All About Green Tea

Full of Antioxidants and flavour, Green Teas are a collection of feel good teas

This Japanese Green Tea is Sencha Fukujyu from Teaspoon Tea Co.  A tasty Green Tea that is bright and grassy. Here the tea is shown in a shallow dish.  The leaves are long and thin and range in shades of green from light to dark

What are Green teas?

Green tea comes from the same plant, Camellia Sinensis, as all other tea types but it's how the tea leaves are processed that gives this tea its flavour. With Green tea, the picked leaves are dried and not left to oxidise so retain the green colour. 

Known for being a best tasting green tea, Cherry Sencha Green Tea from Teaspoon Tea Co is shown here.  Bright, large leaf green tea is blended with rose petals and cherry.  This is a flavoured tea a green tea that tastes good.

Where is Green Tea from?

Green tea is from China or Japan, depending on the country of origin affects the way the tea is processed and how it then tastes. Japanese tea tends to be steamed dry, whilst Chinese teas are pan-fried.

Gunpowder green tea is combined with cut peppermint to produce Moroccan Mint Green Loose Leaf Tea from Teaspoon Tea Co.  The rolled leaf of the gunpowder green tea can be seen here with brighter peppermint leaves also visible.  This is a green tea that tastes good.

Flavoured or not?

Our Green tea collection features pure green tea and flavoured green tea.

We've selected some of the best pure green tea for taste and leaf quality.

Our flavoured green tea incorporates fruit, herbs & floral flavours to enhance the tea and add an amazing taste. 

Gunpowder Green Loose Leaf Tea from the online teashop Teaspoon Tea Co.  Shown here, the Green Tea leaves are picked and rolled into balls.  This green tea is strong and tasty.

Is Green tea healthy?

Green tea is very popular with great taste and numerous health benefits, the way the tea leaves are processed helps retain the goodness and antioxidants making it the healthiest of all tea.