The Different Types of Green Tea

Dragon Well Green Tea (Lung Ching)

Dragon Well is a bright green tea, which many consider to be the highest quality green tea. It is expensive and less commonly found, so if you are looking for it, beware of imitations.

Macha Green Tea

Growing in popularity due to mainstream franchises using it in a number of designer beverages, Macha is a very sweet type of green tea and is the tea used in the Japanese tea ceremonies.

Sencha Green Tea

Sencha is a sweeter green tea. Sencha is more readily available in the Western hemisphere, and there is a less expensive kind of Sencha called Bancha.

Genmaicha Green Tea

Genmaicha is a unique blend of roasted brown rice, a few kernels of popped corn, & green tea.

Gyokuro Green Tea

Gyokuro is shade grown green tea, which is extremely difficult to come by in the Western hemisphere and is quite expensive. It is a very high quality green tea.