I am looking for a good Japanese Sencha green tea.
Last year I ordered Sencha from Autumn Moon tea company and the Sencha was wonderful. Opening the sealed bag gave a very strong sweet aroma, reminding me of clover or alfalfa. The brewed tea was mild and had no grassy taste (or smell). Evidently this company is out of business, and I have yet to find a Sencha as described above. Several that I have tried have the grassy smell and taste.
Recommendations?
Well while I'm a fan of Upton usually, I didn't care for their senchas or gyokuros. I measure the subjective quality of different teas by how fast I finish 'em off, and those sat around so long I had to throw 'em away. YMMV.
A really good sencha based tea is the japan gyokuro extra fancy from
I got the 1 oz to try it out and I was hooked immediately. It's so fresh!
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