This is a green tea of excellent quality with big leaves, a bright cup and the Japanese taste you expect. Green teas have been neither fermented or withered. Instead, the leaves are simply sterilized in steam, hot air, or hot pans to prevent fermentation. The leaves are green in color and produce light, pale, greenish-yellow liquors often with considerable aroma, body and flavor. Produced in Japan, Taiwan, and China. This gourmet green tea is in loose leaf form and will ship with a free tea ball infuser. Limit one free infuser per order.