list for a long time but I haven't tried their teas yet. I think Oni did.

[Ed]

Maiko and Hibiki-An are two other good Uji vendors that have lots of asamushi to choose from. I'm drinking some Maiko asamushi right now.

[guitar9876]

Maiko and Hibiki-An are two other good Uji vendors that have lots of asamushi to choose from. I'm drinking some Maiko asamushi right now.

+1 Maiko is the bomb

[battra]

I prefer to buy sencha from Ippodo, and I'm very satisfied - I usually buy Kumpu.

I have ordered tea from maiko before, and it was nice too, but a year ago they increased their prices for overseas customers by 30%, while the price for customers in Japan was kept at the same level.
I would be interested in trying the sencha from other old japanese teashops, like Marukyu-koyamaen, Horaido and Kaburagi-en, but these shops fail to take care of ordering and payment properly - for example there is no way to send your credit card number encrypted to them - you can fax it, but who has a fax in their home nowadays?

[olivierco]

I prefer to buy sencha from Ippodo, and I'm very satisfied - I usually buy Kumpu.

I have ordered tea from maiko before, and it was nice too, but a year ago they increased their prices for overseas customers by 30%, while the price for customers in Japan was kept at the same level.
I would be interested in trying the sencha from other old japanese teashops, like Marukyu-koyamaen, Horaido and Kaburagi-en, but these shops fail to take care of ordering and payment properly - for example there is no way to send your credit card number encrypted to them - you can fax it, but who has a fax in their home nowadays?

You can mail your credit card number in a letter.

[fnord]

Thanks for all the nice replies.Luckily i found a store yesterday,which sells Marukyu-koyamaen.I've bought some Kotomidori and i really like it,it has a very nice clean taste and after 2 days i would say it is definitively in my top 5 list.at the moment i would say my favorite senchas come from Ryuoen,Tsuen and Marukyu-koyamaen,but i'll give maiko and hibiki-an a try.has anyone had the pinnacle sencha and the sencha super premium from hibiki-an and could compare it?are both of them non-blended teas?
I am also a bit limited about my shop selection,i don't have a credit card so i have to use shops which accept paypal,thats why i'm not able to order from shops like Ippodo,...

[battra]

You can mail your credit card number in a letter.

That's a good idea! I would definitely consider taking that extra trouble if my urge to try different sencha were greater.

fnord: It sounds like you can get good quality sencha where you live (supposing it is fresh and reasonably priced). Where do you live?

[fnord]

battra: i live in germany. i can't complain about the freshness,price is usually a bit more as if you buy directly from japan,but sometimes i prefer to buy local and support the local shops.

[Oni]

Horaido teashop offers an option of sending your credit card data in separate e-mails, first part in one and the second part inb another e-mail, and with marukyu koyamaen, fax is a bit of a problem.