Partly clear plastic bag, green coloring to it?iannon wrote:I've actually found some decent "budget" senchas at one of my whopping 3 local asian (japanese not chinese) markets. Im not even sure of the brand as most of it was in japanese but the only english labelling said "Sencha Gold" it was about 10 bucks for 100 grams. I actually liked it better then the Den's fuka-midori sample i got.
That sounds like Maeda-en, which doesn't get much play in this discussion group yet in the budget category I have found it unfinicky and reliable, even if it fails to excite.iannon wrote:I've actually found some decent "budget" senchas at one of my whopping 3 local asian (japanese not chinese) markets. Im not even sure of the brand as most of it was in japanese but the only english labelling said "Sencha Gold" it was about 10 bucks for 100 grams. I actually liked it better then the Den's fuka-midori sample i got.
What else have you tried in this price range? The Daily Sencha is what it is. I have tried a lot worse costing much more.tastysencha wrote:I tried O-chas daily and was not impressed at all. I'd cross that off your list.
This sums things up for me, I could not say it any better, fails to excite!Rodger wrote:... unfinicky and reliable, even if it fails to excite.
Bingo! If you want to save any money you would have to drink that mediocre tea for the whole year. Even then you are not saving much. Spend the extra $4/100grams and get something way better, cause in the long run it doesn't actually cost much more.Chip wrote:I got tired of the often mediocre offerings in this price range, often wasting money in an effort to save money ... just didn't make cents, or, sense.
If he has had Den's and O-Cha's Daily, then I would try O-Cha's Chiran.kikkuman wrote:He's tried some den's and ocha's at my place and enjoyed it. He wants to try out some of the other brands but I haven't tried those yet. Any comments on how good those are? Any other sencha you'd add to the list?
o-cha daily 10.95 + min 2.00 shipping / 100gChip wrote:What else have you tried in this price range? The Daily Sencha is what it is. I have tried a lot worse costing much more.tastysencha wrote:I tried O-chas daily and was not impressed at all. I'd cross that off your list.
no.. gold foil, greenish and white bag with flowery-ish designs on it. not bad..like i said I actually liked the flavor of it better then the fukamidoriPentox wrote:Partly clear plastic bag, green coloring to it?iannon wrote:I've actually found some decent "budget" senchas at one of my whopping 3 local asian (japanese not chinese) markets. Im not even sure of the brand as most of it was in japanese but the only english labelling said "Sencha Gold" it was about 10 bucks for 100 grams. I actually liked it better then the Den's fuka-midori sample i got.
