1 review for Trader Joe’s Organic Green Tea Reviews
Rated 3 out of 5
Tchuggin’ Okie from ratetea –
Budget green tea. Would recommend a green tea from a Japanese brand instead.
“Flavor- and aroma-wise, and adjusted for volume (150% more in a TJ’s bag), this product is remarkably similar to Uncle Lee’s Organic Green Tea. In fact, my review description of that one, “slightly above-average, but not outstanding, bagged green tea available at a price that’s hard to top”, applies just as well here. I suppose it’s fitting that I just ran out of my 100-pack of Uncle Lee’s and can swap in what’s left of this 50-ct box in its pantry spot, for a quick fix of tolerable but not great, cheap green tea.
One advantage is that the flavor is strong enough to mostly offset poor water quality at some of these places I travel. However, the strength is in both good elements (surprisingly rich vegetal and toasted-rice components) and bad (pretty heavy on bitterness and astringency for a plain green tea). It also might mask poor water quality visually too, since the liquid brews up opaque, and not clear like a better green tea. Dry-bag aroma was weak. The wet bag smelled much better; in fact, it was rich and lacked those bad elements in the taste.”
Tchuggin’ Okie from ratetea –
Budget green tea. Would recommend a green tea from a Japanese brand instead.
“Flavor- and aroma-wise, and adjusted for volume (150% more in a TJ’s bag), this product is remarkably similar to Uncle Lee’s Organic Green Tea. In fact, my review description of that one, “slightly above-average, but not outstanding, bagged green tea available at a price that’s hard to top”, applies just as well here. I suppose it’s fitting that I just ran out of my 100-pack of Uncle Lee’s and can swap in what’s left of this 50-ct box in its pantry spot, for a quick fix of tolerable but not great, cheap green tea.
One advantage is that the flavor is strong enough to mostly offset poor water quality at some of these places I travel. However, the strength is in both good elements (surprisingly rich vegetal and toasted-rice components) and bad (pretty heavy on bitterness and astringency for a plain green tea). It also might mask poor water quality visually too, since the liquid brews up opaque, and not clear like a better green tea. Dry-bag aroma was weak. The wet bag smelled much better; in fact, it was rich and lacked those bad elements in the taste.”