How strange to come to this topic and see a discussion on green tea....and I seem to have started it
The ultimate source of loose-leaf tea in the United States is a fantastic company located here in Mass....Upton Tea Company:
Buy loose leaf tea from around the world at Upton Tea Imports. Over 400 high-quality loose leaf teas at great prices with exceptional service since 1989.
www.uptontea.com
Japanese Gyokuro is awesome, but it's a very high caffeine green tea. Along with Gunpowder types from China. I prefer Sencha and Bancha from japan. Bancha is one of the lower-caffeine green teas, it's a mix of top and lower, older leaves. Sencha is just the top leaves. Gyokuro is shade-grown which increases the flavor and caffeine. Upton imports excellent organic-grown varieties of all these, along with all the classic black ones from around the world.
If you see me posting here I am likely writing with a steaming cup of green tea in front of me