Single estate · Okumidori
Ceremony Premium Matcha
Grown in the volcanic soils of Kagoshima and stone-ground in small batches. Naturally sweet, with a clean, sustained lift for clearer energy and calmer mornings.
- Single estate, first spring harvest
- Okumidori cultivar, shade-grown for three weeks
- Stone-ground, up to an hour a bag
- Rich in L-theanine for calm, sustained focus
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From one estate in Kagoshima
Most matcha is blended from many farms and milled by machine in minutes. Ours is single estate, grown in the volcanic soils of Kagoshima in southern Japan, shade-grown for three weeks before the first spring harvest to concentrate its L-theanine and natural sweetness.
Then it is stone-ground the slow way to protect the colour, aroma and integrity of the leaf. This is ceremonial matcha at its most considered.
What makes matcha, matcha
A few of the bioactive compounds doing the real work in every bowl.
L-Theanine
An amino acid almost unique to tea, for calm, focused attention without the jitters.
Caffeine
A gentler, slow-release lift. With L-theanine it is steady focus, not a spike and crash.
EGCG
The most-studied green tea antioxidant. Matcha is one of the richest sources, gram for gram.
Chlorophyll
The pigment behind matcha's vivid green. Shade-growing concentrates it before harvest.
A calmer kind of energy
Clean energy
Steady lift without the sharp rise and crash of caffeine.
Calm focus
A more grounded way to begin work, study or quiet mornings.
Premium Japanese origin
Single estate, sourced from Kagoshima, Japan.
Made for the ritual
Tools and matcha that make preparation feel simple and beautiful.
Four steps to a perfect bowl
Around ninety seconds, once you have the rhythm.
Warm the bowl
Fill your chawan with hot water, let it sit thirty seconds, then empty and dry. This tempers the ceramic and holds the heat.
Sift
Measure two scoops, about 2g, through a fine sifter into the bowl to break up any clumps for a smooth result.
Whisk
Heat water to 70 to 80°C, never boiling. Pour over 40ml and whisk briskly in a W motion until a fine foam forms.
Serve
Drink while the foam is fresh, or pour over the milk of your choice for a latte. We love oat.
Chosen by chefs who taste for a living
My standard.
Refined, considered, genuinely delicious.
Everything you need for the bowl
Questions, answered
It is single estate Okumidori from the first spring harvest, shade-grown and stone-ground. Smooth and naturally sweet enough to drink simply whisked with hot water.
Around twenty, from the 40g bag, at the traditional 2g serving.
Matcha gives a steadier lift than coffee. Its L-theanine balances the caffeine, so you feel calm and focused rather than wired.
Follow the four steps above. About ninety seconds once you have the rhythm, hot as a bowl or poured over milk as a latte.
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A calmer cup
starts here.
Single estate, stone-ground, made for the everyday ritual.
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