Ippodo Tins

[Pentox]

Has anyone ordered tea from Ippodo that comes in a tin? I was curious what kind of tins they are / quality thereof. Is it worth getting them over just bagged?

[bambooforest]

I have never ordered their tins. I was never compelled to pay extra for the packaging.

They may make fine tins / momentos - nevertheless.

[Geekgirl]

I've only seen their matcha tins, which seem fine.

[battra]

I've ordered a tin once - it was 300 yen more than the bagged variety, considering it contained more tea.
The tin is rather simple (it doesn't have any double lid or anything fancy), with the tea in a plastic bag inside.
The old-fashioned label pasted on it certainly looks nice, but I don't really see any reason to get a tin if you are not going to offer it as a gift to someone.

[chrl42]

I had 2 tins got from my sister (she got from her Japanese clients) from Ippodo.

One was Genmei Cha and the other one I don't know the name(brown and had lots of twigs), el padre commented on the tea and I forgot the name..

I don't know much about Japanese tea but they tasted nice, but then again I don't know about Japanese teas

[olivierco]

Has anyone ordered tea from Ippodo that comes in a tin? I was curious what kind of tins they are / quality thereof. Is it worth getting them over just bagged?

I bough a tin for houjicha (the large can as they call it). Although there isn't any double lid, it is quite hermetical. I don't think I would buy one for sencha or gyokuro though.

[Chip]

As much as I love Asian tea tins, I have not felt the urge to buy "tinned" tea from Ippodo. But I would gladly take one off somebody's hand if they did not want it.