Kirkland Ito En Matcha Blend Japanese Green Tea-100 ct 1.5g tea bags

I don't know how they do it, but for the Price, this is Excellent Green Tea (even though it's in a Bag, which I usually Avoid, as Most Bag Tea is Junk, made from the Floor Sweepings and Dust in the Factory, but NOT THIS ONE). Amazingly, this has both Low Cost Product AND With High Quality Green Teas (a Blend of both, Sencha AND Matcha Green Tea's, too). It's Great VALUE, Full of Flavor, Taste, and Aroma (you have to let it Infuse at least for a Minute, or Longer, IMHO... it Never Ever gets Bitter, no matter How Long you Infuse it... just be sure to do it at about +175F Water Temperature, for Green Teas). You can also use this to make ICED GREEN TEA, just by putting, 8 Bags into a 2-Quart size Mason Glass Jar, filling it up with Fresh, Clean, Soft Water, and putting it into your Refrigerator for 8 to 12 hours. The next day, you have Great Ice Green Tea, that you can Drink immediately. Like the Box Label says, this is "for HOT & COLD Brewing", and it is. It's GREAT Tasting, just the way it is, but, for the HOT Version, I like to add additional Toasted (NOT Roasted) Rice too, to turn it into My Version of GENMAI-Cha, Green Tea, and, for me, it's absolutely Wonderful, Genmai-Cha, Green Tea, too!!! The Price is a STEAL!!! You can't Beat It With A Stick!!! It's Absolutely an Excellent VALUE!!! Overall, I give this 5-Stars, I also HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT, for Great Value, Freshness, and Flavor, and I say, "GO FOR IT... !!!"

Green tea is loaded with antioxidants. Kirkland green tea with matcha tastes delicious and takes minimal brewing time whether you prefer your tea cold or hot.

As others here have mentioned, this is quite a good deal for the quality of the product.By making the bag out of nylon and by attaching the string to the middle of the face of the bag (instead of at the top edge like everyone else), they have made it so that more tea leaves get to touch the water and more tea leaves remain floating and loose in the water. That really seems to help the steeping process.Most tea bags compress the tea leaves together into a big wad which prevents the water from getting to all but the outer most leaves. The solution in that case is to use a spoon to press the tea bag against the cup in order to cause the leaves to separate and become exposed to the hot water. It works, but you end up having to do this a lot if you really want a really good cup of tea.Instead, this bag floats on its face, edge-wise. And that causes the tea leaves to stay loose and not bunch up as much. The result is that more leaves are exposed to hot water, and so the tea itself will be richer. You just need to use the string to tug at it to shake up the leaves every now and then. No spoon is ever needed.Another thing they've done is to add a little notch to the square paper thingy at the end of the string. The idea is that you can stick the paper onto the lip of your cup really easily that way, and it holds on to the cup instead of dangling outside of it. That's kind of neat.The tea this produces is very green colored. Some of my coworkers actually thought there might be food coloring added to the tea leaves. They've never seen truly green tea.I would compare this tea favorably with The Republic of Tea's "Double Green Matcha Tea". Both products combine a small amount of matcha green tea powder along with the green tea leaves. In my opinion, the Republic of Tea's product is a bit bolder (which I like) but also more bitter (which I don't like). The Kirkland Signature / Ito En Matcha Blend has absolutely no bitterness. I wouldn't call it "sweet" like others have, either. I think it's just more refined and maybe fresher than the Republic of Tea's version.No, there isn't a lot of matcha powder in this tea. I didn't expect there to be a lot of matcha. About 99% of it is normal green tea leaves. There's a powdery residue in the bag itself (which you should tap a few times to empty out into your cup as the instructions say). And there's probably some matcha powder mixed in with the tea leaves. But don't expect much. It improves the flavor of the tea, but it's not like pure matcha, nor does it advertise itself as such.About the only negative thing I have to say about the product is that the strings on the tea bags are too small for me. They're always falling into the cup. Then again, I don't use a standard tea cup to drink. And because my cup is thicker than an average tea cup, the innovative notch that's in the square paper thing at the end of the string is too small and won't stay on the lip of the cup. Bummer. As a result, I have to be careful to make sure the string doesn't fall back into the cup. But it's a minor thing.I'd also like to see a better way of packaging these tea bags. They're all individually wrapped in sealed plastic bags. This prevents oxidation and spoilage, which is great. But it also produces a lot of waste, which is a pity.Overall, I'm impressed with the quality of this green tea at this price. I will definitely order it again when I run out. It also makes a perfect gift for anyone you know who loves quality green tea.Hope that helps.

I've loved Japanese green tea my whole life and have not found one yet that tastes as good as this one at this price, except for cups of tea served in Japanese restaurants. A couple reviews here mentioned how it compares to gourmet green tea. I don't know what classifies a tea as gourmet, unless it's the price, and I don't know if I've ever had such a tea. But this Kirkland tea is so flavorful that I don't see why it matters whether it is gourmet class or not. It only matters that it tastes great, and it smells wonderful too. Even my spouse, who drank green tea only occasionally (and usually prefers Earl Grey), is thrilled with this tea and now drinks it almost every night. Don't worry about finding a better bargain. It's only 19 cents a bag through Amazon, so what difference does it make if you can get it a few pennies cheaper elsewhere? With such a great flavor, it's a bargain at almost any price.This tea has a wonderful grassy flavor -- the mark of a good green tea -- that is missing in so many commercial brands, and even many Asian brands you find here (and the tea is actually green, which isn't the case with all "green" teas). Chinese green tea looks and tastes different from Japanese green tea -- less green and less grassy in flavor. The box says there is green tea powder added, which must be part of the reason for the rich flavor. The instructions say to add the excess powder inside the wrapper to your water. Generally, over-steeping green tea leaves it tasting bitter, but this one doesn't seem to get bitter when I do (any purist will tell you that adding sweetener or lemon to green tea is just not acceptable ;-).Each teabag is individually wrapped in a plastic pouch. The teabags themselves are nylon, which is stronger than the usual paper and less likely to tear. I admit I am a bit conflicted about buying this tea because I love the flavor, but the environmentalist in me is disappointed the bags and wrappers are not biodegradable. I also wonder if I should be concerned that it's not organic, but I may never find out if it matters.