Takaokaya

92 Rating: Awsome, really Green. Makes a good complex brew that lasts in the palate. Love this tea

Dry leaf; A complex grassy aroma. Color of leaf and stem is a beautiful grassy green.

1st Brew: 2 teaspoons tea leaf for 5 oz of water at 175, steeping 1-2 minutes. I love the complexity and depth of this tea. The brew is a beautiful green color. This tea comes in a Select & Premium version. I really look forward to trying the Premium next.

60 Rating: New Package Update, 2/8/2013
Wow, this tea is all of a sudden very bitter! What a let down, as this was a nice tea in the last package. Seems to have inconsistencies between batches.

A review of Organic Green Breeze by Takaokaya

Company: Takaokaya
Tea Name: Organic Green Breeze
Tea Type/Varietal: green
Region: Japan
Steeping Vessel/Amt. Leaf: cup/ 1 teaspoon
Liquor Color: minty green
Leaf Characteristics:

1. Steepings

1st Steeping:
Water temperature: 190 Fahrenheit
Time: 30 seconds

This morning I want to try and make a better matcha than the last one I had; I am using this Green Breeze tea powder and not the Hamasaen brand. As this one is per packet for each use, so I should fare better this time. I open the packet and place the contents in my cup and add some boiling water to my cup. Less than half of a small cup of water is what I use. I stir and stir the tea until the mixture has completely dissolved and what remains is a frothy mixture of the tea.

I seem to have done it right since there is no pastiness; the tea’s color is a mint green, not darkly green and the tea smells smoothly of milk as does my fingers from having handled the tea packet’s content while putting it in my cup. I like the milky scent and when I sip my tea it is rich froth with smoothness of green tea. This tea has a wonderful ‘umami’ taste of green veggies; a bowl of cream of broccoli soup would be a close description of this tea powder. It is so very mild and faintly since nothing is overt in the tasting of this tea.

I think because the packets are pre-measured per serving and all one need do is add water; less than half of a small cup and stirring tea with vigor should produce a wonderful cup of tea as in this instance.

I had purchased this from the Miso International Market and will need to find some more of this. Thank you for this great tea.

A review of Organic Green Breeze by Takaokayausa.com

Company: Takaokaya
Tea Name: Organic Green Breeze
Tea Type/Varietal: Green tea powder
Region: Japan
Steeping Vessel/Amt. Leaf: cup/ teaspoon of tea powder
Liquor Color: green
Leaf Characteristics:

1. Steepings

1st Steeping:
Water temperature: 190 Fahrenheit
Time: 30 seconds

I am having this tea powder as morning pick me up (well if I believe it must be so); anyhow I fixed one teaspoon of the tea powder with some boiled water added in my cup and stir and stir until the tea powder’s content dissolved.

Tea did not foam; and the color is a dark green. When I take sip after sip of the tea it is astringent with a slightly smooth complexion. There is a milky dewy texture in the layering of this powder that I don’t find in some other tea powders that is salt base/ sea weed like and more perhaps for cooking with. I like them both and I am noting the difference in that this tea powder is creamy and milky with slight astringency when swallowed

I like this tea powder as well.

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A review of Organic Green Breeze by Takaokaya.usa

Company: Takaokaya
Tea Name: Organic Green Breeze
Tea Type/Varietal: green tea powder
Region: Japan
Liquor Color: soft mint green
Leaf Characteristics: This tea powder is the lightest I have seen, the small tea pouch seem to have very little of the powder, yet when I fix the tea it is just rightly so.

1. Steepings

1st Steeping:
Water temperature: 190 Fahrenheit
Time: 30 seconds

I pour the content of the small pouch into my cup and add the boiled water slowly into my cup and then whisking the tea for a good 30 seconds; no froth just a lively green in coloring that I am looking at. The aroma is milky smoothness and when I sip of the tea there is slight astringent as I continue to drink this cup of goodness until it is all gone.

I like starting my day with the likes of this nourishing beverage.

A review of Organic Green Breeze by Takaokaya

Company: Takaokaya
Tea Name: Organic Green Breeze
Tea Type/Varietal: green tea powder
Region: Japan
Steeping Vessel/Amt. Leaf: cup/ teaspoon
Plucking Season:
Liquor Color: green
Leaf Characteristics:

1. Steepings

1st Steeping:
Water temperature: 190 Fahrenheit
Time: 45 seconds

I fixed another packet of this Organic Green Breeze just so that I could take in the milk/dewy aroma offered from handing of the packet as I open and pour its content into my cup. I like the sweetness and milky aspect that my fingers are scented with. Weird!

I stirred and stirred my tea for about 45 seconds, the powder when mixed with water does not foam; instead the tea is a light green and most feint since each packets contains very little tea powder but enough for one to enjoy a cup of powdered tea with rich nutrients for starting one’s day right.

A review of Organic Green Breeze by Takaokaya

Company: Takaokaya
Tea Name: Organic Green Breeze
Tea Type/Varietal: green tea powder
Region: Japan
Steeping Vessel/Amt. Leaf: cup/ teaspoon
Plucking Season:
Liquor Color: green
Leaf Characteristics:

1. Steepings

1st Steeping:
Water temperature: 190 Fahrenheit
Time: 1 minute

I purchased this newly tea powder from the Miso Market in Cambridge, MA. I was looking for their Taiwan Chai (orange-cream) tea powder but I could not find this and I forgot to ask the store owner of it when I was paying for my items. Anyhow, I found these small packets of tea powder and decided to give them a try.

I take one tea packet and empty it into my tea mug and I pour in some of the boiled water into the cup. I stir and stir the tea powder’s mixture with the water until all is dissolved. Tea is a lovely green color and the aroma is of green veggies. It is more of a sweet astringent where the tannins are stronger with antioxidants perhaps.

The tea packet smell of milk and when I taste the tea it is creamy and smooth in texture with a milky quality to it. This is good; I can see that I will enjoy this tea as well. The tea’s aroma is everything to the making of a good cup of tea; it smells of milk and when drinking it keep this in mind.

Thank you Miso Market for carrying these wonderful treats.

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10/7/12 – Bought today at local Asian Supermarket – The one that sell frog legs, for 2.59. I peeked inside and they are foil wrapped hermetically sealed, gonna bring a few with me on the road this week.
10/8/12 – Wow! I really like this! Tastes like matcha flavored rice crispies! Yum!

12/6/2012 I boosted this tea rating. Every time I drink it I crave sushi! Yum. I drink it in the evening. I love it – and there’s been a sale at the Midtown Manhattan Japanese store – a box for only 1.68. Wow!

SO NUTTY! SO ADDICTING! SO DERICIOUS!!!

UNFFF SO DERICIOUS! I love green tea as it is, and the nutty flavor added by the brown rice is super yummy! It’s even a little sweet in some ways, probably thanks to the matcha powder. All in all just another really unique tea in my mind, and super addicting!

I love this tea! I find it to be a pretty unique green tea, the roasted flavor is strong and smokey but not overpowering; it almost reminds me of coffee (though I do steep this tea forever). PRETTY DANG COOL.

It tastes good, not amazing. I finished the cup, I was really hoping it would taste much better than this, but I’ve had better genmaicha before.. It’s still drinkable though, I prefer loose. I’ve got to say that though.

This is a nice mellow tea that has almost a powdery mouthfeel. The color is a lovely deep green and the depth of flavor is really nice if oversteeped (which I always do with green teas. I’m sorry?). This tea is nice when you just want to relax. I take it with milk — but that’s just me. I think that the milk brings out some of the softer notes from this sencha, which is the only kind of sencha I can find in my town (in the International store, which is seriously the most fun store where I live). This tea is perfect in spring and autumn, especially when oversteeped and with milk.

Not the best green tea ever, but certainly one of my favorite Japanese green tea in tea bags. For loose leaf, I would recommend Hibiki-an green tea—but for tea bags for the office or travel, these are quite good and also convenient to use. The brewed tea is full flavored, because each tea bag is sealed in a foil packet for freshness and the tea is not whole leaves but very tiny broken leaves and green tea powder. So, overall, I recommend these for office and travel, but not necessarily if you are looking for something special to brew at home. (This review is for their small paper tea bags, not the larger nylon style tea bags).

Not the best green tea ever, but certainly one of my favorite Japanese green tea in tea bags. For loose leaf, I would recommend Hibiki-an green tea—but for tea bags for the office or travel, these are quite good and also convenient to use. The brewed tea is full flavored, because each tea bag is sealed in a foil packet for freshness and the tea is not whole leaves but very tiny broken leaves and green tea powder. So, overall, I recommend these for office and travel, but not necessarily if you are looking for something special to brew at home. (This review is for their small paper tea bags, not the larger nylon style tea bags).

Reminds me of the tea they stocked in my room at the ryokan I stayed in Kyoto – might even be the same brand! Great for all occasions and moods.

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Wow… I love this tea!

I love this tea! A coworker of mine drinks it and occasionally shares a few bags. It always makes my day!