SA Japanese Green Tea, Sen Cha, Loose Leaf, 1-lbs bags

June 28, 2016 - Comment

Value pack for frequent Sen Cha drinkers. Deep-steamed (Fukamushi) leaves tend to be broken and powdery because of this extra steaming-time. The aroma is distinctive and the flavor is pungent with pleasing astringency. Premium spring-harvest tea, produced by the award-winning Tea Maestro Sugimoto, maintains a rich flavor even after 3 steepings. High in antioxidants (catechins,

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Value pack for frequent Sen Cha drinkers. Deep-steamed (Fukamushi) leaves tend to be broken and powdery because of this extra steaming-time. The aroma is distinctive and the flavor is pungent with pleasing astringency. Premium spring-harvest tea, produced by the award-winning Tea Maestro Sugimoto, maintains a rich flavor even after 3 steepings. High in antioxidants (catechins, vitamins C & E) and theanine.

Product Features

  • Sen Cha loose leaf, deep-steamed (Fukamushi) style;1 lbs (454g)
  • Traditional deep-steamed (Fukamushi) style produces a sweet vegetal aroma and lingering umami finish.

    Aroma – rich, distinctive, vegetal notes
    Body – full bodied, smooth, creamy
    Flavor – pungent, complex, savory
    Finish – lingering umami, balanced sweetness

  • Authentic green tea from farmlands in Japan recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System by the United Nations.
  • Product of Shizuoka, Japan

Comments

whereverigo says:

Beautiful, high-quality authentic green tea — lovely I lived in Japan years ago and came to appreciate quality green tea. When I returned to the US, I searched everywhere for similar higher grade sencha loose tea. Unless I went to a Japanese market, the products I found were only the lesser quality bancha or gen-mai-cha or other roasted, twiggy teas. This may be because very nice quality sencha tea leaves have a grassy, very “green” aroma and mild, soft taste–probably not too appealing to most American palettes who are used to stronger, blacker…

Garrett says:

“Fukamushi” Sencha My daily drinker. Please note this tea is “deep steamed” (also called “Fukamushi”) this refers to the deeper (longer) steaming process after the harvest. This extra steaming time results in finer (smaller) leaves. You should use a teapot that has a very fine mesh or you will get some small leaves in your tea. Some people that are familiar with green tea will not like this type tea (one of my friends said it tasted like “the ocean” and found it to be too strong) I would…

Ronald L. Lytel says:

frustrated with Teavana? After Teavana bought out my favorite online teashop and became the Wallmart of the tea world, then raised there prices to pay for all there advertising, I needed to find another place to get great tea at a fair price.My search is over!

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