"Bluesea" > wrote in message
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>
> "Melinda" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Do people who like green tea here find themselves tending to like those
> from
>> Japan more than those from China or visa versa? (Or maybe someone has a
> real
>> liking for a green from somewhere else..Korea, Vietnam, Ceylon, Assam
>> even
> I
>> think.. I have tried sencha and gyokuro multiple times and for some
> reason
>> they just don't satisfy me as much as Chinese greens of almost any type
> do,
>> right now. But I like Genmai cha, which is a bit different...
>>
>> I'm interested in hearing what others' experiences are.
>
> Yes, I tend towards the China greens myself and want a sencha on rare
> occasion, but I recently compared a China sencha with a Japanese sencha
> and
> the Japanese won beyond a shadow of a doubt. Couldn't finish the bancha
> that
> I tried - way too intense for me.
>
> --
> ~~Bluesea~~

I'm sure they exist, but I have yet to try a Chinese Sencha that I cared to
have a second cup of. I even got a couple of ounces of an organic Chinese
Sencha for free. It hasn't seen much use. I didn't care for the Bancha's
I've tried either. Though I haven't tried many.

Blues