Green Tea? Chinese vs Japanese?!
Green Tea? Chinese vs Japanese?
Which you prefer? Chinese green tea or Japanese green tea? Why?
Answers: It's difficult to compare them, but if you are comparing the best with best, I'll go with the Chinese.
And when you consider how much your money can go, Chinese comes first.
The Chinese tend to use roasting to stop oxidation. This method has the advantage of making the tea smell very nice.
It also gives the maker an opportunity to massage the tea to all kinds of shapes.
Japanese tends to use steaming. It makes their tea greener, more attractive looking, but it can also tastes grassy.
An area that the Chinese wins hands over feet are varieties. There are hundreds of famous Chinese green tea - Japanese tea just can't compare.
The following article discusses Chinese green tea in more details. Source(s):
The Chinese Green Tea Crown Jewel http://www.amazing-green-tea.com/chinese... Chinese-the flavor is more subtle than Japanese. they seem the same to me... either! The higher end Japanese green teas are the best. Like most people, I can't always AFFORD to buy them. Even lower end green teas are pretty good. Chinese or Japanese are both good. In order to stop oxidization, Japanese green teas are steamed, Chinese green teas are pan fried. They are not really that similar. The best Chinese green tea I ever tried was "Dragon Well" (in China). They are both quite different.
Both methods (steamed vs pan fried tea leaves) are just a way to stop oxidization. The two types of green teas taste quite different. There are high quality Chinese green teas, but it seems you have to really go out of your way to find them here in the US. It definitely doesn't apply to the typical Chinese green tea you see at the grocery store. Whatever is beneficial to your health, but i say both, neither,
They are both NASTY i like chinese tea... the chrysentinum tea with sugar is delicious i like korean green tea but out of those two, i like chinese green tea becuz its not as strong