| Kirkland Signature Ito En Matcha Blend, 100% Japanese Green Tea Leaves, 100 Tea Bags |  | Brand: Tea-Selection
Category: Health and Beauty
List Price: $21.99
Buy New: $16.45
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Seller: TheNewMall
Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 1492
Ingredients: 100% Japanese Green Tea, Product of Japan.
Nutrition Facts per serving size 1 tea bag
Calories: 0
Total Fat: 0g
Sodium: 0mg
Total carbohydrate: 0g
Sugars: 0g
Protein: 0g
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 13.6 x 6.1 x 4
MPN: A2A888
Model: A2AWorld888
UPC: 096619798551
EAN: 0096619798551
ASIN: B000WB1YSE
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 100% Japanese Tea | | • | Matcha Blend | | • | 100 Tea Bags |
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Product Description
Sencha green tea with matcha blend! Nylon filter bag for optimum water flow during brewing! The tag has a slot pre-cut in it to fit on the edge of your cup! Green Tea is a proven source of antioxidants, which promote eye health and aid the immune system! Great Taste - noticeable sweeter than other brands! Best Ito En
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 53
 simply the best August 20, 2010
Blue Grass (Olympic Peninsula)
Kirkland Green Tea is far and away the best green tea bag product I've found. Very tasty tea, well-designed bags that make for superb brewing. Once you use this product, none other comes close.
Excellent green tea. August 19, 2010
Joe P. (Florida Panhandle)
Searched a while to find a great green tea at the right price and this is it.
 Good Japanese Green Tea August 10, 2010
Turtle James
I was pleasantly surprised by how good this Japanese green tea blend is. I feel that many of the negative reviewers are not familiar with Japanese green tea. Many of the American brands such as Lipton are not Japanese green tea. It is likely a blend of Indian and Chinese leaves that make a pale to dark yellowish brew. The taste is often slightly bitter with a cleaner aftertaste.
Japanese matcha tea is milled under-processed tea leaves and makes a rich dark green brew. Depending on how you brew it, it can be quite hearty and has a sweet nutty flavor.
The Kirland Signature Matcha Blend uses matcha powder along with sencha tea leaves. Sencha leaves are matured leaves and has a similar taste to common store brand green tea. The combination makes a slightly lighter, yet still rich dark green tea. The color is a transparent pea green. The taste is complex with notes of sweet grass and nuts. And it leaves a clean aftertaste.
I won't give it 5 stars because of a few issues. The tea comes in individually sealed plastic packets. If you're not careful, the matcha powder goes all over the place. I'd recommend you open it away from your face over a sink. Also the sencha tea leaves are not very good quality as they have a lot of stems and non-leaf parts in it. The teabags do have a notched paper handle that wedges in the rim of your cup, but it has a tendency to fall in if you're not careful. One plus though is that it does not use staples.
Overall, I feel this is an authentic green tea very similar to those served in Japanese restaurants. If you like that, then you will like this product.
My favorite green tea August 10, 2010
Terrence F. Graham (Washington, DC)
Kirkland has an excellent, balanced flavor that is hard to find in other green teas. Highly recommended.
 Not very good quality green tea. July 30, 2010
A. PAINTER
This green tea doesn't even compare to Japanese matcha. Kirkland Ito En Matcha is extremely weak in flavor. In fact, with one tea bag it doesn't taste, smell, or even look like the matcha you find in Japan, or the green teas you find elsewhere. It is flavorless and odorless unless you pack two or three tea bags in a cup and, even then, it's very poor quality in comparison to other green teas.
This Kirkland Ito En Matcha isn't even close to as good as other green tea available for about the same price on Amazon, such as Yamamotoyama - Green Tea (Sushi Bar Style) 90 Bag Value Pack. That brand is significantly higher quality in every respect, even if the price is mostly shipping charges.
The bottom line is that if you're looking for top quality green tea, this Kirkland Ito En Matcha is not it.
Showing reviews 1-5 of 53
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