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"Bluesea" > wrote:

> 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.

i've tried china sencha as well - my enthusiasm was well under control.
of course, the japanese have been producing steam tea for a looong
time. bancha is late season roughage - generally not a great
tea.......p*