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Pros

It is also greener, and tastier than other supermarket brands i have used. Expiration is for march 2023, so freshness is another plus.



Cons

On amazon this was described as organic in the title and organically grown in the description. There was no image of the packaging. This tea has unnatural, bitter aftertaste that i have never experienced before.

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Quality


After many orders over a few years - still excellent tea!


A good mid-range japanese tea—definitely will get again.


Boil water, turn heat off and add a pinch, let steep for a light green-ish almost white tea flavor.


Add to boiling and it makes a darker green tea, looks almost like black tea if you boil longer but nice green tea taste.

Price


A big plus in these days of skyrocketing food prices.


It has been an excellent tea, particularly for the price.


Price-wise, however, it is on the expensive side.


Next time i'll spring for the more expensive price.

Shipping


Which is first shipment, and also easy to purchse it.

Packaging/appearance


It's packed in a convenient, reusable pouch which keeps it fresh.


Glad that this tea was in a well sealed container.

Competitiveness


It is also greener, and tastier than other supermarket brands i have used.


It is similar to the ito en stuff from kirkland signature, which is also really good.


I prefer gyokuro from the same brand for greener and sweeter taste; however, i had read that sencha provides better cancer prev...  Read More


Not as good as kyoto sencha, but much better than other so-called sencha teas.

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  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    green, good, japanese, excellent and organic.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 186 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 28 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Hardcore tea drinker everything from white to puehr to assam to oolong to korean green tea


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    That being said ive only had a few other senchas


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I get two strong steapings out of this probably could get another but by then ive had enough


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It has a lightly grassy flavor but quite mellow


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I encountered no noteworthy bitterness between brew temps of 160f and 180f 23 mins


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    You can reuse the leaves at least once drain completely after the first and steep for less time maybe 1 min


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Expiration is for march 2023 so freshness is another plus


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Tasted a little stale but that may have just been me under brewing

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