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drank Kabuse-Cha by Marukyu-Koyamaen
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Chinese green tea is nice but…

Japanese green tea is truly the finest in the world in my opinion. Le sigh. I love this so much! Delicious, clean, spinach-y, slightly buttery. It’s so good. I hope I can get more in the same shop in Japantown where I found this.
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Mike G
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Some Chinese greens are truly special, but I agree that Japanese greens have something in them that make them yummier.

Anyways, I’m interested in trying Marukyu-Koyamaen’s teas but I don’t seem to understand their website (if you can even order from there anyway) so, if you don’t mind me asking, where can you purchase their teas?

TeaBrat
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I bought this in San Francisco’s Japantown – I can’t remember the name of the shop unfortunately!

Mike G
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Ok. thanks!

Scott B
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I just bought Xin Yang Mao Jian from Teavivre and it is very spinach-y

ScottTeaMan
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There are some very fine China greens I really enjoy. I don’t drink them as often, but a really good sencha or gyokuro is hard to beat.

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Mike G
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Some Chinese greens are truly special, but I agree that Japanese greens have something in them that make them yummier.

Anyways, I’m interested in trying Marukyu-Koyamaen’s teas but I don’t seem to understand their website (if you can even order from there anyway) so, if you don’t mind me asking, where can you purchase their teas?

TeaBrat
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I bought this in San Francisco’s Japantown – I can’t remember the name of the shop unfortunately!

Mike G
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Ok. thanks!

Scott B
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I just bought Xin Yang Mao Jian from Teavivre and it is very spinach-y

ScottTeaMan
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There are some very fine China greens I really enjoy. I don’t drink them as often, but a really good sencha or gyokuro is hard to beat.

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