what kind of green tea is this?

[TIM]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65257125@N00/2864855587/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65257125@N ... otostream/

Got this as a gift yesterday. Try the green tin this morning, broken and whole small leaves. Clean, fresh dry seaweed, sweet and refreshing. But don't have any idea what this is.... anyone?

[Proinsias]

tencha?

[TIM]

tencha?

Thanks P- How does it suppose to taste, and what should we be looking for from it?

[Proinsias]

No idea, I literally just got back from the post office, opened a packet which contained a little tencha, logged onto teachat and seen your picture looking a bit like what I was holding in my hand.

Here's a review from Wes quite recently:

http://thegreenteareview.blogspot.com/2 ... encha.html

[Chip]

TIM, odds are it is not tencha since that is pretty rare. Do you have dry leaf pictures?

[Geekgirl]

Um, the can says it's shincha.

[Chip]

Um, the can says it's shincha.

Wow, I cannot make out a word. I like the tins and packaging, btw!!!

Shincha is usually, but not always sencha. A company will use the word shincha for marketing. Maybe one tin is asamushi and the other is fukamushi? Often a set will include a genmaicha or houjicha. I hope you can share more pictures. I am very curious now.

[TIM]

thanks everyone. Will shoot a before & After tomorrow. : )

[Proinsias]

Um, the can says it's shincha.

Ah, I feel foolish for not clicking the enlarge button now. It may have been too spooky if it turned out to tencha anyway.

[Chip]

HA, reading what I can of the text, classic Japanese > English translation! Should call this style Japenglish? Jenglish?

[Pentox]

HA, reading what I can of the text, classic Japanese > English translation! Should call this style Japenglish? Jenglish?

The proper term is Engrish.

[Salsero]

The proper term is Engrish.

And it has it's own website.

and the subsidiary language Chinglish.

Somewhere there is also a website devoted to the reverse: English speakers mucking up Chinese, but I don't remember where that one is.

[Chip]

There is a site for everything.

[Geekgirl]

"The preservation method of shincha it put into a can and keeps in a refrigerator. Since shincha lends to adsorb the smell of other things, let's make it not keep it together with food, spices, etc. with a strong smell although of a scent is good."

[Chip]

priceless! The fact that this is printed onto the tin makes it even more so.

As a collector of Asian tins, this would be a great addition. Where was it purchased? Company name?