Upton's Sencha and Gyokuro

I recently purchased some teas from Upton and decided to try some of
their Japanese greens. I have very limited experience with Japanese
greens, never brewed it myself, and was wondering what is the normal
leaf size of them? I've always been happy with Upton's teas, but the
Sencha and Gyokuro seriously look like what would come from a tea bag;
fannings with a few larger leaves. I'm not sure if this is normal, but
I can definitely say I can't recreate the taste of any Sencha I've
drank before. It may just be the way I'm steeping, but I'm using water
around 150F and 2 minute steep. Any help is appreciated, thanks!

The only senchas and gyokuros I've ever had were from Upton, and I thought
they were awful. Maybe I just don't like Japanese greens, or maybe Upton's
are bad, I don't know. But like I posted before I felt like I was drinking
the mulch that comes out from under my lawn mower. Gyukuro is supposed to
be Japan's best tea (other than Matcha) but it tasted like the sencha yamato
which tasted like the sencha which tasted like bermuda.

"Josh Efaw" <josh.efaw@> wrote in message
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> I recently purchased some teas from Upton and decided to try some of
> their Japanese greens. I have very limited experience with Japanese
> greens, never brewed it myself, and was wondering what is the normal
> leaf size of them? I've always been happy with Upton's teas, but the
> Sencha and Gyokuro seriously look like what would come from a tea bag;
> fannings with a few larger leaves. I'm not sure if this is normal, but
> I can definitely say I can't recreate the taste of any Sencha I've
> drank before. It may just be the way I'm steeping, but I'm using water
> around 150F and 2 minute steep. Any help is appreciated, thanks!