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Bancha

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$6.57 $9 In stock

Category: Japan Green Tea

Tasting Notes: robust, vegetal, green 

Description: A robust Japanese green tea that is smooth with green vegetal notes. Bancha is more full-bodied and earthy than other Japanese green teas.

An everyday classic that is harvested in late summer, Bancha means "common tea" and is appreciated in Japan for its robust flavor and strong character.

Bancha is produced from the same tea plants that produce premium sencha green tea. Sencha is harvested in the spring. Bancha is harvested later in the plucking season during late summer. This later plucking season causes the teas leaves to have a more robust flavor than sencha. In addition, bancha contains larger leaves and upper stems which are discarded during the production of sencha. These larger leaves and upper stems account for the strong green tea taste of bancha.

Ingredients: late summer harvest green tea from Japan

Steep Time: steep 1 heaping teaspoon of tea per 8 oz below boiling water, 160-175°F, for 1-3 minutes

Customer Reviews (4.5 / 5 · 4 reviews)

Isabella K. ★★★★★

Finally, a green tea that doesn't taste like hot grass water—this bancha has real body and a smooth, earthy finish that holds up even after a few infusions.

Ryan ★★★★★

I was worried bancha would taste like grass clippings, but the vegetal notes here are mellow and almost sweet once it steeps. It's noticeably earthier and more full-bodied than the sencha I usually buy, which makes it a good afternoon cup when I want something with a bit more weight. Two minutes at

Benjamin ★★★★★

I drink this every morning instead of coffee now. It's more full-bodied and earthy than the sencha I used to buy, with a smooth vegetal finish that doesn't turn bitter if I steep it a little long.

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