Certified Matcha Premium Ceremonial 100g Green Tea Powder

Matcha Premium Japan Ceremonial - Powdered Japanese matcha green tea 100g

Application:

This type of macha is the most expensive because it is shaded with special sheets more than a week before harvesting and comes from the first harvest!

Discover the essence of Japanese tradition with tea from Shizuoka Prefecture!

Long shelf life guaranteed. Fresh delivery straight from Japan!

Ingredients:

100% first spring harvest (first flush) The base is the Yabukita cultivator with the addition of other cultivators in various proportions.

Country of origin:

Japan.

Prefecture:

Shizuoka (see the differences between Shizuoka, Uji, and Sayama in the description)

Grinding method:

Traditional Japanese stone mill guaranteeing the appropriate structure

Please note: Product color may vary from the photos. This depends on the annual harvest.

Long shelf life guaranteed

The product is handmade and made with the utmost care.

Made in Poland.

✅ Used for centuries in traditional tea ceremonies in Japan, this is the highest quality Matcha available.

✅ This variety is produced from the first harvest. The tea leaves are the youngest and least exposed to sunlight, which increases their chlorophyll content. Therefore, ceremonial Matcha powder has the most vibrant shade of green of all the varieties.

✅ The stems and veins are removed before the leaves are ground into powder. Therefore, the Matcha produced through this process has a naturally delicate texture and sweet flavor.

✅ Thicker than other matcha varieties, it lathers beautifully. Its smooth taste, with a slight hint of sweetness, makes it perfect for tea ceremonies.

✅ Ceremonial Matcha should be consumed in its original form to fully experience the taste of the best variety of this tea.

First Flush vs Second Flush Matcha

If you drink matcha tea often, you've probably heard the terms "first-flush" or "second flush" (ichibancha or nibancha), and the price of first-flush tea is significantly higher. If you're not sure why, let me explain below.

Why is matcha first flush better?

During winter, tea buds hibernate for several months, awaiting the arrival of spring. During this time, they accumulate all their valuable nutrients, making them exceptionally rich and flavorful.

As the saying goes, "Quality takes time." First flush tea leaves grow slowly in cold conditions, drawing the best from nature over a longer period. This makes first flush matcha unrivaled in quality and flavor, offering a more intense experience for true connoisseurs.

Why is first flush tea better?

L-theanine is a key source of umami, the plant-based sweetness that defines matcha's quality and character. Matcha from the first harvest contains three times more L-theanine than tea from the second harvest. Later harvests, such as the third and fourth, have even lower L-theanine content. Furthermore, the first harvest concentrates the highest concentration of nutrients in the leaves.

If you've ever tasted very bitter matcha, it likely wasn't first-ripe tea. Bitterness isn't synonymous with matcha flavor; high-quality matcha has an intense, full-bodied flavor with minimal bitterness, meaning you don't need to add sugar to balance the flavor.

For both its flavor and health benefits, it's best to choose matcha from the first harvest. Only this type of matcha can be considered true ceremonial matcha, which is consumed solely with water. To meet growing demand, many farmers are producing matcha from later harvests, but only first-flush matcha guarantees the highest quality and authenticity.

How to recognize good matcha?

Good matcha is recognized primarily by its color . It must be intensely green, because the higher and younger the leaves, the more chlorophyll they contain, which is responsible for the intense green color. Lower-growing leaves are more yellow because they receive less light. Therefore, the more intensely green the matcha, the better the quality of the leaves used in its production, while the more yellow the matcha, the older and from the lower reaches of the plant. The classification of the types of matcha tea we offer is shown below. We offer ceremonial matcha in this auction, marked in green.