Green Tea

rypt · 6 Jul 2010 at 22:55

This is one for Green Tea aficionados here ...
any of you know where I can get Takaokaya Sencha as loose tea, rather than the usual tea bags I now buy?

I haven't been able to find it anywhere, not in Japanese / East Asian shops, not online.

I prefer Takaokaya teabags over the Yamamotoyama bags and loose tea, and also over Ujinotsuyu ...

Ahleckz · 6 Jul 2010 at 23:09

http://www.sushisushi.co.uk/store/gbu0-prodshow/sencha-leaf-tea.html

Tchai-Ovna may also have it, they've got heaps of tea.
http://tchaiovna.com/shop/

MidnightLamp · 6 Jul 2010 at 23:10

i will check my regular london tea haunts when im there this week, algerian coffee shop in soho and a tea room near selfridges have a huge selection

rypt · 6 Jul 2010 at 23:11

Ahleckz said:
http://www.sushisushi.co.uk/store/gbu0-prodshow/sencha-leaf-tea.html

Sushisushi has the Yamamotoyama Sencha, which while good, is not as nice as the Takaokaya Sencha from Mount Fuji

These are the bags I drink atm http://takaokayausa.com/tos/product_info.php?products_id=28
This is the loose tea I'm after http://takaokayausa.com/tos/product_info.php?products_id=53 or http://takaokayausa.com/tos/product_info.php?products_id=54
But from a UK source