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“Yay finally one of the rose teas that I truly enjoyed! Thank you Sephanie for the variety of rose teas:) I truly loved the selection I will have to add this one to my shopping cart. The rose pairs...” Read full tasting note
“Got a sample of this tea from my mom. I’m still hesitant about green teas, because of their grassiness, but I do like toasty ones. I guess this is bancha, which I’ve not tried yet. The tea reminded...” Read full tasting note
“Another tea of the afternoon…. I think I should have picked another one after my not liking the Chinese Sencha from thepuriTea very well. I fixed this up and then did my research on what was in...” Read full tasting note
“Thank you Tealizzy for the sample of this! Bancha is probably my least favorite green tea. There is something almost fishy about it. I definitely prefer a sweeter sencha! Also not really detecting...” Read full tasting note
Jane’s Garden Tea is a blend of Bancha and rosebuds created for a lovely friend, Jane Lloyd, who battled breast cancer. Jane lost her battle in September 2005, and the Harney family and many of us here at the tea company lost a dear friend. The Jane Lloyd Fund, which was originally created to help Jane, will now continue to help cancer patients in our community. The fund will support patient’s day-to-day living expenses. The Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation is the steward for the Jane Lloyd Fund, and we continue our support with $5.50 given for each tin of Jane’s Garden Tea that we sell.
Since 1983 Harney & Sons has been the source for fine teas. We travel the globe to find the best teas and accept only the exceptional. We put our years of experience to work to bring you the best Single-Estate teas, and blends beyond compare.
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Uhhh OK, apparently I never added this to my cupboard let alone reviewed it. Well then!
This was one of my rare green tea nights. Tell the truth, I’ve been more of a CoffeeKlutz than a TeaKlutz the past several days. Not entirely sure why, just felt like something with a thicker texture. So I’ve had enough coffee today that I didn’t want anything super-caffeinated (anything less than black tea really isn’t going to wake me up, and sometimes black tea doesn’t even do that), and besides I feel like I’m being “healthy” when I drink green teas and I sure as hell have not been eating healthy the past several days, haha!
This is my second go-round. Miraculously, I managed not to overdo it. To be perfectly honest, there’s not a whole lot to say on this one. It’s the standard crisp green tea flavor with little bit of light rosiness, almost imperceptible. Jane has a lot of shrubbery and a rose bush or two. It’s not bad. It’s too understated for my taste, but it’s still “clean” tasting and enjoyable if you like flowery green teas.
I don’t have many green teas, so it’s nice to have it as an option.
I was craving bancha today, so I brewed up a medium-sized tetsubin of Harney & Sons Jane’s Garden, which I continue to regard as the non-rose rose tea! It’s very tasty and succulent, just not very floral. Definitely satisfied my bancha craving!
The liquor brews up pale greenish yellow, and tastes just like … bancha! I wish that I could figure out how to describe the flavor of bancha. It reminds me somewhat of oil paints, but of course that sounds repulsive and poisonous, when in fact this tea is appealing and salubrious! Well, there are people who sniff glue, so maybe they would not be turned off by such comparisons? Anyway, I like it a lot, and nothing satisfies a bancha craving but … BANCHA!
second infusion: brighter yellow; flavorful
third infusion: light yellow with a lighter taste, but still a mighty fine beverage!
