Cheapest Japanese green tea per gram (October 2026)
154 in-stock listings from 14 vendors matched this guide’s rule. Half of them cost under $0.33 per gram. The first entry, Bancha, costs $0.088/g, 73% below it.
Vendor list prices captured on October 1, 2026. They are a snapshot, not live prices: open the vendor page before you buy. The market-wide view is in the Loose Leaf Index.
How the list is picked
- Rule: Japanese green tea (sencha, gyokuro, bancha, hojicha, genmaicha and similar; matcha listed separately), lowest USD per gram first.
- Eligible listings: In stock, known weight of at least 20 g, USD price per gram available.
- Spread: one vendor can hold at most 4 of the 25 places, so a single big catalog cannot fill the table.
- Per gram: the listed pack price in US dollars divided by the pack weight in grams.
- Currency: GBP prices are shown as listed, with a US dollar figure converted at the 2026-09-30 reference rate (1 GBP = $1.3286; European Central Bank reference rates via https://api.frankfurter.app).
Price per gram across the category
Where this list sits in the whole category
- Middle half of all matching listings (25th–75th percentile)
- Lowest to highest listing
- Median
- Teas in the table below (25)
How the 154 matching listings split by price per gram
- In-stock listings in the band
The ranked list
What one serving costs
Pick how much leaf you use per session. The table adds the leaf cost of one serving and how many servings each pack holds; the budget filter hides teas above your limit. Water, milk and repeat infusions are not counted.
| # | Tea | Vendor | Pack | Listed price | Per gram | Per serving | Servings per pack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BanchaJapan | Harney & Sons | 113.4 gLoose / 4 oz. Tin | $10.00 | $0.088 | $0.26 | 37 |
| 2 | BanchaJapan | Nio Teas | 100 g | $9.35 | $0.093 | $0.28 | 33 |
| 3 | Organic Genmaicha with Matcha from JapanJapan | The Steeping Room | 100 g100 gram bag | $10.40 | $0.10 | $0.31 | 33 |
| 4 | GenmaichaJapan | Harney & Sons | 113.4 gLoose / 4 oz. Tin | $12.00 | $0.11 | $0.32 | 37 |
| 5 | Iribancha HoujichaUji, Japan | Kettl | 300 g | $35.00 | $0.12 | $0.35 | 100 |
| 6 | Duck Rice GenmaichaJapan | Harney & Sons | 113.4 gLoose / 4 oz. Tin | $14.00 | $0.12 | $0.37 | 37 |
| 7 | Matcha iri GenmaichaJapan | Harney & Sons | 113.4 gLoose / 4 oz. Tin | $14.00 | $0.12 | $0.37 | 37 |
| 8 | Henta Sencha AsanokaJapan | Nio Teas | 100 g100 grams | $12.49 | $0.12 | $0.37 | 33 |
| 9 | Genmaicha Popcorn Green TeaJapan | Nio Teas | 100 g | $12.65 | $0.13 | $0.38 | 33 |
| 10 | Organically Grown Hojicha - Roasted Japanese Green TeaJapan | The Steeping Room | 100 g100 grams | $13.16 | $0.13 | $0.39 | 33 |
| 11 | Genmaicha (100g Bag)Japan | Ippodo Tea | 100 g | $14.00 | $0.14 | $0.42 | 33 |
| 12 | GenmaichaJapan | Red Blossom Tea Company | 113 g113g (4 oz.) | $16.00 | $0.14 | $0.42 | 37 |
| 13 | Genmaicha Green Tea with Roasted RiceJapan | Nio Teas | 100 g | $14.50 | $0.14 | $0.43 | 33 |
| 14 | BanchaJapan | Rishi Tea | 250 g250 Grams | $38.50 | $0.15 | $0.46 | 83 |
| 15 | Stems Hojicha (100g Bag)Uji, Japan | Ippodo Tea | 100 g | $16.00 | $0.16 | $0.48 | 33 |
| 16 | Nakayama Kukicha Japanese Green TeaJapan | The Steeping Room | 100 g100 grams | $17.00 | $0.17 | $0.51 | 33 |
| 17 | Miyazaki Organically Grown Kuki HojichaMiyazaki, Japan | The Steeping Room | 80 g80 gram bag | $14.00 | $0.17 | $0.52 | 26 |
| 18 | Unro Sencha (80g Bag)Uji, Japan | Ippodo Tea | 80 g | $15.00 | $0.19 | $0.56 | 26 |
| 19 | Genmaicha Brown Rice Green Tea (Japan)Japan | Path of Cha | 100 g100g ($0.19 per gram) | $19.00 | $0.19 | $0.57 | 33 |
| 20 | Genmai MatchaJapan | Red Blossom Tea Company | 113 g113g (4 oz.) | $22.00 | $0.19 | $0.58 | 37 |
| 21 | Japan Obubu Genmaicha Green TeaJapan · 2025 harvest | What-Cha | 100 g100g / 3.5oz | £14.73≈ $19.57 | $0.20 | $0.59 | 33 |
| 22 | Stems Sencha (80g Bag)Uji, Japan | Ippodo Tea | 80 g | $16.00 | $0.20 | $0.60 | 26 |
| 23 | Uji GenmaimatchaUji, Japan | Kettl | 100 g | $20.00 | $0.20 | $0.60 | 33 |
| 24 | Japan Obubu Dark Roast Houjicha Green TeaJapan · 2026 harvest | What-Cha | 100 g100g / 3.5oz | £15.89≈ $21.11 | $0.21 | $0.63 | 33 |
| 25 | Japan Obubu Light Roast Houjicha Green TeaJapan · 2025 harvest | What-Cha | 50 g50g / 1.76oz | £8.37≈ $11.12 | $0.22 | $0.67 | 16 |
≈ figures convert GBP at the 2026-09-30 reference rate. Your card issuer’s rate and any import duty will differ.
Vendors with the most matching listings
Median USD per gram across each vendor’s matching listings on October 1, 2026, not only the ones in the table above.
| Vendor | Matching listings | Median per gram |
|---|---|---|
| Nio Teas | 30 | $0.25 |
| Ippodo Tea | 21 | $0.36 |
| Harney & Sons | 20 | $0.23 |
| Kettl | 19 | $0.60 |
| Rishi Tea | 18 | $0.38 |
| The Steeping Room | 15 | $0.31 |
| What-Cha | 10 | $0.33 |
| Path of Cha | 5 | $0.40 |
| Spirit Tea | 3 | $0.64 |
| Rare Tea Company | 3 | $0.80 |
Questions about this list
Across 154 in-stock Japanese green tea listings from 14 vendors on 2026-10-01, the median is $0.33 per gram. The middle half of listings runs $0.22 to $0.51.
Bancha from Harney & Sons, at $0.088 per gram (Loose / 4 oz. Tin for $10.00) on 2026-10-01. Check the vendor page before buying; prices change.
At $0.33 per gram, a 3 g Western-style cup costs about $1.00 in leaf, and a 6 g gongfu session about $2.00. Most leaf gives two or more infusions, so the real cost per cup is lower.
Japanese green tea (sencha, gyokuro, bancha, hojicha, genmaicha and similar; matcha listed separately), lowest USD per gram first. Only in-stock teas sold in packs of 20 g or more count, and no vendor gets more than 4 places.