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Harvest 2023: "Single Origin" Vintage Ceremonial Matcha

Harvest 2023: "Single Origin" Vintage Ceremonial Matcha

Noble and complex aromatic palette

Mono-cultivar Okumidori

100% green tea powder from our own plantations in Japan "more than organic"
Handcrafted in our workshop in Kyoto

  • Traditional Matcha Tea (with water)
  • Matcha Tea Latte
  • Pastry

The exceptional quality found in our Soraku field in the Kyoto region deserved to be expressed freely and fully in this unusual Matcha. The result: a superb purity of intense flavors.

 

There is no quality equivalent from other brands. However, one could say that this Matcha is 25% cheaper than any other brand because our packaging actually contains 40 grams instead of the usual 30 grams.

This is possible because we are producers and manufacturers, have no middlemen and control our quality from end to end.


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DETAILS OF MANUFACTURE AND CULTIVATION

PLACE OF CULTIVATION
Soraku

PLACE OF MANUFACTURE
At our workshop in Uji
(Kyoto prefecture)

TASTING NOTES
Vegetal, Full-Bodied, Umami

GRADE / QUALITY
Super Fine Ceremonial Grade

CULTIVARS
Okumidori

LAND / SOIL
Clay layers and volcanic gravel.

HARVEST PERIOD
1st Harvest (May)

DURATION OF SHADING
35 days (shelf)

MILLING SPEED
28 grams/hour

INGREDIENTS
100% Green tea

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Product History and Expertise

The tea bushes producing this ceremonial quality are grown on a few exceptional plots, ideally exposed, with unique soil that forces the plant to give the best in its leaves. The harvested Tencha (the name given to the leaves used for Matcha) is ground to the highest level of fineness attainable for Matcha.
The cultivation is also particular: the tea plants have been shaded for 35 days before harvesting, with a technique called "en étagère", which allows the aromas to develop particularly well.

The result is of a rare quality: a perfectly balanced aromatic power with marked vegetal notes, a creamy texture with an abundant foam, a bright emerald green color, a scent in which we already perceive the umami.

As for all our Matcha, the leaves used come from the first harvest of May, which is the first of each year. It is the most qualitative by far.

Usage and preparation

Add about a teaspoon of your Matcha to a bowl or mug, and gradually add water or milk, hot or iced, whisking with a  Chasen (a bamboo whisk that you can find on our site) until an emulsion is formed!

Enjoy the tasting!

You can consult the step-by-step instructions and our other recipes on this page.

Delivery

Delivery :

• Free delivery for orders over 69 Euros / CHF.

• Shipped in 1 working day, delivery in 48-72 hours in Europe.

• We only ship matcha freshly ground, guaranteeing the best quality, and work just in time with Japan. So when demand is high, it may be possible to wait 2-3 more days for the next delivery from Kyoto, as we are not shipping second grade matcha. We will contact you by phone or email if necessary.

Guarantee and BIO

Our tea is 100% guaranteed, we have absolute confidence in the quality of the products we offer you. Matcha Botanicals is a team of passionate people who have nothing in mind to sell products that we are proud of. These are varieties carefully selected, developed and studied by our producers and with our tea master. The cultivation and manufacturing process is the subject of our full attention, because we are the first consumers of our products, and constantly in search of the best. 💯

As specialists in traditional Japanese Matcha, we exclusively distribute Matcha from equally passionate family farms, all members of the Japan Tea Association, and all producing traditional Japanese Matcha since the 18th century.

Their production methods are on quality standards much higher than that of the "BIO" standards, a simple comparison with a single cup between a "BIO" commercial matcha and those from the plantations that we offer is eloquent!

For our producers, it does not make sense to pay dearly for an ORGANIC label which would guarantee a lower quality than the real quality of their products, while increasing their costs. The production is analyzed regularly to guarantee its quality as strictly as a traditional Organic Matcha. 🌳

Once harvested, the leaves are washed and steamed to freeze their aromas. The steam forms a protective film around the leaf, which allows it to retain its properties. They are then dried in hot air in large nets, and stored. 

Less than 30 days before landing in your cup, the leaves are ground, then shipped by boat and train 🚞 to Europe, guaranteeing unparalleled freshness and an exemplary carbon footprint 🌈. 
By the way, cultivating a tea plant is like planting a young tree every 5 years. 

3 signs to identify a high quality Matcha

How to choose your matcha?

There are 3 clues by which you can easily determine the quality of a matcha: 

• The colour : must be bright and lively. If the matcha has an emerald green color it means that it has been stored and transported with care, without contact with oxygen and daylight, so the tea has retained all of its properties. If the matcha has a dark or dirty yellow color it means that it is simply not pure matcha or that it has lost its properties due to interaction with oxygen or sunlight. For this reason, after purchase never pour matcha into a transparent jar and store it in a dry and dark place.

• The smell: it must be pleasant, soft and at the same time saturated. If matcha smells like dry hay with hints of bitterness / seaweed (fish) or jasmine (like Chinese green and white teas), then this variety has nothing to do with real matcha or it has lost its properties during processing or storage.

• Taste : The taste of a good matcha is sweet, light. It certainly shouldn't taste like fish or seaweed! The taste of matcha depends greatly on the variety and the season when it is harvested. The May harvest has a deeper, rich taste and sweet aroma, and respectively, contains the highest amount of antioxidants and chlorophyll. Harvested later than July, matcha may have bitterness and it contains fewer vitamins and minerals than in the early varieties.

Preservation

Once ground, all Matchas begin a slow oxidation process, which degrades their properties.

Our Matcha is guaranteed to be freshly ground, and this is extremely important!

This involves complex logistics and many precautions with the sole purpose of bringing you an outstanding quality: a developed aromatic spectrum, a great sweetness, and the restitution of all beneficial nutritional properties.

Our Matcha is supplied in containers that are airtight and protected from light rays that could damage it, and made of special black glass, an inert material that does not react with the Matcha.

In order to consume your Matcha at the highest level of quality, we recommend that you consume it within 3 months by keeping it cool at +5C in our original container.

Your Matcha can however remain out of the fridge permanently and be consumed perfectly safely, however it will lose the exceptional qualities we have worked hard to give it.

Recycling

Our quality containers are as beautiful as they are practical, and fully recyclable.

Glass is one of the most recyclable materials available, and the special black glass we use for our containers is no exception.

These containers are so good though that we would recommend you keep them and use them to store your quality spices, cooking mixes, powders, chocolates and any food that may spoil.