I'm looking for a really good green tea.?!

Teavana has some of the best quality loose-leaf green teas and matcha tea.

They have pure green and flavored green. You might like the pure better since you mentioned the potency.

They also have both Japanese green tea (steaming gives it its vegetal taste) and Chinese green tea (pan frying gives it its earthy taste).

Use 195* F water and steep for 3 minutes.

http://www.teavana.com/The-Teas/Green-Te…
For you, I would suggest:
Japanese Dragon Phoenix Pearls
Gyokuro Imperial
Huang Shan Mao Feng Reserve
Golden Jade

i suggest getting a green tea sampler pack from your local grocery store. see which ones you gravitate towards (plain, jasmine, flavored), and then go to a whole foods or other gourmet grocery store and try a fancy brand that appears to have quality tea bags (like pyramid tea bags). You'll quickly find that those tea brands actually have large tea leaves in their bags.

you could also try loose leaf teas, but try the convenience route first. then you can go to loose leaf sites like adagio.com, uptontea.com, or teaspring.com which cater to true tea conneseiurs

There are so many types of green teas! The best place to try amazing Japanese green teas is Den's Tea, they have a sample deal, it's like $5 to try 4 different types of green teas, that's including shipping. If you have always used teabags, take the plunge and try loose! Don't get the teas at the Asian store, you don't know how long they have been sitting there! My local Asian store had tea from 2003 still...gross.

I am a tea addict

well i like green tea too so i drink it a lot and i prefer lipton its affordable and you can find it at walmart target Walgreen's almost anywhere you can find it or i would also recommend arizona tea and its in the same places as lipton

I'd suggest buying loose leaf tea. Overall loose tea just has better flavor and you can make it as strong as you like by using more or less at a time.

http://coffeetea.about.com/od/teabrewing…

Matcha Green Tea is the King of all green teas. The health benefits of Matcha tea exceed those of green tea because when you drink Matcha you ingest the whole leaf, not just the brewed water.
One glass of Matcha is the equivalent of 10 glasses of green tea in terms of its nutritional value and antioxidant content.

For maximum nutritional benefit, Matcha tea is unparalleled.

A testing method known as ORAC, short for oxygen radical absorbency capacity, evaluates the antioxidant levels found in food. According to research done by Tufts University, the ORAC capacity of Matcha green tea is exponentially higher than other foods known for their high antioxidants levels such as blueberries and spinach.
The ORAC rating of Matcha is 1300 units/g, compared to 105 units/g for pomegranates and 91 units/g for wild blueberries. Matcha tea, however it is very expensive, anywhere from $17 and up.


I drink Matcha green tea and I found some on Amazon.com It is from Serendipity Tea and is about$17 for 4 ounces which is very reasonable. The tea is delicious. Go to Starbucks and order a Matcha Frappachino to get an idea of what it taste like. It has a slight sweet grassy taste, but not unpleasant and its very mellow.

http://www.matchasource.com/SearchResult…

It's really very individual so it's hard to give you a tea title that you will 100% like. From my experience (personal experience and tests on my relatives and other people), "Dragon Well", "Green Bamboo Leaf" and "Green Leaf from Golden Mountain" tend to be enjoyed by everyone. Here's how the first two teas look:
http://teaspring.com/Emperor-Long-Jing.a…
http://teaspring.com/Zhu-Ye-Qing.asp
And as for Golden Mountain, I was not able to find it, I am based in a non-english country and buy teas from a local store so I may be using a non-accurate translation.

Green teas don't have extreme tastes so generally if you like this category of teas, I can't imagine you buying a specific green tea that you won't like. I usually just buy 3-4 random boxes of different green tea titles and then write down which of them I liked more. If you have a good nearby shop, you can do the same but instead of buying full boxes, just buy a cup. Good tea shops almost always let you buy a cup of tea.

Also make sure you prepare the green tea correctly: never use hot water because it completely kills green tea. It's not some picky ritual-like thing, a green/white/yellow tea prepared in hot water loses almost 100% of its taste and basically turns into plain hot water. The right temperatures is usually 60-70C. The same goes with timing: depending on specific type, the tea leaves should be kept in water for 3-7 minutes. After that, pour the tea into a separate vessel (if you are making one cup only, simply pour into your cup). If you fail the timing, the longer the green tea overcooks, the more bitter it becomes. That's very basic rules, they usually vary and are slightly different for each individual tea. If you are going to buy the teas from local store, you can ask the shop assistant, they should be able to tell you anything about the exact teas you are buying.

Oh, and also, tea bags are not the way to go. On average such teas are usually bad. Also ask how old the tea is: if stored properly, green tea lasts for up to 2 years. It's not like the tea immediately becomes bad if it is 2 years and 1 month old but if your shop sells 10 year old green teas or have no idea how old the green tea is, it's usually a bad sign (for example check the above links, they clearly specify the age of their green teas).