Featured Tea
Bi Lo Chun
This special green tea is one of "China's 10 Most Famous Teas" or to be more accurate, consistently appears at the top o...Price: $ 8.50 (2 oz.)
About Green Teas
Many green teas as we know them date back to changes in tea drinking customs during the Song dynasty in China (960-1210 A.D.) when loose leaf tea infused in hot water became popular. While today an increasing number of countries are producing green teas; historically, the most highly regarded green teas have been produced in China and Japan.
As with most tea catergories, the production method rather than the visual appearance is the best determination of what is a "green" tea. Even with processing distinctions, the lines still remain somewhat blurred as some white and oolong teas can have taste profiles very similar to a green tea. In general, tea leaves harvest to make green teas are allowed to air dry or wither and then are heat treated to stop the oxidation (sometimes called fermentation) process - this is what retains the teas green color. In China, green teas are usually fired or roasted, in Japan they are almost always steamed.
Regarding our teas from Japan - all of our teas are from the 2010 harvest seasons and are not affected by 2011 earthquake and tsunami events in Japan. The tea growing areas we purchase from are in southern Japan and we will be monitoring safety precautions and testing before bringing in any 2011 harvest teas.
Our Selection of Green Teas
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Ancient Lotus Blossom
Tea has grown in northern Vietnam for centuries. The hilly landscape and growing climate are ideal for growing tea in an...Price: $ 12.50 (2 oz.)
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Bancha Green Tea
Bancha is a common style of traditional Japanese green tea made of leaves and stems from the late season harvests. The B...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Bi Lo Chun
This special green tea is one of "China's 10 Most Famous Teas" or to be more accurate, consistently appears at the top o...Price: $ 8.50 (2 oz.)
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Chunmee (Eyebrow)
Chunmee green tea has a unique flavor profile. Absent what is often called a "chestnut note" common in many other Chines...Price: $ 6.00 (2 oz.)
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Decaf Green Tea
A green tea in a decaffeinated form, our organic Decaf Green Tea preserves much of the natural vegetal green tea flavor ...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Decaf Island Green
A tea that takes you on a trip to a Caribbean island with sun drenched flavors and a laid back attitude. A decaffeinated...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Dragon Well (Longjing)
Perhaps our favorite green tea and one of China's 10 Most Famous green teas. The name "Dragon Well" refers to both a typ...Price: $ 14.00 (2 oz.)
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Earl Grey Green
To tea traditionalists, blending an Earl Grey tea with green rather than black tea may sound upsetting - why mess with s...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Fortune Dragon Green Tea Blend
Enjoy great tasting tea and good luck in the new year with our exclusive green tea blend that celebrates the 2012 Lunar ...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Genmaicha
Genmaicha is a Japanese green tea that combines late season Sencha tea harvests with roasted rice into a tea blend that ...Price: $ 9.00 (2 oz.)
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Green Tea with Ginger
A calming blend of organic green tea with pieces of organic ginger. A Zen Tara healthy blend of green tea from the footh...Price: $ 6.00 (2 oz.)
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Gunpowder (Zhu Cha)
Gunpowder (Zhu Cha) green tea is both wildly popular and unappreciated at the same time. Named gunpowder because the sma...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Gyokuro
Gyokuro, "Pearl Dew" is one of the best Japanese green teas. The tea has a distinctive smooth intensity and complex flav...Price: $ 15.00 (2 oz.)
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Houjicha Roasted Tea
Houjicha (also spelled Hojicha) is a Japanese tradition, made with coarse Bancha grade green tea leaves from some of the...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Jasmine Green
Organic green tea blended with select fresh jasmine blossoms by a traditional tea scenting process. During the blending ...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Jasmine Pearl
Jasmine Pearl (also called Jasmine Dragon Pearl) has been popular for centuries. The essence of jasmine flowers are abso...Price: $ 16.00 (2 oz.)
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Jasmine Rose Green Tea
Chinese green teas have been blended with floral ingredients for centuries. This relaxing organic floral jasmine and ros...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Kukicha
Kukicha, a green tea from Japan, is also known as "twig tea" (there is also a roasted version). A blend of tea leaves an...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Lemon Ginger
It's not very often that we can call one of our teas soothing and refreshing at the same time but this Lemon Ginger Gree...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Maghreb Mint Green Chai
This minty green tea Chai is one of our most popular green tea blends. It is an exotic twist on traditional Indian Chai ...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Mango Green
Many times the main ingredient in a tea blend can be mixed with other flavors to create something unique. Other times th...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Matcha
In early Spring, sections of tea farms in Japan install temporary shading canopies over their tea bushes, reducing direc...Price: $ 28.50
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Moroccan Mint
An organic version of a classic green tea blend enjoyed throughout the world. This blend combines the finest organic pep...Price: $ 6.00 (2 oz.)
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Orange Citrus
As you walk between the rows of orange trees at a Florida citrus farm late in the morning, the rising sun brings out the...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Sencha
Sencha green tea from Japan is made from the early tea harvests of Spring and embody the flavors of new green leaves, gr...Price: $ 12.00 (2 oz.)
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Tropical Green
A wonderful harmony of green tea and tropical flavors that brings green tea alive into a fun, healthy hot or iced tea. E...Price: $ 7.00 (2 oz.)
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Yellow Mtn. (Mao Feng)
One of the Ten Famous Teas of China Mao Feng tea has been cultivated in the Yellow Mountains (Huang Shan) of Anhui Provi...Price: $ 9.00 (2 oz.)