Kirkland Ito En Matcha Blend Japanese Green Tea-100 ct 1.5g tea bags

I don't know how they do it, but for the Price, this is Excellent Green Tea (even though it's in a Bag, which I usually Avoid, as Most Bag Tea is Junk, made from the Floor Sweepings and Dust in the Factory, but NOT THIS ONE). Amazingly, this has both Low Cost Product AND With High Quality Green Teas (a Blend of both, Sencha AND Matcha Green Tea's, too). It's Great VALUE, Full of Flavor, Taste, and Aroma (you have to let it Infuse at least for a Minute, or Longer, IMHO... it Never Ever gets Bitter, no matter How Long you Infuse it... just be sure to do it at about +175F Water Temperature, for Green Teas). You can also use this to make ICED GREEN TEA, just by putting, 8 Bags into a 2-Quart size Mason Glass Jar, filling it up with Fresh, Clean, Soft Water, and putting it into your Refrigerator for 8 to 12 hours. The next day, you have Great Ice Green Tea, that you can Drink immediately. Like the Box Label says, this is "for HOT & COLD Brewing", and it is. It's GREAT Tasting, just the way it is, but, for the HOT Version, I like to add additional Toasted (NOT Roasted) Rice too, to turn it into My Version of GENMAI-Cha, Green Tea, and, for me, it's absolutely Wonderful, Genmai-Cha, Green Tea, too!!! The Price is a STEAL!!! You can't Beat It With A Stick!!! It's Absolutely an Excellent VALUE!!! Overall, I give this 5-Stars, I also HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT, for Great Value, Freshness, and Flavor, and I say, "GO FOR IT... !!!"

This is a nice green tea. It steeps quickly and it's flavorful in about a minute's time, and there's no bitter taste. The directions say to steep for 30 seconds and then open the tea bag and sprinkle the contents on top of the tea, but I skip that part. The design is really nifty as others have mentioned. It has a cutout on the tag so you can hang it from your cup. No more fishing out the entire tea bag from the bottom of your mug! I'm not sure why no other companies do this as it seems like a no brainer. The 100 count will last me a long time as I don't drink this everyday. Great quality. I would purchase this again.

As others here have mentioned, this is quite a good deal for the quality of the product.By making the bag out of nylon and by attaching the string to the middle of the face of the bag (instead of at the top edge like everyone else), they have made it so that more tea leaves get to touch the water and more tea leaves remain floating and loose in the water. That really seems to help the steeping process.Most tea bags compress the tea leaves together into a big wad which prevents the water from getting to all but the outer most leaves. The solution in that case is to use a spoon to press the tea bag against the cup in order to cause the leaves to separate and become exposed to the hot water. It works, but you end up having to do this a lot if you really want a really good cup of tea.Instead, this bag floats on its face, edge-wise. And that causes the tea leaves to stay loose and not bunch up as much. The result is that more leaves are exposed to hot water, and so the tea itself will be richer. You just need to use the string to tug at it to shake up the leaves every now and then. No spoon is ever needed.Another thing they've done is to add a little notch to the square paper thingy at the end of the string. The idea is that you can stick the paper onto the lip of your cup really easily that way, and it holds on to the cup instead of dangling outside of it. That's kind of neat.The tea this produces is very green colored. Some of my coworkers actually thought there might be food coloring added to the tea leaves. They've never seen truly green tea.I would compare this tea favorably with The Republic of Tea's "Double Green Matcha Tea". Both products combine a small amount of matcha green tea powder along with the green tea leaves. In my opinion, the Republic of Tea's product is a bit bolder (which I like) but also more bitter (which I don't like). The Kirkland Signature / Ito En Matcha Blend has absolutely no bitterness. I wouldn't call it "sweet" like others have, either. I think it's just more refined and maybe fresher than the Republic of Tea's version.No, there isn't a lot of matcha powder in this tea. I didn't expect there to be a lot of matcha. About 99% of it is normal green tea leaves. There's a powdery residue in the bag itself (which you should tap a few times to empty out into your cup as the instructions say). And there's probably some matcha powder mixed in with the tea leaves. But don't expect much. It improves the flavor of the tea, but it's not like pure matcha, nor does it advertise itself as such.About the only negative thing I have to say about the product is that the strings on the tea bags are too small for me. They're always falling into the cup. Then again, I don't use a standard tea cup to drink. And because my cup is thicker than an average tea cup, the innovative notch that's in the square paper thing at the end of the string is too small and won't stay on the lip of the cup. Bummer. As a result, I have to be careful to make sure the string doesn't fall back into the cup. But it's a minor thing.I'd also like to see a better way of packaging these tea bags. They're all individually wrapped in sealed plastic bags. This prevents oxidation and spoilage, which is great. But it also produces a lot of waste, which is a pity.Overall, I'm impressed with the quality of this green tea at this price. I will definitely order it again when I run out. It also makes a perfect gift for anyone you know who loves quality green tea.Hope that helps.