| when in a grocery store or in a convenience store | | | | tea you normally drink, except you will not want |
| in front of the beverage cooler you will see green | | | | the water to boil. You will want to brew you tea |
| tea this or green tea that. Green tea has turned | | | | when the water is on the verge of boiling. Green |
| up in all sorts of products. If you haven’t | | | | tea is a more delicate tea so you want to the |
| tried green tea, you might be wondering what all | | | | water to be a little cooler. |
| the to-do is about. | | | | Bancha is one of the Japanese green teas. It is a |
| So now you may be asking what is the | | | | very common, coarse, rough tea. The leaves are |
| difference between green tea and the black tea | | | | usually lower grade. This tea is not a tea for a |
| you are used to drinking for lunch or dinner or | | | | sophisticated palate. In Japan’s restaurants |
| just because. Both teas come from the same | | | | this tea is served free. |
| plant; the difference is the way the different teas | | | | Sencha is the most popular of the Japanese |
| are processed. The green tea in not fermented it | | | | green teas. This tea has three quality levels: high, |
| has been dried. Because of the shorter processing | | | | medium, and low. To produce a high-grade tea |
| time the green tea has a lighter flavor than the | | | | the processing is very important. The processing |
| black tea. Green tea is good for you because the | | | | must be done with love, care and patience. |
| processing keeps all the beneficial elements left in | | | | Without these attributes the leaves turn in to |
| the tea. | | | | nothing. The tea is meant to add to the pleasure |
| Green tea doesn’t taste anything like the | | | | of fine Japanese foods. |
| tea you usually drink. Most green tea drinkers do | | | | Gyokuro is a Japanese tea of the highest quality. |
| not add milk or sugar, but you can if you like. | | | | It is a extremely fragrant tea and the aroma |
| Green tea has been described as having a light, | | | | adds to the irresistible appreciation of this |
| fresh, green flavor. Some of the various green | | | | wonderful green tea. In tea lingo this tea is |
| teas have just a little sweetness taste to them. | | | | considered sweet. This tea can only be served |
| Others are a little more astringent. There are | | | | with the very finest Japanese cuisine or just |
| several different varieties of green tea each with | | | | sipped alone with no accompaniment. This tea is |
| its own flavor; however they all seem to have | | | | recommended to someone whom you wish to |
| one flavor quality in common. | | | | impress such as your boss, a client, or any other |
| To try really good green tea you will want to look | | | | important person. |
| in a gourmet tea store rather than a grocery | | | | Matcha is probably the finest of all of the green |
| store. The grocery store doesn’t have | | | | teas of Japan. It is not a whole leaf tea however, |
| the selection you will find in a gourmet tea store. | | | | it is a powder and must be prepared exactly as |
| You will find a good selection of green teas look in | | | | the standards recommend. This tea is very |
| your local Asian food store. Some of the types | | | | smooth and easy to drink. This tea has the |
| you will want to look for is; sencha, gunpowder, | | | | perfect balance of aroma, taste and vision, which |
| or Dragon Well. The grocery store variety of | | | | are the three qualities people look for in tea. It is |
| green teas will not have any type of variety listed | | | | very high in vitamin C and several other vitamins. |
| so they are more than likely blends of poor | | | | Matcha is used only in the Japanese Tea |
| quality. | | | | Ceremony. |
| Green tea is brewed just like you would brew the | | | | |