Matcha — Ceremonial Style Japanese Green Tea Powder

Type: Green tea powder \ |\  Caffeine: Yes \ |\  1oz powder

Refined and lingering, crafted for traditional preparation and daily ritual.

Matcha is the only tea where you drink the leaf rather than an infusion of it \— ground to a powder and whisked into suspension, so everything in it ends up in the cup. That's why the flavour is so much more concentrated than steeped green tea, and why the caffeine arrives differently: slower, steadier, less of a spike.

On the size: this comes in 1oz rather than the 3oz of our loose leaf teas, because matcha is used by the gram. One ounce is roughly 15\–20 bowls, which is comparable to what you'd get from a larger bag of leaf.

Prepare it: sift 1\–2g into a bowl, add about 2oz of water at 175\°F \— not boiling, and whisk briskly in a W motion until it foams. Boiling water makes matcha bitter and there's no recovering from it.

For a latte: whisk with a little water first, then top with steamed milk.

Pairs with: the morning, before anything else has happened.