Hey there! ^-^/

I´ve ordered some new green teas online.
I´ve never tried out these, so I was curious! :)



I´ve ordered 3 different Kabuse teas: Bancha, Hojicha, Kukicha. I´ve only tried Bancha up till now. I love it a lot, so I´ve ordered it again this time. And I´ve ordered one Sencha (second flush).
Here they are:



I´ve only tried the sencha so far. It´s not as good as I expected it to be. I´ve already drunk better senchas! But I guess I´ll have to vary the amount of tea leaves I use and the time I let the leaves in the water (^-^;)


One of my fav Japanese green teas is Genmaicha. It wasn´t in this package I ordered, this is an older photo:



It´s REALLY yummie!!!!! (*-*)b TRY IT! XD



For those of you that are interested in green tea in general, I´ve scanned s.th. in (it´s in different languages XD):



Whut? Not much caffeine? (T-T) ... OOiii~ I need caffeine!!!!! XD
Does somebody know what´s the Japanese tea with the most caffeine? Is it ma(t)cha?? ('-*)>




I wonder what the Japanese on the right side says ... XD .. I only can read Keiko and the Katakana XDDDDD *coughs*



I´m curious: If there are any (Japanese) green tea freaks fans out there could you tell me YOUR way of making green tea?
What is the best way in your opinion?
Some Japanese people seem to do it this way:
Put the leaves in a teapot, pour water on it, brew it and then LET THE LEAVES IN THE WATER IN THE TEAPOT! ... Use a filter while pouring the tea into your cup.
It´s not very good if you try this with high quality Japanese tea, because it becomes bitter very FAST!!!!
So my way is this:
I use a filter for the leaves right away. I put the filter into the teapot and pour water in it. I brew it, then I remove the filter with the leaves and that´s it!!!
I usually don´t make a second or third extraction(?), do you??

I´m looking forward to hearing your opinions and experiences about this!
Thanks a lot in advance *bows* XD