TeaSpring is a well-respected online vendor of Chinese teas,
particularly
greens, among the RFDT crowd, and rightly so. My question is -
is there an equivalent vendor for Japanese greens?

I am looking for an online vendor, with a website in English. Target
teas would mostly be medium grade Senchas at reasonable prices,
say a max of around $0.25 per gram. I have done a little homework
searching old posts, and found that both O-Cha.com and Den's Tea
were mentioned. Any additional info or opinions on these or others
would be welcome. I am in the continental U.S., in case that makes
any difference.


Randy

On Feb 2, 8:41 am, "RJP" > wrote:
> TeaSpring is a well-respected online vendor of Chinese teas,
> particularly
> greens, among the RFDT crowd, and rightly so. My question is -
> is there an equivalent vendor for Japanese greens?
>
> I am looking for an online vendor, with a website in English. Target
> teas would mostly be medium grade Senchas at reasonable prices,
> say a max of around $0.25 per gram. I have done a little homework
> searching old posts, and found that both O-Cha.com and Den's Tea
> were mentioned. Any additional info or opinions on these or others
> would be welcome. I am in the continental U.S., in case that makes
> any difference.
>
> Randy
I'm new to this group so I may be repating old news. Have you tried
www.uptontea.com? They carry a very nice assortment of Japanese teas.
What is RFDT?
Ruth

On 2007-02-02, Toodles2 > wrote:
> On Feb 2, 8:41 am, "RJP" > wrote:

>> TeaSpring is a well-respected online vendor of Chinese teas,
>> particularly
>> greens, among the RFDT crowd, and rightly so.

> I'm new to this group so I may be repating old news. Have you tried
> www.uptontea.com? They carry a very nice assortment of Japanese teas.

I think the original poster was looking for a company selling Japanese
teas direct from Japan. Upton appears to be in the US (in Mass).

> What is RFDT?

rec.food.drink.tea - this newsgroup.

w

On Feb 2, 12:58 pm, "Toodles2" > wrote:

> I'm new to this group so I may be repating old news. Have you
> triedwww.uptontea.com?They carry a very nice assortment of
> Japanese teas.

(Ugh. I don't like this new Google interface. On to the post ...)

Yes, I have been a customer of Upton for a very long time, and
continue to be. I like some of their Senchas and will probably
continue to buy them from time to time. I'm just doing a bit of
poking around to see what else is out there.


Randy

"RJP" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> TeaSpring is a well-respected online vendor of Chinese teas,
> particularly
> greens, among the RFDT crowd, and rightly so. My question is -
> is there an equivalent vendor for Japanese greens?
>
> I am looking for an online vendor, with a website in English. Target
> teas would mostly be medium grade Senchas at reasonable prices,
> say a max of around $0.25 per gram. I have done a little homework
> searching old posts, and found that both O-Cha.com and Den's Tea
> were mentioned. Any additional info or opinions on these or others
> would be welcome. I am in the continental U.S., in case that makes
> any difference.
>
>
> Randy
>

Den's Tea is a Japanese company, but they have a store in the US and ship
from there. So, shipping is pretty quick and inexpensive, if you are
located in the US. They made a change a couple of years ago and ship their
teas to the US by air, rather than ship and they are much fresher, and more
expensive than they used to be. The increase in price seems to match the
increase in tea quality. Although, I really enjoyed their teas before the
change also. I've never had a bad batch of tea from them. To me they are
much better than anything I've received from Upton or Special Teas.

Blues

"RJP" wrote:
> TeaSpring is a well-respected online vendor of Chinese teas,
> particularly
> greens, among the RFDT crowd, and rightly so. My question is -
> is there an equivalent vendor for Japanese greens?
>
> I am looking for an online vendor, with a website in English. Target
> teas would mostly be medium grade Senchas at reasonable prices,
> say a max of around $0.25 per gram. I have done a little homework
> searching old posts, and found that both O-Cha.com and Den's Tea
> were mentioned. Any additional info or opinions on these or others
> would be welcome. I am in the continental U.S., in case that makes
> any difference.
>
> Randy

http://japanesegreenteaonline.com/
https://www.maikotea.com/
http://www.hibiki-an.com/
http://stores.ebay.com/The-JAPAN-STO...enameZL2QQtZkm

hth

Thanks to everyone who responded to my question.


Randy

On Feb 3, 6:49 pm, "RJP" > wrote:
> Thanks to everyone who responded to my question.
>
> Randy

I have also received terrific japanese teas from www.gray-seddon-tea.com.
Check them out.

On Feb 2, 3:50 pm, Elona > wrote:
> "RJP" wrote:
> > TeaSpring is a well-respected online vendor of Chinese teas,
> > particularly
> > greens, among the RFDT crowd, and rightly so. My question is -
> > is there an equivalent vendor for Japanese greens?
>
> > I am looking for an online vendor, with a website in English. Target
> > teas would mostly be medium grade Senchas at reasonable prices,
> > say a max of around $0.25 per gram. I have done a little homework
> > searching old posts, and found that both O-Cha.com and Den's Tea
> > were mentioned. Any additional info or opinions on these or others
> > would be welcome. I am in the continental U.S., in case that makes
> > any difference.
>
> > Randy
>
> http://japanesegreenteaonline.com/ht...enameZL2QQtZkm
>
> hth

I posted this before but obviously did it wrong because it never
showed up. I found a lovely Japanese tea site www.tea-circle.com When
I can afford it I'll give it a try.
Ruth

On 5 Feb 2007 09:46:39 -0800, "Toodles2" > wrote:

>I posted this before but obviously did it wrong because it never
>showed up. I found a lovely Japanese tea site www.tea-circle.com When
>I can afford it I'll give it a try.

I think it didn't show up because it went to my e-mail, Ruth. I tried
to e-mail you back but it bounced.

Anyway, thanks for the tip.


Randy

On Feb 2, 12:41 pm, "RJP" > wrote:
> TeaSpring is a well-respected online vendor of Chinese teas,
> particularly
> greens, among the RFDT crowd, and rightly so. My question is -
> is there an equivalent vendor for Japanese greens?
>
> I am looking for an online vendor, with a website in English. Target
> teas would mostly be medium grade Senchas at reasonable prices,
> say a max of around $0.25 per gram. I have done a little homework
> searching old posts, and found that both O-Cha.com and Den's Tea
> were mentioned. Any additional info or opinions on these or others
> would be welcome. I am in the continental U.S., in case that makes
> any difference.
>
> Randy

O-cha and hibikian have been mentioned, but there is also Itoen and
Uji.

specialteas, holymtn, and yuzumura are also decent.

I've been enjoying a fairly low priced "Spider Leg Sencha" from
Nicholas Coffee, a local coffee roaster in my area.

- Dominic