You're The Green Tea Purist!

You want the leaf and nothing else. Japanese and Chinese greens reward you for exact water temperature and short steeps: sencha brewed around 80 °C is sweet and brothy, the same leaf in boiling water turns harsh. You notice the difference and you care about it.

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Your Perfect Tea Match

Type: Green, unoxidized (steamed or pan-fired)
Origins: Uji and Shizuoka (Japan), West Lake and Zhejiang (China)
How to brew: Kyusu or small teapot. Sencha: 3–5 g per 240 ml at 77–85 °C (170–185 °F) for 2–3 min. Gyokuro: much cooler, 49–60 °C (120–140 °F)
Teas to look for: Sencha, Gyokuro, Longjing (Dragon Well), Shincha

Teas picked for The Green Tea Purist

Kumpu Sencha (80g Bag)
Ippodo Tea
$31.00 / 80 g bagSencha (green)
Umami and sweetness up front; soft, delicate, long finish
Gyokuro
In Pursuit of Tea
$68.50 / 2 ozGyokuro (shade-grown green)
Clover, buttery, artichoke heart
Pre-rain Dragonwell
Red Blossom Tea Company
$45.00 / 56 g (2 oz)Longjing (pan-roasted green)
Nutty, buttery, toasted
Sencha Fukamushi
In Pursuit of Tea
$36.50 / 4 ozFukamushi sencha (green)
Round, soft, sweet

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