Organic Japanese Sencha - Organic
This tea has been retired/discontinued.
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Commercial Description
Our Organic Japanese Sencha is brisk and refreshing with a grassy-floral blend of flavors cleaning the palate.
Brewing Instructions: (from Two Leaves and a Bud)
One can brew 2.5g in an 8oz mug for anywhere between 1-4 minutes. Use a lower water temp (165°-185°) and a shorter steep time you can get several infusions.
Ratings & Reviews
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Kelci (19 reviews) on Nov. 26th, 2013
I will start by saying right off, I am not a seasoned green tea drinker. I am learning. I found this at a local super market. Price was right, I felt, so I went for it. I will admit, I thought the packaging was 'cute', but the bag inside did rip easily as another reviewer noted, and was hard to keep the tea in. I made it work, but it was a little messy opening each time. I have drank this 3 different times. No sugar the first two and sugar the last. Compared to other green teas I have been trying, this flavor was a little off/not consistent with. It was stronger and the color bolder then most I have had. I will note, the last time I brewed it, with the sugar, I also threw in a wildberry hibiscus tea bag (from Tea Forte). I will have to say, I really enjoyed it this way. By itself, it was ok, with the wildberry hibiscus it was really ok.

Procrasthenese (12 reviews) on Dec. 20th, 2012
This is by far the oddest sencha I have tried. It completely lacked the fresh, herbal, almost "oceany" seaweed taste of an authentic sencha. It contained a stale off note that is hard to describe yet ruined the experience completely.
I cannot help wondering if something awful happened to this tea on its way to the supermarket where I bought it. After a few frustrating attempts, I tossed it away. The container serves pretty well as a pencil cup however...

Alex Zorach (1453 reviews) on Oct. 18th, 2010
This tea was interesting; I brewed it for 3 minutes at 180 degrees. I found it was only good for a single infusion, which is why I settled on 3 minutes. Longer steeping made it too bitter and strong for me, and many people may like a shorter infusion.
Two Leaves and a Bud describes this as "brisk", and I think this is an apt choice of words. The rest of the description I did not find fit as well. This is significantly less grassy than most green teas, and I also found it to not be particularly floral either, nor would I describe it as earthy, sweet, smooth, or rich...all words the company uses on their website.
Rather, I found this tea to be bold, with a substantial kick...dark, deep, a bit sharp. Overall, though, the aroma was disappointing; the aroma was too weak for me, and it lacked the seaweedy and grassy qualities of sencha that I like. I think this is a "green tea for people who don't like green teas". The overall quality is much darker...it brews a deep golden color, almost tending towards brown.
One last question is about the price; I found this for sale in a supermarket, where it was priced reasonably (100 grams for $7), but the website shows an exorbitant price of 3 oz. for almost $24. What could explain this discrepancy? At the low price this is a decent buy but at the high price this is absolute price gouging...this tea is not exciting enough to warrant such an astronomical price, and honestly? I think there are better green teas that are substantially cheaper than the lower of the two prices I have seen.
As one final note, I found the packaging for this tea to be poor. It was packaged in a cardboard cylinder, with a thin foil bag inside it. The bag ripped in spite of careful opening, and was rendered unusable...but the container was not airtight, requiring me to transfer the tea immediately. A lot of companies have packaging that is more sustainable (like fully compostable) and yet higher quality and more practical, from my experience, so that was a bit of a disappointment too.
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