Are there different flavors of green tea in Japan and Taiwan? -

I add some lemon juice and honey to my tea. Do some people in Japan and Taiwan serve and/or sell fruit flavored green tea?

Not typically. Fruit infusions and flavored teas are actually more typically found in the exotic specialty store that sells European and American food products. It s difficult to find them in traditional tea shops in Japan or Taiwan. Normally tea is consumed as is in Japan and Taiwan. In Japan, green tea is king. It is dried tea that is not aged and fermented. Black tea (what is traditionally consumed in the west) is aged and fermented which gives it a very different flavor. In Taiwan, oolong tea is king. It is much more popular than green tea. Oolong teas fit somewhere between green tea and black tea. The tea is partially fermented and normally comes as whole leaves that are rolled up into tight little balls that bloom or unfold when the tea is brewed. Proper oolong tea is sometimes called gunpowder in the United States and the UK because of it s appearance as small balls. If you re curious about oolong teas, avoid the cut leaves or teabags of oolong. These are typically of inferior quality and have a much more bitter flavor than a typical Taiwanese oolong.

Green teas in Japan are usually not flavored. The green teas usually differ in flavor by grade. There are higher, richer grades of green teas.

Majority of the people in Japan prefer plain green tea or barley tea (hoji cha). They tend to not pollute the taste like we do hear in the U.S. They enjoy the many subtle flavors that we can no longer detect since our palates are all sugar, salt, and fat laden.. Hand me that bucket of fried chicken please! It goes well with my 3/4 pounder!

In the basement grocery stores of Japan, there are entire rooms dedicated to the various kinds of pure green teas. oh-cha doesn t need any additives to make it taste yummy..it already is.

I think they are but I had never tried one. But I would rather have regular green tea. I don t know why but it is just good and plain.

There aren t flavors like honey, strawberry etc. But we have a loads of green tea types and we also have black tea (which is more popular in Japan)

I have heard of fruit flavored green tea. However that means it s not 100% green tea, so God knows what they put in it to make it that flavor. I prefer buying the 100% and adding my own fruit or honey so I know it s genuine.