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