| | |  | Tea | Home » » » Rishi Tea, Green Tea Sencha, 2.11-Ounce Tin | | | | | | | Description: | | Premium Japanese green tea with a rich mouthfeel and long-lasting fresh flavor. | | | Features: | |
• Deep flavor and juicy mouthfeel
• Long lasting fresh flavor
• USDA certified organic
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Weight:
| 0.31 pounds | | Package Length:
| 4.8 inches | | Package Width:
| 2.6 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 22 reviews |
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13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 Rich, luscious and smooth, very leafy (not stemmy)Jul 20, 2009
By Elaina E. Jackson
"Cool Aunt"
I've had Teavana, Mighty Leaf and many other green Sencha teas, and this one seems the freshest and strongest, but not bitter. In fact, I can use about 1/2 of this and get the same "oomph" as the other teas. It REALLY swells up when the water is added. DELICIOUS. It seems it's less stemmy and more leafy. Yum. I'm a green tea lover, and I understand that the Japanese green teas provide more polyphenols than most of the Chinese green teas, and Sencha is one of the best for polyphenols. Highly recommended!
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Great, daily senchaNov 15, 2011
By MXP
"MXP"
The title really says it all - if you enjoy brewing tea and drink it daily, this is a great everyday sencha. It has a good, clean flavor you can only get from a full leaf tea like this.
Now - a thing or two about Rishi's actual brewing instructions. This is the second Rishi tea I've tried, and like the first, the quality is great and I've been thoroughly enjoying it. If you follow Rishi's brewing instructions, however, you will get an overly potent, undrinkable mess instead of the mild, subtle yet undeniable flavor of a properly brewed green tea. Green tea isn't supposed to taste like the crap you get at Panera or from Lipton - you're not supposed to be assaulted by intense flavor when you drink it. If you follow Rishi's instructions though, that is what will happen and you'll probably end up writing reviews about how it tastes like grass.
1 tablespoon per 8 ounces of water is beyond overkill. Brewing that for 3-4 minutes is even greater overkill. Like most other full leaf greens, 1 TEASPOON per 8 ounces of water brewed for between 1.5 to 2.5 minutes is what the brewing instructions on this tea should be. If I were to put 3 tablespoons of this stuff in my tetsubin and brew it for 4 minutes. . . I don't even want to know what would come out of the spout.
So, 1 teaspoon/8 ounces of water for 1.5 - 2.5 minutes (2.5 is even pushing it) and you'll get an amazing green tea that has the subtlety and smoothness that you're supposed to get out of a green like this. If it's bitter or you feel like you're on a green tea roller coaster, you've brewed it wrong.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
very fresh and cleanJan 15, 2011
By Daniel H
Compared to a number of other brands I have tried, especially ones that aren't loose leaf, the taste of this green tea is simply great. Bright green color, fresh aroma, and a very pleasant taste.
As the directions indicate, be careful not to steep the tea for too long and in overly hot water. When I leave the leaves in hot water for over 4 minutes, the color of the tea is no longer a clean green, but rather a yellowish green and it doesn't taste as good. Correctly prepared, it is one of the best green teas I have ever had.
I usually bring water to just under a boil and steep the leaves for about 2 minutes. If the water does boil, I pour in some room temperature water and then mix in the boiling water. Using the same leaves, the first cup tastes awesome, the second tastes significantly weaker, and after that I don't really like the flavor anymore.
Also, use filtered water of some sort for the water if you can! It tastes much better than using tap water.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
The greatest Tea on Earth.Jan 17, 2011
By Laurence E. Spaner
"Lee Spaner"
This is a Japanese Green Tea, not Chinese.
That makes the difference,its steamed to get it ready for market.
If you love green tea and have the patients to check the heat of the water and the amount of time the tea is in the water, then you can have the experience of a life time.
You will not be disappointed In Rishi Sench Green. Its the best at any price , none better.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Green tea with great tasteApr 27, 2011
By L. STILL
Ever since I flew on Japan Airlines and had delicious Sencha tea I've been looking for it. Some of the teas I've bought have a weak taste, but this particular tea has a great smell and a strong taste and can be re-steeped 3 times. The price is high for better sencha, but the price on this Rishi Tea seemed fairly reasonable considering how good the tea tastes.
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