FGO Organic Sencha Green Tea, 16 Ounce Loose Leaf Bulk Resealable Bag, Sourced From Japan, Packaging May Vary (Pack of 1)

Fragrant, flavorful sencha green tea. When this item is available and on sale, I’ll pick some up. It’s an organic sencha that tastes good, comes in a large amount and is often reasonably priced. It smells fresh, has a deep green color for the leaves, and not too many stems. The tea is a pale green and brews with an astringent, mildly bitter flavor that I like.

The overall rating seems to be for the brand, i.e., for various types of tea from the FGO brand. This review is for FGO Organic Sencha Loose Leaf Tea, Resealable Bag, 16oz. The flavor and aroma are good. However, it does appear to be fairly low-grade tea, since there are small twigs scattered throughout, and the leaves range from powder to a typical size for tea leaves. I think the quality of Davidson's gunpowder green tea is a bit higher, but I'll buy whichever appeals to me at the moment -- and has the lower price, since they're both satisfactory and acceptable to me. After all, they're different styles of green tea.

As advertised

This is among the cheapest actual Japanese sencha I've found on Amazon. For an every day cup of tea it's quite decent. I brew it at 74C for 1 minute and 30 seconds on the first batch and 1 minute and ten seconds for the second. The only reason I am 4/5 stars instead of a full 5 is I think that the quality could be a bit better in terms of minimizing stems.

Upon opening the package I noticed the scent was very “grassy”. When brewed properly it doesn’t translate to the tea. It makes a beautiful cup of tea with a refreshing flavor. It gives a nice caffeine boost without any jitters.