This is the feed of all reviews of Green Tea on RateTea.http://ratetea.com/style/green-tea/4/http://ratetea.com/review/7146/http://ratetea.com/review/7146/Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:17:04 ESTThis is a very interesting tea; I don't think I have ever tasted anything quite like it before. The aroma is complex, and the flavor changes as it cools off. It starts out with a grain-like flavor and aroma, and eventually it tastes more peppery and beer-like, with a mild taste of hops. Good. http://ratetea.com/review/7100/http://ratetea.com/review/7100/Sat, 12 Jul 2025 21:35:39 ESTFinding a variety of Bromley teas at a Holiday Inn Express in Nebraska, I figured to try a few, both there (which had good water) and on the well water at home. This one was a winner, probably the best motel-obtained green tea I've had, and up there with several decent loose-leaf Chinese green teas. The dry-bag aroma was weak, but the tea's smell and flavor both lit up nicely in-cup. A little bit of experimentation with a few bags showed that steeping this about 3–4 minutes works to bring the flavor...http://ratetea.com/review/7081/http://ratetea.com/review/7081/Sun, 06 Apr 2025 01:02:24 ESTITO EN's Oi Ocha has become my favorite straight Japanese green tea pretty quickly. It was one of my favorites of several teas in my daughter's pantry in Bangkok, on decent water (reverse-osmosis filtration of the otherwise risky city tap water), and seems even better on my mineralized but filtered well water at home. The dry-bag aroma is predictably ricey, slightly vegetal and slightly grassy, but well-balanced. The tea brews up a light yellow if hot-steeped the wrapper-recommended 30 seconds, but I ...http://ratetea.com/review/7057/http://ratetea.com/review/7057/Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:35:38 ESTHow can a green tea be radiant? Is it radioactive, glowing green? Fortunately, the answer is, "No. It's just a name." This is another in a line of Teavana bagged teas that now come with fairly typical folded bag, string and tag, and is overpriced by a factor of two to three for what one gets, on most sites where it is listed (Wal-Mart, Amazon, a few other stores, and...Staples!). The tea itself is actually reasonably good, but with an unreasonable price, similar or better quality can be had for le...http://ratetea.com/review/7014/http://ratetea.com/review/7014/Wed, 05 Jun 2024 06:51:03 ESTThere is not much flavor here, but there are no unpleasant flavors or aromas either. I have certainly had stronger gunpowder teas, but this one is very easy to drink, and offered at a low price.http://ratetea.com/review/7012/http://ratetea.com/review/7012/Fri, 31 May 2024 08:28:12 ESTI love teas with a toasted flavor like this. This tea is certainly a great example of a good hojicha. This tea is sweet and thick bodied, slightly astringent in a good way, and of course has that wonderful toasted flavor. The aroma is very nice and also has the toasted smell. This tea is yet another old tea I'm reviewing from 2017, so it may have been even more aromatic when it was fresh. This tea is still for sale on the website and it is very reasonably priced at $31/lb, for how good this tea is I'd say ...http://ratetea.com/review/7005/http://ratetea.com/review/7005/Fri, 24 May 2024 08:04:22 ESTThis tea seems pretty good quality and has a nice, but mild green tea aroma. The price is reasonable and the tea is good enough that I think the value is fair. It tastes like a classic green tea however it is slightly too bitter and astringent for my taste. I have a lower threshold for these qualities than some and it is normal for a green tea to be like this so I think its just a matter of personal preference and I won't judge too harshly. http://ratetea.com/review/6984/http://ratetea.com/review/6984/Tue, 06 Feb 2024 11:14:41 ESTI've only chugged one other green tea of the Mao Feng type (a Tazo bagged offering), and enjoyed that, so I figured I'd try a bigger-leaf, sacheted version. This is one of the best green teas I've had, lots of personality, and mostly worth the slight premium one pays when shoveling a stack of bills across the counter for 15 sachets at a 20-bag premium tea price. Alas, "shrinkflation" is a real phenomenon these days. The dry aroma was promising: somewhat like freshly baked bread, a little vegetal, and...http://ratetea.com/review/6939/http://ratetea.com/review/6939/Sat, 24 Jun 2023 07:15:32 ESTLovely seaweedy and nutty flavour. The tea leaves are very delicate and when steeped they show a nice vibrant green colour. Due to the small leaves the flavour releases quickly. I steeped 5 grams of this tea in a gaiwan for 10 seconds for the first 3 steeps and afterwards I increased it gradually. Could enjoy around 12 steeps of tea, which more than a litre of tea.http://ratetea.com/review/6937/http://ratetea.com/review/6937/Sat, 24 Jun 2023 07:11:53 ESTSteeped 5 gram of this green tea at 85ºC for 10 seconds in a gaiwan for the first 3 steeps, and afterwards, I gradually increased the steeping time by 5 seconds per steep. Unlike like green teas such as maofeng and anjibai, this green tea is savoury and robust with sweet, nutty, and vegetal notes. Excellent value for money, perfect as a daily drinker. http://ratetea.com/review/6923/http://ratetea.com/review/6923/Fri, 14 Apr 2023 21:09:07 ESTSolid decaf bagged green tea. Though I like caffeination, I have found I actually often like decaf teas for their flavor.http://ratetea.com/review/6910/http://ratetea.com/review/6910/Mon, 27 Feb 2023 11:57:13 ESTI picked up a little can of this inexpensive matcha at a Chinese food shop, and was pleasantly surprised. It is smooth and drinkable, with a bit of fresh grain and rice in the flavor. I have had some low-cost matchas that are bitter and cheap tasting, but this is not bad at all. http://ratetea.com/review/6879/http://ratetea.com/review/6879/Sun, 20 Nov 2022 15:39:20 ESTNot my favorite tea. A little bit soapy and bitter tasting and there wasn’t much interesting stuff going on to redeem it. The aroma was really weak too so overall not worth it for me. I’m giving it a 50 because it’s not that great but it’s also like not too horrible. I wouldn’t buy it again though. http://ratetea.com/review/6848/http://ratetea.com/review/6848/Mon, 17 Oct 2022 13:35:48 ESTCup at home, made from small, coiled, curly leaves of Chinese green tea from Zheijiang, some of which resemble granulate. Pours clear straw (against white china) with no sediment. Clear, leafy aroma with mild touches of nuts and hints of fruit. Bitter, leafy flavour with nutty touches and dusty hints. Moderately astringent palate with a leafy and mildly spicy aftertaste. A very nice brew, one of the best pure green teas I have ever had - and I generally flavour virtually all other styles, so this particula...http://ratetea.com/review/6847/http://ratetea.com/review/6847/Mon, 17 Oct 2022 13:29:05 ESTOne-litre pot at home, made from curly, wiry green leaves of organic Pindaya tea from Burma. Pours clear peach yellow (against white china) with no sediment. Intense aroma of green tea with malty and smoky touches. Bitter, leafy flavour with touches of smoke and malty hints. Moderately astringent palate with a leafy and slightly spicy aftertaste. Well, the body is not particularly rich (although this improves with every cup from the pot), but the tea is definitely not bad. It has a spicy touch but not the ...http://ratetea.com/review/6835/http://ratetea.com/review/6835/Tue, 16 Aug 2022 07:47:43 ESTThis is an unexciting but perfectly drinkable sencha, that is offered at a fair price by Upton. There is a little iron and spinach in the flavor, but not enough to be irritating. It wouldn't hurt to some of this in your cupboard.http://ratetea.com/review/6821/http://ratetea.com/review/6821/Wed, 01 Jun 2022 11:51:22 ESTThe 200g package is heavy, sealed plastic. It's not resealable, so have another airtight container to put it into after opening. The dry tea is bright green and broken into medium-small pieces. The initial aroma is strong and grassy. The directions say to use 3g of tea per 100ml, boiling water, and to steep for 30 seconds. I instead used 5g in a 16oz mug, 180°F water, and steeped for 3 minutes, which is how I brew other green tea. Brewing, the tea smells a lot like green tea in tea bags from US g...http://ratetea.com/review/6820/http://ratetea.com/review/6820/Wed, 25 May 2022 19:14:52 ESTI bought this as a box of 40 tea bags. Inside were two sealed Mylar sleeves of otherwise unwrapped tea bags. I opened the first sleeve and transferred the tea bags to an airtight container. The dry tea smells faintly of green tea. Brewing, it has a kind of strange, savory smell, like potato soup, but with a vegetal note. Potato soup with kale. It smells good, but not like I expect green tea to smell. The flavor is quite savory, too. There's a hint of nori, so it tastes a bit like miso soup. It's not ...http://ratetea.com/review/6819/http://ratetea.com/review/6819/Wed, 25 May 2022 17:39:38 ESTThe tea bags are wrapped in paper inside a cellophane-sealed cardboard box. After opening the package, I put them into an airtight container. The dry tea has a faint, grassy smell. The brewing tea smells quite a bit fresher than I expected. It's vegetal, slightly tannic and recognizably green tea. For a decaf green, I'm impressed. It has a nice bitterness and none of the shrimpy or fishy off flavors that decaf greens often have. It's pretty nondescript for green tea, but has a bitter green flavor tha...http://ratetea.com/review/6812/http://ratetea.com/review/6812/Mon, 09 May 2022 12:10:43 ESTThe aroma is a mild sweet, I'm reminded of honey. The flavor is 'clean', with a slight sweet after taste that for me does not linger on the tongue. The liquor brews (5 min) to a pleasant medium brown. Very enjoyable.http://ratetea.com/review/6786/http://ratetea.com/review/6786/Sat, 12 Feb 2022 15:47:42 ESTAs with many inexpensive, bagged green teas, this didn't offer much dry-bag or in-cup aroma, but what there was had a pleasantly grassy to vegetal characteristic that carried over somewhat to the taste, which was quite mild with hints of celery. In that sense, if Salada removed the last "a" from their name, it wouldn't be far off. The best part of the experience here actually was at the finish and in the aftertaste, when the flavor seemed to concentrate itself well, and became somewhat fruity (after a no...http://ratetea.com/review/6737/http://ratetea.com/review/6737/Sun, 07 Nov 2021 14:14:53 ESTThanks Dewey for sharing this with me! This was a smooth, mellow, mild green tea that was easy to brew and enjoy. The leaf of this smells very fresh, a sort of sweet fragrance, almost floral, typical of high-quality, tippy Chinese green teas. It's pleasant but also hard to anticipate how it is going to taste, so I went into this one with pretty open expectations. The brewed cup is less aromatic than I had hoped. The flavor is balanced and rich, with a mix of sweet, sour, savory, and slight bitter fla...http://ratetea.com/review/6715/http://ratetea.com/review/6715/Sat, 04 Sep 2021 15:26:25 ESTThis was a robust green tea that was challenging to brew, but rewarding when I got it right. Thank you to Dewey for sharing this one with me! The leaf is beautiful, wiry, slightly curly, and diverse in color, from dusty dark green to silvery-gray with a yellowish tinge. It has a potent fragrance, with a hint of camphor and smokiness, and some spicy and vegetal notes. Fresh and strong smelling, suggesting a strongly savory flavor. I found this tea was highly sensitive to brewing temperature, more so t...http://ratetea.com/review/6713/http://ratetea.com/review/6713/Thu, 02 Sep 2021 04:07:35 ESTLanding at a Trader Joe's store in Tucson while on a photography road trip out thataway, I bought a box of this, as a presumably acceptable substitute for some of the truly terrible, off-brand and store-brand (here's looking at you, Great Value) bagged green teas offered at motels and campgrounds. It was, but still falls well short of the best bagged green teas I've tried. Flavor- and aroma-wise, and adjusted for volume (150% more in a TJ's bag), this product is remarkably similar to Uncle Lee's Organi...http://ratetea.com/review/6709/http://ratetea.com/review/6709/Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:44:17 ESTHalf-litre cup at home, made from organic Sencha leaves. Pours clear pale olive green / lemon juice yellow (against white china) with no sediment. Mild aroma of Sencha leaves. Ditto flavour, with delicate malty notes. Mildly astringent aftertaste with leafy and malty touches. Well, a very decent Sencha, I suppose, although I am generally not a fan of this style. Expensive (€15.40 per 100 g), but this is usually the case with tea from South Korea in Europe, and this one is organic on top of that. Worth tr...