Japanese Green Tea

Organic Gyokuro

In the above video: Japanese green tea. Well, a lot of people decided to go ahead and drinking green tea partially because of some sort of research they have read about Japanese green tea and in a funny kind of way, green tea becomes synonymous with a healthy drink.

Green tea is not really in particular, like really unique, in a sense, comparing to black tea and Oolong and the other tea category that they all actually come from the same tea plant, Camellia sinensis.

Japanese green tea certainly has got very interesting flavour, comparing to Chinese green tea, because they are actually made quite differently.

It’s not so much of a regional difference as such, if you look in a very general broad sense of green tea from China and Japan. The difference is actually from the way it’s made.

Japanese green tea is actually finished in a steam-dry method in order to retain that sort of emerald green jade type of colour and also generally the taste of Japanese green tea is grassier.

My husband actually likes to say that he’s going to lie and rolling on the grass by the seaside, that’s what he’s thinking about and that’s the kind of feeling that Japanese green tea gives you.

Genmaicha

There are a few kinds of Japanese green tea that we stock. The most popular one, I would say, is Genmaicha (the Japanese popcorn tea); there is some roasted rice and popcorn in this tea. It has a quite nice rustic taste.

If you are more of a Japanese green tea purist, you probably going more for the Sencha and Bancha. The Bancha we got is from an organic plantation in Kyoto. Gyokuro, however, is actually a different Japanese green tea; it’s actually a top-notch stuff.

They put quite a bit of TLC in growing it, the last couple of weeks before they harvest, they actually put a bamboo screens on top of the tea plant and that helps the tea leaves become even more jade green as well as having a sweeter brew.

Then there is the Sencha that a lot of people know about and when you buy Sencha, you do need to pay attention because there are a lot of grades and there are some from China as well.

A lot of Japanese green tea now is actually made in China, funnily enough; even in Japan you find actually Chinese make Japanese green tea because they are cheaper.

Organic Bancha

Then there is the Bancha, which is basically after they pluck the Sencha they go ahead and pluck the Bancha. So, typically, are larger leaves with a little bit of bark in it.

Some people actually like it because they find it not so acidic to their palate comparing to drinking Sencha, they kind of got, hmm… a bit weird, so they would go for Bancha. Some people say it’s actually gentle to the stomach as well.

We also sell Matcha, which is a green tea powder that is made essentially like the Gyokuro. There are actually 2 Matcha that we are selling and they are a little bit different.

The Aracha Matcha that is better for making it to a fruit item, even milkshake. But if you are more of connoisseur or a tea purist, then you’d probably want to go for the Tencha Matcha, which is a tea ceremony grade of Matcha.

There you have it, a little sort of the Japanese green tea and if you have any questions feel free to drop us a line using the contact us form at www.teas.com.au.

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