The Tea Makers of London Japanese Sencha Green Loose Leaf Tea 125 g Caddy

I never really drank green tea until roughly a year ago when I started on Jasmine by the same company. I had read about some health benefits so I thought worth a shot. This sencha is great! I now exclusively drink this alone, twice a day. Ditched black tea from bags, it doesn’t compare. As others have said it has a kind of refreshing, grassy taste. Tastes best when prepared ‘correctly’ at 70 degrees. I’ve discovered pairing this with dark chocolate and it’s surprisingly good! I’ll be buying this for a long time.

Love this tea tastes great 👍

After I finished my bag of Teapiga Mao Fejg green tea, I wanted to try a different brand as they are becoming quite expensive. I thought I'd try the sencha green tea from The Tea Makers of London as the product looks great, and it comes with a caddy. The tea came loose leafed, in a plastic bag inside the caddy (not sure it needed to) with the bag being only half the size of the caddy. Once brewed the tea produced a clear green colour and a nice scent. However the tea is not strong, no matter how long it brews for. For some this might be disappointing as I like my tea to get stronger in the pot after time, so I can keep topping up with water. I've tried a few times to no avail here. However the taste is nice and delicate, so I assume it's due to the different type of green tea to what I'm used to. Overall it's a good mild green tea, not over-bitter but not strong enough for me.

Whenever I’ve attempted to make green tea at home, it always ends up looking brown. I notice that in Japanese restaurants, the colour is distinctly green; something that I have never been able to recreate at home regardless of brand. I’ve tried both mainstream and imported brands from Asian supermarkets (including ones claiming that they contain Sencha leaves) and the result is the same murky brown liquid. This Japanese Sencha from the Tea Makers is more expensive at £7.16 per 100g, but gives the restaurant quality colour, and more importantly taste, that I am used to. It has a distinct yet delicate freshly cut grass scent and a lovely, rich flavour. I use one teaspoon per serving and brew it in 80degC water for approximately a minute or so; I quite like the strength if brewed this way. I notice that on the packaging, the leaves are cultivated in Japan, so make of that what you will. This is a bit pricier than other green teas but worth it for the wonderful flavour. Another good brand is Costco’s own, which mixes in Sencha and Matcha in their tea bags.

If you are a lover of Japanese teas then you will love this tea. I am very picky when it comes to green teas and so often they disappoint. I have bought this one now free times and it’s very good quality sencha tea. Subtle, fresh, soft as it should be. I simply love it.

If you are a tea freak like me, you will LOVE this quality sencha tea. I tried several brands before settling for this one. Yes it is expensive yet this is an investment to have good sencha quality tea to drink. I loved it so much that I bough 2 other boxes after the first one and will make it a regular purchase now. This is authentic japanese green tea with all the benefits you may expect from it. If you try to buy the same in supermarkets, chances are, you will end up with a "westernized" version - ie less strong because that's not what we are used to here in Europe. Whereas this - it's EXACTLY what you would drink in Japan. Leaves are cultivated there and I suspect, it is boxed with the same strong quality as in Japan with no attempt to make it weaker by blending in other leaves. It is pure sencha and you will feel the distinct buzz it gives you along with this heating of the body while increasing the rate of your metabolism!

The tea is ok, but the container it comes in is only half full. It's a con, really just fill it more. Could easily have an extra 80g in this

I bought this brand of Sencha Tea because Amazon was out of stock of the one I have been buying over the last year. I actually prefer this one and instead of coming in a ziplock bag, this comes in a nice metal cannister with an airtight inner lid as well as a tight fitting inner lid. The tea itself comes in a plastic bag within the container. If you like Sencha Tea I definitely recommend this brand. Edited to add a comment because I saw a review where someone said it was hard to get rid of the tea leaves. I use a clear square based teapot with a built in metal strainer (bought on Amazon) and I find a teaspoon of tea makes 1-2 pots, where 1 pot makes 2 full mugs of tea. I refill the pot after it's emptied and the 2nd filling is still good. To dispose of the tea leaves, I fill the pot with cold water, then dump it on the garden, swirling the water around and that gets rid of most of the leaves. Alternatively just add it to your compost bin.