Japanese Sencha Fukamushi Green Tea Loose Leaf 3.5 oz (100 g)

Best authentic Japanese green tea I had in a long time. It is delicious and potent. Worth the price tag. Love it.

This tea is an excellent bargain for the money that you pay and the amount of tea that you get for the price. The tea is vacuum sealed for freshness. Fukamushi means that the tea is a deep steamed tea. The deep steaming process of the tea imparts a more rich and flavorful tea. This tea most certainly has that umami flavor that many people are looking for in a quality Japanese Sencha tea. I've had many different green tea's and this is one of the better ones that I have tried. This is a high quality Japanese green tea. Very fresh with loads of rich umami flavor and a vibrant green hue to the tea. This tea is not as astringent as other sencha tea's that I have tried. I brew mine using 16 ounces of purified bottled water with 7 to 8 grams of tea. Brewing temperature should be between 160f - 170f. Let this tea brew between 30 seconds to just under a minute, I prefer mine at 45 seconds brew time on the first infusion. You can get about four infusions from this tea, with the second infusion being the most flavorful and the fourth being the thinnest infusion. Just what you would expect from a quality Japanese Fukamushi Sencha tea. Warning, it is very easy to mess up a fukamushi sencha by using water that is too hot or by brewing the tea for too long. As long as you follow the brewing instructions you will enjoy this product. If the tea is bitter then you have used water that is beyond the 175f threshold for this type of tea. If the tea is too astringent then you have brewed the tea for more than 60 seconds. One thing to keep in mind is that deep steamed green tea is very concentrated in flavor and contains lots of catechins. This is a delicate tea and using boiling water or brewing for more than 60 seconds will ruin this tea. For $58 dollars you get a pound of vacuum sealed, quality deep steamed sencha green tea. Sugimoto Sencha has become my new daily drinker. At the price I pay for this tea I don't feel guilty for having 4 to 6 cups a day. I highly recommend this tea to anyone that is looking for a high quality daily drinking Sencha tea.

Very nice tea, good flavor and smooth. I really enjoy it. Only downside to this tea is it is very fine so even the mesh ball strainers that I have aren't quite fine enough to keep the tea leaves from leaching out.

It has been a while since I last got this tea, but I remember that I liked it a lot, even though it is not organic. Also, it was less expensive than the other loose leaf Japanese green teas that I had tried. The flavor and color are very good. However, it has literally doubled in price since I last got it.

Fantastic quality. I brew it by the pitcher. Superior quality for sure.

Prime quality green tea, little pricey but worth the money.

It's far better than a lot of other Japanese green teas I've tried on Amazon. However, it's still not what I would consider a higher grade Japanese green tea. Firstly, the color is off. It's definitely not as green when brewed as what's depicted on the package, even when brewed with the correct temps and times. It also has a lot of "dust." It's not the worst but not the best.

I don't know what those people are talking about this tasting like dirt. It tastes like green tea to me. Yes there are small bits but that's advertised in the description that there may be small bits. I use it with hot boiling water steeped for a few minutes and then I filter out the leaves because I don't want to eat them because some of them floated. I put it in a stainless steel cup double walled and it keeps hot for a long time and it tastes great after it cools a bit. I like that it is authentic made in Japan grown in Japan and not something made in China and processed who knows how so I trust it much more. It's expensive but I only use a couple of pinches per 12 oz cup and it tastes perfectly to me. Have a great day goodbye