Gyokuro is the highest grade of Japanese leaf tea that has an incredible grassy/seaweed taste that is so smooth. The color is unlike standard green teas as it is a beautiful green, not amber. Only disadvantage is that the high quality is very expensive so you need to infuse it correctly to get all the nuances from the exquisite tea. Normally brew in colder water - 160 to 175 and for around 30 to 50 seconds.

• 2 ounce bag makes approximately 16 cups - second infusion good.
  
  High grade sencha from Japan
  

English Tealeaves sells over 125 high quality teas that are "cherry picked" from over 15 suppliers who specialize in specific types and countries. This gives us the flexibility to find the best of the best. We also blend around 8 teas ourselves that can't be obtained to our standards. For example our #1 selling tea, English Breakfast is our own blend that we created in 2002.

Our Cafe customers give feedback and we discontinue the ones that get poor ratings. We also look to improve our teas and will replace a standard tea, like say Mango, with a higher quality blend from another supplier.

The teas are selected after evaluation in these seven areas and then the scores are weighted to decide if they qualify for inclusion in our range:

• Dry leaf appearance
• Dry leaf aroma
• Brewed infusion color
• Aroma brewed
• Hot taste
• Iced taste
• After taste

We also have at least 3 tasters and then compare notes and vote.