JohinInKansas Costco sells Japanese green tea in bags, nylon bags, so you won't taste the paper (just imbibe the long chain molecules a'seapin' while you're sippin').

I once took Earl Grey tea bags on a camping trip. While sipping it post prandially a Tennessee'n one tent over yelled "I can SMELL someone makin' that gol'durn arful Earl Grey Tea!"

A few years later I was at a cultural exchange between Americans and Russians from the Siberian area nearby. The Americans thought they were being as nice as possible to the Russians, but the only tea to drink was Earl Grey which apparently was entirely unknown and for most of the Russians a very unwelcome bit of knowledge to come by.

I've taken a liking to lapsang souchong because it's taste is so smoky and strong one tends to make it last.