Green Tea

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TDA had a thread on the AO (last archived 12/13/2019) about green tea that I bumped with my experience, likes, & dislikes.

I really need a place to keep my thoughts or else they run away on me, so here’s my thread about green teas that I’ve tried.

These are all from “Beantown Tea & Spices” that I buy off of amazon.
Genmaicha - “green tea and roasted rice”; don’t care for; smells like popcorn and quinoa or something weird like that
Citrus Green Tea - “green tea, orange peels, and natural flavors”; good enough/would drink again
Gyokuro - “Japanese green tea”; good enough/would drink again
Bi Luo Chun - “Chinese green tea”; good enough/would drink again
Kukicha - “traditional green tea from Japan”; I almost “like it-like it”/will drink again
Cherry Blossom – “Japanese green tea, rose petals, cherries, and natural flavors”; good enough/would drink again
Mango Black Tea - nowhere near as bad as I feared. Would drink again.

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I love good genmaicha. I drank a lot of it when i visited Japan, and found it a light, refreshing beverage with only modest amounts of caffeine. I would describe it as slightly nutty, with a clean aftertaste.

I bought some in the airport when i left, and when that ran out, i replenished my stock from

I recommend them highly, by the way.
Also

Which has several excellent green tea.

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Genmaicha and gyokuro are my faves.

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Genmaicha is my favourite of all the green teas I have right now. Also have pomegranate, ginger, honey lemon ginseng and a basic cheap brand.

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Here is my favorite.
I love the smell and the taste! Plus it reminds me of Dragon Ball.

I’m always looking for new companies to buy from so I’ll definitely check out what’s been posted.

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For a solid, straight green tea that’s a little more substantial than most green teas, i like “gunpowder green”. We get it from Simpson and Vail.

My current favorite green tea is

Jasmine dragon pearl teas are always fun. Sometimes I’m in a Jasmine mood and sometimes I’m not, though.

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I’m looking for most-caffeine & most-“health benefits”. If you have suggestions (or anti-suggestions), I’d love to hear them.

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I would suggest matcha - it has more caffeine than regular green tea and still has a lot of the antioxidant benefits

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I am enjoying a sencha asatsuyu right now!!

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Oolong and matcha when I have green tea. But I prefer black teas, and I mostly get green tea at restaurants where someone else makes them. Whenever I try to make it myself, it gets bitter.

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I believe green tea has most health benefits, due to lutein?

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Don’t know. Black tea has the most flavor though.

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This is incorrect.

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They all have a lot of flavour, if I were to pick one with the most (and the best) I would go with herbal, though I do prefer mine with caffeine

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I updated the OP with my latest tea…

I also added links to the beantown website for every tea there.

I guess you take the good with the bad (“bad” being I want the caffeine).

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I ordered Green Tea at the restaurant I was at for lunch and the waitress looked at me funny, mentioned she only had iced tea or sweet tea. I sometimes don’t understand the South.

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Also I made matcha tea once for being healthy purposes - threw up immediately. Almost put me off green tea forever.

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My son held out a spoon of ice cream for me to try. It was green. I assumed mint. :face_with_symbols_over_mouth::face_with_symbols_over_mouth::face_with_symbols_over_mouth::face_with_symbols_over_mouth:matcha :face_with_symbols_over_mouth::face_with_symbols_over_mouth::face_with_symbols_over_mouth::face_with_symbols_over_mouth:

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Love matcha! But it’s an acquired taste

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Green tea ice cream is delicious… If you are expecting it.

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