Ito-en is great, my favourite. Like the darker stronger version too.
Pity they don't seem to have the poems on the 525ml bottles - although I can't read Japanese I used to like looking at the ages of those who wrote them.
Ito-en is great, my favourite. Like the darker stronger version too.
Pity they don't seem to have the poems on the 525ml bottles - although I can't read Japanese I used to like looking at the ages of those who wrote them.
I like their tea but not the company, in north america at least.
when sapooro and asahi tried to introduce their (IMO better, too) green teas ito-en undercut them on price and they disappeared
then ito-en jacked their 2L bottles to $7.60 or so and nearly never go on sale (who buys these at this price??????? it's just tea and they're 120-300 Y in Japan!)
and then, Ito-En starts importing its tea from Taiwan, not Japan - and still charges the huge premium.
Still I'm glad they offer their 525ml bottles at mainstream retailers here, those aren't too bad at $2.50 or so. I really like the dark strong version, too. Chugging the 2L bottle now actually!
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