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Originally Posted by onesnowyowl (in the "Newbie to tea thread")
My two favorite kinds of green tea are the Trader Joe's sencha green, and Stash's Sushi Bar green. Stash's green teas are great. Their premium green and jasmine green are quite good. I like their sampler packs because it lets me choose a tea based on my mood. Sometimes I feel like one over the other. They all have something different to offer.
I've been thinking about tracking down some matcha and trying my hand at making that.
I drink 2 or so cups of plain green tea a day. No sugar or milk; I prefer to let the flavor of the green tea speak for itself.
I love tea. I've been drinking a lot of it lately since the weather has turned colder here. I've been meaning to go down to the two tea shops in town and buy some actual loose tea. I recently found an earthenware teapot in our garage that I cleaned up and got a basket infuser for. I just haven't had the chance to use it yet.
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If you go to buy loose green tea, be sure to try gunpowder tea (a Chinese tea) if you haven't already. I like it because it's cool to watch the little pellets unfurl before your eyes in the water, plus they tend to keep longer than other loose teas, since they're tightly bound up. I should get more of it myself; it's a tasty tea. I've wanted to try
matcha myself, but cost was always an issue. In terms of Japanese teas, I've mainly had
sencha and
bancha, and sometimes
kukicha (twig tea). The latter is certainly different and is worth a try if you haven't had it. I've also had
hōjicha (roasted or pan-fried tea) and really enjoy the flavour.