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The quality and taste not as good as Chinese green tea. Price is ripped off
No Doubt tea is better than several other green teas.
But the seller is selling at a very high price. You can get this item from Costo at much cheaper price. I will never buy item from this seller.
A lot of reviewers are calling this 'green tea' only, and it's not just green tea. Green tea and matcha green tea are very different teas, so the terms are not interchangeable. Matcha is generally a very expensive form of powdered tea used in tea ceremonies. This Kirkland brand is obviously not expensive, but it tastes pretty close to the really good stuff. I have had all kinds of matcha, because it is my favorite kind of tea, and I definitely recommend this tea. It's really quick to steep, less expensive, and doesn't require the whisking needed for real, high end matcha. I definitely still love the good matcha more, but this works for me as well!
I've been searching for green tea like the ones I drink in Japan and none have ever come close. Since this product is made by Ito En (largest distributor of green tea in Japan), it is pretty much exactly the same as the delicious bottled green tea in Japan. An amazing taste for such a low price :D
I was extremely skeptical when someone replaced the Bigelow/Lipton green tea (that I'm used to) with a couple of Kirkland packs, even more so when I saw the strange looking nylon teabag.
You can imagine my surprise when I was done making the tea. Its on par in quality and richness with some of the cups I enjoyed in China Town in San Fran. Each cup is not particularly strong but is flavorful, rich and smooth. I strongly recommend it. Incidentally, this tea has changed the way I look at Kirkland Signature products. Cheers Costco!
I bleed Japanese green tea and have lamented that no authentic stuff has been available in the States (unless you live close to Japanese grocery shop like Mitsuwa). I cannot stand the fake, "flavored" green tea so abundantly found in the shelves of regular supermarkets.
Well, I think my eternal search may be over, thanks to Kirkland! What I like about this tea is that it *is* authentic Japanese green tea. Sure, this is not of gyokuro kind, and you don't get the extra kick and aroma that you can easily feel with more expensive green tea, but when there is basically no authentic green tea available in the States, what can you expect? I'm so grateful that I can just have the same products that you find on the shelves of grocery shops in Japan.
I am so happy that I can stock this up in my office and home at such a cheap price. Well done!
I also just don't get all of these good reviews, I have no idea what they were drinking. I found the Kirkland tea to be the most flavorless green tea I've had. It's a terrible tea. I'm not even sure if it is green tea, it almost tastes like steeped grass. It is also very weak. I have to use 3 tea bags to get a decent cup. I think the other reviewers just see the nylon bag and think, wow, this must be good tea.
One other gripe, they make the strings to short on the bags. They aren't long enough for the tab to hang over the edge of a normal sized coffee cup. I have to cut the strings off unless I want paper floating in my tea.
I would recommend the Stash premium green tea. It has fantastic flavor and is about the same price as the crappy Kirkland tea.
I'm Japanese and I think this is the best bagged green tea in the states. I'm VERY happy that I found this in Amazon because our Costco doesn't carry this anymore.
This tea was recommended to us by some friends from Japan. They told us that the green tea that is sold in most grocery stores is not authentic green tea. Following their recommendation, we purchased this tea and have been very satisfied. It not only has the true green color, it is also very mild with a slightly sweet taste. Delicious!
Sorry, but I really don't get all the great reviews. I have been drinking green tea for more than 20 years and this tastes nothing like good quality green tea to me. I admit, the smell is quite nice right when you open up the packet. But once you steep it, all the taste and aroma goes away. I had to force myself to drink this on three separate occasions just to make sure my taste buds didn't just have an off day or something. I seriously can't drink this flavorless "tea" anymore and am throwing the rest away. Good thing it wasn't very expensive. If there's a Asian grocery store in your area, try out as many brands as you can to get a good sense of good and bad green tea. I like My Green Tea a lot. But I don't think they're readily available in most places.
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not that good, July 29th, 2010 by Snoop, 
Very good matcha tea!, May 30th, 2010 by R. Mayoleth, 
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