Matcha Premium Japan Ceremonial - Powdered Green Tea

- 25g.

Application:

This type of macha is the most expensive because it is shaded with special sheets more than a week before harvest 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)

Country of origin:

Japan

Prefecture:

Shizuoka (see bottom of page for regional differences)

Grinding method:

Traditional Japanese stone mill guaranteeing the right structure

Note! The color of the product may differ from the photos. It all depends on the annual harvest.

Long shelf life guaranteed

The product is made by hand (handmade) and 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 the chlorophyll content. The ceremonial Matcha powder therefore has the most vibrant shade of green among the different varieties.

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

✅ Thicker than other types of matcha, it foams beautifully. It is smooth in taste with a slight hint of sweetness - 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 words "first-flush", "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?

In winter, tea buds hibernate for several months, waiting for spring to arrive. During this time, they accumulate all the 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 of time. This makes first flush matcha unmatched 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 the quality and character of matcha. First-harvest matcha contains three times more L-theanine than second-harvest tea. Later harvests, such as third and fourth, have even less L-theanine. In addition, first-harvest tea concentrates the greatest amount of nutrients in its leaves.

If you’ve ever tried a very bitter matcha, it probably wasn’t first-harvest tea. Bitterness isn’t synonymous with matcha flavor; high-quality matcha has an intense, full-bodied flavor with minimal bitterness, so you don’t need to add sugar to balance it out.

For both its taste and health benefits, it is worth choosing only matcha from the first harvest. Only such matcha can be considered true ceremonial matcha, which is consumed only with water. To meet the growing demand, many farmers produce matcha from later harvests, but only first flush matcha guarantees the highest quality and authenticity.

How to recognize good matcha?

Good matcha is mainly recognized by its color . It must be intensely green, because the higher and the younger the leaves were, the more chlorophyll they have, which is responsible for the intense green color. Leaves growing lower are more yellow, because they have less light. Therefore, the more intensely green the matcha is, the better the leaves were used to produce it, and the more yellow, the older and from the lower parts of the plant. The classification of the types of matcha tea that we offer is shown below. We offer ceremonial matcha at this auction, marked in green.