Has anyone tried Tea of Japan?

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Has anyone tried Tea of Japan?

by fire_snake » Apr 11th, '15, 19:07

Hello, all:

As seen here:

http://tea-of-japan.com

Stumbled upon this shop (while watching YouTube tea videos.) :D

They posted a few about tea preparation. Which means I'm going to watch. :D

Interesting:

http://tea-of-japan.com/shop/sencha/

http://tea-of-japan.com/shop/matcha-gre ... a-pinnacle

All experiences, thoughts, and advice are welcome.

Christian.
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Re: Has anyone tried Tea of Japan?

by chingwa » Apr 13th, '15, 21:21

I've never tried them... but the matabei family seem to be Uji locals and have been making tea (matcha especially) for over 100 years...
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Has anyone tried Tea of Japan?

by Pig Hog » Apr 14th, '15, 04:04

I'm tempted to try some of their tea. I've just reordered some matcha from hibiki-an but after I've finished that I might pick up a matcha super premium or usucha super premium from here.

The other two are way out of my price range!

Probably grab a sencha too. Their pictures are nice at the very least!
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by fire_snake » Apr 14th, '15, 07:45

chingwa wrote:I've never tried them... but the matabei family seem to be Uji locals and have been making tea (matcha especially) for over 100 years...
Ah, then count me in!

Certainly worth at least a try.

Thank you for that little detail.
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by fire_snake » Apr 14th, '15, 07:47

Pig Hog wrote:I'm tempted to try some of their tea. I've just reordered some matcha from hibiki-an but after I've finished that I might pick up a matcha super premium or usucha super premium from here.

The other two are way out of my price range!

Probably grab a sencha too. Their pictures are nice at the very least!
Pricey indeed.

But for a special occasion...

(pick one

or just make one up.)

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by Alex » Apr 15th, '15, 11:30

The naming and products look similar to hibiki-an. Run by same person?
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Has anyone tried Tea of Japan?

by Pig Hog » Jun 6th, '15, 14:05

I'm going to make an order from these guys, soon.

Looking at a middle grade match, a fukamushi sencha and a karigane houjicha. Will post my thoughts...
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by William » Jun 6th, '15, 15:50

Pig Hog wrote:I'm going to make an order from these guys, soon.

Looking at a middle grade match, a fukamushi sencha and a karigane houjicha. Will post my thoughts...
The bravest of us all! :mrgreen:
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Has anyone tried Tea of Japan?

by Pig Hog » Jun 6th, '15, 18:08

It better be good!
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Re: Has anyone tried Tea of Japan?

by TORamarn » Jun 8th, '15, 11:58

As for thes-du-japon.com, I've bought their teapots and some of their sencha. With every teapot order they also sent 10g sencha sample pouches.

- Shizuoka, Fuji (Kôshun) : Got 10g sample pouch, really loved it. Probably one of the best sencha I've tried at this price.

- Kagoshima, Kirishima (Saemidori) : Also got 10g sample. Nice tea overall. Moderate umami. Love its long aftertaste, but felt some dried mouth and a little salty (seemed to be from the umami.)

- Shizuoka, Hon.yama, Tôbettô (Yabukita & Ômune) : Really nice, very complex tea. Most costly of their sencha, but never regret paying.

- Amakusa, Kumamoto (Yabukita) kama-iri cha : Bold & tasty. I'm not a big fan of Japanese kama-iri, but this one is quite enjoyable.

- Kagoshima, Kirishima (Asatsuyu) : Also got 10g sample. Distinct green bean taste. Not bad, but not that interesting for me.

Overall I think their sencha are quite nice, definitely above standard. I still have 3 more of their sencha that I haven't opened the bag yet. I might probably post it here once I tried.
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by TORamarn » Jun 8th, '15, 12:03

One more thing, it seems that their style is subtle umami tea so if any of you who likes bold and yummy umami may need to reconsider. Anyway, I haven't tried their tea from Uji yet.
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Re: Has anyone tried Tea of Japan?

by William » Jun 8th, '15, 12:16

I appreciate your review TORamarn, but this discussion has been created to talk about http://tea-of-japan.com, not http://www.thes-du-japon.com/! :)

You could post your review here: http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... ead#unread
Pig Hog wrote:It better be good!
Let us know what do you think of their teas, when you will have the chance to try them!
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by Pig Hog » Jun 8th, '15, 17:52

I'm having...reservations.

I'm looking for a good but not too expensive matcha (preferably the usucha or koicha type grade) and a houjicha from a vendor I've not tried before. Also looking at a sencha too, just to get a good idea of said vendor's tea.

If I don't buy matabay, I was looking at maiko instead... What do you guys think?

In part, I'm still tempted to buy from here because it *could* be really good but maiko have a proven record...
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Re: Has anyone tried Tea of Japan?

by entropyembrace » Jun 8th, '15, 21:42

Pig Hog wrote:I'm having...reservations.

I'm looking for a good but not too expensive matcha (preferably the usucha or koicha type grade) and a houjicha from a vendor I've not tried before. Also looking at a sencha too, just to get a good idea of said vendor's tea.

If I don't buy matabay, I was looking at maiko instead... What do you guys think?

In part, I'm still tempted to buy from here because it *could* be really good but maiko have a proven record...
If you haven't tried Maiko you should :wink:

They're one of my favourite Japanese vendors.
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by Pig Hog » Jun 9th, '15, 03:58

Ok, well, whichever I do this month, I'll probably try the other next month.

Having trouble setting up an account with maiko. Keeps telling me my login details are wrong when they're not. Awaiting a reply to my email now...
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