Green Tea?

You may want to try a houjicha, which is more of a roasted green tea. Also have you tried any oolongs. Oolong is sort of the step between green and black tea. You may enjoy a darker roasted oolong.

Thank you @jenkay – I just got the Den’s Tea Sampler- It looks like exactly what I needed to find my green tea!

I wasn’t a big fan of green tea, but found that some flavored tea with cranberry or other berries was a nice introduction. I got a number of sample sizes from Mahamosa and found a plum and pear that I liked as well as some other favorites. I’ve tried some other green tea from Lupicia and Zen Tea that I really like as well.

I would suggest a slightly different approach. Two commonly defining characteristics of green tea are the vegetable (aka “grassy”, “grainy”, etc.) taste, and their lightness. So, rather than avoid these qualities, I would challenge you to try to learn to appreciate them for what they are.

I would recommend avoiding flavoured teas until you already appreciate the flavour of the underlying tea. (Of course, I don’t like flavoured teas at all, so take this with that in mind.)

The trick, with green tea, is to make is to make it strong enough for one’s liking without making it too bitter or astringent. This is most easily controlled using the gongfu method, regardless of which tea you use.

With that said, recommendations depend on your budget. A tea like this would give you a good green tea experience that is not very hard to understand/appreciate: http://www.teavivre.com/lu-shan-yun-wu-green-tea/

Cheers,
-Brent

i thought i didn’t like green tea years ago thinking it was generally bitter/harsh and grassy because i a) had only tried old, cheap stuff (in my experience, of all the tea types green is the most sensitive one with the shortest shelf life…i try to drink mine within 6 months, some a lot sooner) b) was probably burning it because i was used to black tea and didn’t know green is so delicate you really need to steep it properly, at a much lower temp (usually between 160-175F depending on the specific tea) and for noticeably less time usually (sometimes under a minute!), and that it’s often meant to be resteeped, where sometimes the 2nd or 3rd steep is the best. also, i’m still generally not a fan of the lemony brightness of classic steamed japanese green tea, think sencha (though i do like genmaicha and hojicha, but as noted above they’re very ungreen-y) and prefer the more buttery and nutty qualities of panfired chinese green teas like longjing/dragonwell, hou kui, etc. just my experience, of course.

It is depend on your choice black tea and green tea those having same health benefits but you can prefer green tea because it is more effective than black tea. you can watch this video to more update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJObdto1jCs

Try jasmine green tea i drank that for years and it helped me develop my now love for green tea. Give genmaicha a try. Its green tea with brown rice. My favorite

https://www.udyantea.com/tea-shop/rohini-green-blossom.html

try this…i am sure you will love it.

I love greens more than anything, but if you are not a fan at first sight, I’d suggest to go for a (mild) flavoured green, e.g. a sencha with a lemon twist, or a sencha with a cranberry twist… There are many on line webstores that supply these teas.. When your are used to the taste, you can skip the flavours if you want, and drink (more) green teas as is.

I love gyokuru and high grade senchas. They are sweet, vegetal and have a wonderful taste… you may have to learn how to appreciate these teas, but I think it may well be worth it.!

There are also light (green) oolongs available. Enjoy your adventure!

Nepal greens and Darjeeling greens are less buttery and have a nice ’tang’’ they are a good start as well.