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Different types of Japanese Green Tea

We got to like Japanese Green Tea. Because we first had it in a restaurant, our Japanese friends found us "sushi bar style" green tea.

The same company, Yamamotoyama, besides "Konacha" which is the above, sells also "Sencha", translated as simply Green Tea, "Kokya Sencha", translated as "Premium Green Tea", and Saikokya Sencha, translated as "Special Occasion Green Tea."

I would like to know what makes sushi bar style green tea different from plain green tea, and would also appreciate any information about the others.

Thanks.

-S-

Reply to
Steve Freides
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I'm no expert - others here probably know more - but I'll tell you what I know.

Kona-cha is powdered green tea; it can be made from stems and leaves or a higher grade of green leaves only; a particular type of kona-cha is used in the Japanese tea ceremony. My Japanese friends tell me that the brand that you mention is a supermarket tea in Japan; nothing "wrong" with it, but there are better ones.

The others that you mention are higher quality green teas, the names are the "grades". What is served in sushi bars varies greatly. I live in the NYC area (high native Japanese population) and sushi bars tend to serve sencha, but others serve kona-cha. One Japanese friend tells me that kona-cha's "nutty" flavor goes best with sushi; the other tells me sencha does. I like them both.

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Sonam Dasara

Thanks - that's certainly more than I knew before.

-S-

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Steve Freides

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HTH

Reply to
John Q.

The Kona-cha's that I've had are broken into really fine pieces, but not powdered like Macha. It's more like what you would find in a tea bag, very fine, but you wouldn't want to whip it into water and drink it.

Blues

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Blues Lyne

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