Easily Enjoy Varieties of Japanese Tea

Hi everyone who want to go or is going to Japan,

Have you ever had Japanese tea? I mean that the green tea is not "Matcha" or green tea espresso. Japanese usually have varieties of Japanese tea at home, such as Green tea "Sencha", Roasted green tea "Hojicha", Brown rice tea "Genmaicha" ,Barley tea "Mugicha" and so on. We do NOT often have "Matcha" at home, and usually have it at a cafe or somewhere like that. I would like you to try them, and you can try them easily because there are varieties of plastic-bottled Japanese tea in Japan. Japanese often buy those plastic-bottled Japanese tea at a convenience store, a supermarket or somewhere. I will introduce 3 popular brands of it and 1 my favorite plastic-bottled green tea. Although, my favorite one is also produced by one of popular brands.

Green tea Espresso "Mat-cha", in Japanese "抹茶"

Green tea "Sen-cha", in Japanese "煎茶"

Roasted green tea "Hoji-cha", in Japanese "ほうじ茶"

Brown rice tea "Genmai-cha", in Japanese "玄米茶"

Barley tea "Mugi-cha", in Japanese "麦茶"

1. 3 popular brands of plastic-bottled Japanese tea

• O-i Ocha, in Japanese "おーいお茶" from Itoen company: This Japanese tea series is the biggest selling one in Japan. As you can see on the photo, there are many varieties of Japanese tea produced from the company "itoen". Itoen produces more type of Japanese tea such as green tea made with seasonal tea leaves. 

From the left: Green tea (original flavor), green tea rich taste, green tea with "Mat-cha" powder, Roasted green tea, hot original green tea, hot rich taste green tea, hot roasted green tea and hot brown rice tea. 

• Ayataka, in Japanese "綾鷹" from Coca-Cola company: The Ayataka is produced to people enjoy savoring as good Japanese tea as it made with a teapot. 

  

  From the left: Green tea (original flavor) and roasted green tea

• Iemon, in Japanese "伊右衛門" from Fukujuen company: This company was established as wholesaler of Japanese tea in Kyoto in 1790, so it can be said that the Iemon is produced by an expert company in Japanese tea.  

From the left: green tea rich taste, green tea (original flavor), brown rice tea (limited version), roasted green tea (limited version in Autumn) and roasted green tea

2. My favorite green tea

• Nama-Cha, in Japanese "生茶" from Kirin beverage company: Honestly speaking, the Nama-cha is the best plastic-bottled green tea in Japan. This is just my personal opinion, and I buy the green tea whenever I want to have green tea. As for your information, of course, the green tea series is sold well in Japan. You must feel good bitter taste, deliciousness and full-bodied taste of tea. This is the green tea you must try in Japan, if you enjoy green tea in Japan easily! 

As I said above, you can see really many varieties of plastic-bottled Japanese tea in Japan. Each of them has each characteristic. You may want to try some of them and find your favorite one out!! And then, if you come to love Japanese tea, you try Japanese tea with tea leaves and teapot. There are also many varieties of tea leaves in Japan!! You must enjoy having them and want to come to Japan more!!!

Enjoy your trip in Japan! And see you in the next article of the blog!! 
"The ordinary for Japanese" must work to spice up your trip!