cc wrote:ame taste.
>
> I don't know if your tea is made the same way as the "sakura shincha" we get
> here (about anywhere in Kansai) during the hanami season.

A Yahoo Japan search for ??? yielded two hits, both originating from
Miyanabe Tea Company:

http://www.miyanabe.co.jp/lineup/spr_1.html

Is this stuff really that common?

--crymad