Matcha is the oldest and most premium variety of green tea in Japan - the mother of all green tea!
For over 800 years, Zen Buddhist monks have been using Matcha green tea as a meditational drink.
Matcha is very exquisite: only a few dozen tea farmers in all of Japan own the extensive knowledge required to produce this tea.
Matcha tea leaves grow slowly in shaded tea plantations.
The fresh leaves are primarily handpicked, dried and ground by low friction granite stone mills into an ultra fine, jade green powder, and finally whisked, typically, with a bamboo whisk.
The result is a unique, creamy velvet, full-bodied cup of premium green tea - extremely high in antioxidants, amino acids and other nutrients.
Use to flavor cakes, cookies, chocolates, drinks, and other baked goods.