Tealyra | Gyokuro Kokyu Loose Leaf Green Tea, 200g (7 oz)

I starting drinking Gyokuro tea to reduce my coffee intake. This is a great tea and it has really helped. I love that it is high in antioxidants too. I enjoy these tea bags when I travel because I can easily take them with me.

Very good taste and good value as well. I reordered a large bag and a bunch of other types of teas from this company.

I really enjoy the taste and aroma. I usually use 3/4 of a teaspoon and leave my tea in about 1 1/2 cups of water. It tastes like high quality Japanese tea with a rich aroma that is not overpowering. It is smooth with a slight floral taste that is barely noticeable.

It starts off bitter then tastes good, I've made sun tea with it and it was great. The only thing I don't care for is plastic tea bags.

I love the deep green color and sweet, wonderful taste. I also love the fact that this tea comes from a region of Japan far from various harmful contaminations and is grown organically. It is however expensive. I mix it with the Tealyra Sencha, which is a bit less expensive and has additional benefits, although it adds some yellow/red tones (presumable from more exposure to sun) and a bit bitterness to the taste.

very good

I'm going to compare this with my favorite tea, the first flush Yame you can find from this same vender. I really wanted to like this tea and I suppose I do but I don't love it. It brews up well giving me a nice vibrant green color just like the my first flush Yame. Color 5/5 appears to be lit from within Looking at the leafs it is obviously a blend of two teas, I knew it was a blend when I bought it and thats what they have to do to keep the price down. The issue is the leafs on the top of the bag were much larger and this tea was not very good at all. It had stems and the flavor was very meh. It didn't have any ocean breeze notes or perfume'y floral notes it just made green bitter water. As I worked my way through the bag the flavor became more vegetal and the leaf looked smaller ( I like vegetal grassy teas this is a good thing) . The tea at the bottom of the bag had a much finer consistency and the leaf were quite small. I suspect the two teas in this blend separated so be sure to mix up this bag and perhaps you will have a better experience than me. Flavor is only a 2/5 for me, sorry. This takes a bit more time to brew than my go to Yame first flush Gyokuro with water a 165º F and I suspect this is because it isnt shaded as long. For the price I don't want to recommend this tea. another $5 will get you a tea I much prefer. I found that this tea upset my stomach a few times something I didn't think my possible as I have a gyokuro hardened iron kettle stomach.

All great as usual.....fresh and tasty.