Product information
About
A 30 g tin of plain Japanese matcha powder you can whisk into a bowl of tea, stir into a latte or bake with. It is soft rather than sharply bitter, and its aroma is faint. Buy it for everyday matcha at home; if you want the strong fragrance of a top tea-ceremony matcha, this is the wrong tin.
The front of the tin says 抹茶 (matcha) and 匠利休 (Takumi Rikyu, said ta-koo-mee ree-kyoo, the name of this matcha), with Uji Matcha in English: Uji is a tea-growing city in Kyoto.
What you're getting
- Which grade: made for both whisking as tea and baking, and the tea house's supermarket matcha, priced below its own shop tins. You may see it sold elsewhere as ceremonial grade, the top grade made for drinking with water alone, but the tea house that makes it does not call it that.
- Nothing added: it is pure powdered green tea, not a latte mix, so there is no sugar or milk powder in it. You sweeten it yourself.
- You need a sieve: matcha clumps, and whisking does not break the lumps. Push it through a fine kitchen sieve or tea strainer first.
- How far a tin goes: a bowl of tea takes about 2 g and a latte about 2.5 g, so 30 g makes around 15 bowls or 12 lattes.
- Allergens: none. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.
Ingredients
Green tea
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Details
- Maker
- Tsuboichi · Osaka
- Made in
- Japan
- Net contents
- One tin: 30 g of matcha powder
Our guide
How to cook with it
- For a bowl of tea, sift 2 g of matcha, one level teaspoon, into a bowl through a fine sieve or tea strainer.
- Pour in 70 mL of water at 70–80 °C rather than boiling, which makes it bitter.
- Whisk with a bamboo matcha whisk until the top is frothy; the latte below needs only a spoon.
Good to know
- For two lattes, mix 5 g of matcha and 1½ tablespoons of sugar with 2 tablespoons of hot water into a smooth paste, then stir in 300–350 mL of hot milk.
- For cookies, sift the matcha in with the flour, about 10 g for a batch of 20.
- After opening, press the lid on tightly and keep the tin somewhere cool, dark and away from strong smells; if you keep it in the fridge, let it come to room temperature before you open it, or moisture forms inside.
In their own words
What Japanese buyers say
- What they like
Just right for a casual drink at my desk.
デスクで気軽に飲むのにちょうどいいです。
from amazon.co.jp
- What they grumble about
For the price, it has no aroma…
お値段のわりに、香りがない…。
from monolog, a Japanese review site
- What they like
It's a tasty matcha for the price.
価格の割りには美味しい抹茶です。
from amazon.co.jp
- What they like
Among matcha at this price it's finely ground, and I felt it might be the best quality.
同価格帯の中では挽きが細かく一番品質が高いのではないかと感じました。
from amazon.co.jp
- What they like
Whisked as a thin tea (the usual frothy bowl), it was pleasantly bitter, and I thought it was good in its own way.
薄茶で点てたら、ほどよい苦みで、これはこれで良いと思った。
from amazon.co.jp
- What they grumble about
The aroma matched the price, dry and bitter, close to kona-cha (the tea dust left over from making leaf tea), but the colour is a clear green and the grind is wonderfully fine.
香りは値段相応の、乾いたような苦みのある、粉茶に近いものだったが、色合いは、ハッキリとした緑で、挽きのきめ細かさは素晴らしい。
from amazon.co.jp
- What they like
I'm glad I can drink it casually, like cheap drip coffee.
安いドリップコーヒーのように、気軽に飲める点がありがたい。
from amazon.co.jp
- What they like
I recommend having it as a thick tea (koicha, a double-strength bowl).
濃茶でいただくのがオススメです。
from amazon.co.jp
- What they like
I buy it often.
よく買います
from monolog
- What they like
The aroma, bitterness and sweetness are all on the soft side.
香り渋み甘みともに柔らかめ。
from amazon.co.jp
- What they like
It's easy to store.
保管がしやすい
from monolog
- What they like
Good for snack time.
おやつ向き。
from amazon.co.jp
- What they like
Very good Matcha, not too bitter and really quite good for the price point.
from jundirect
- What they like
This is the best matcha that I have found in the shops of Sydney.
from jundirect
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The maker
Where it comes from
- Tsuboichi
- Osaka
- Founded 1850
Tsuboichi is a tea house founded in 1850 in Sakai, in Osaka, the town where the tea master Sen no Rikyu was born.
Each year a certified tea appraiser travels to the growing regions to buy its leaf, and the tea house grinds and packs its matcha in its own factory. Some of its tea is aged in a storehouse more than 100 years old.
Product facts here are checked against the maker's own page: tsuboichi.co.jp (opens in a new tab)
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