Collection: Matcha
Matcha powdered green tea is famed for the Tea Ceremony. Tea bushes of Matcha are carefully grown under the shade for about one month prior to harvesting in order to protect them from sunlight. This brings out an extraordinarily sweet taste with no bitterness. The manufactured leaves are ground like flour to produce a fine green powder. Matcha has a wonderful aroma, silky froth, and rich mellow taste.
Matcha is also popular as a food seasoning just like herbs. There are numerous recipes using this flavorful powder, the simplest of which is sprinkling some over vanilla ice cream.
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Matcha single-serve packet
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Koicha Hoshino 20g
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- $31.00
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- $31.00
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Matcha Koicha 20g
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- $29.00
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- $29.00
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Usucha Honyama 20g
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- $21.00
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- $21.00
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Matcha Usucha 20g
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- $19.00
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- $19.00
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Organic Matcha 20g
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- $24.00
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- $24.00
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Matcha Chiyo-no-Shiro 50g
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- $21.00
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- $21.00
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Premium Restaurant Matcha
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Restaurant Matcha
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Organic Premium Restaurant Matcha 0.5lb/227g
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- $54.00
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- $54.00
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Grades of Matcha

Koicha and Usucha

What Matcha should I buy?
Koicha and Usucha are used for the tea ceremony. Both Premium Restaurant and Restaurant Matcha are usually used as an ingredient in beverages and pastries. So we do not call them either Koicha or Usucha. Premium Matcha is richer, brighter green and less bitter than Restaurant Matcha. Our other Matcha, Chiyo-no-shiro, is higher quality than Premium Restaurant Matcha and often used as a practice Matcha for the tea ceremony.
At Den's Tea, Matcha Koicha is Koicha, Usucha and Chiyo-no-shiro are Usucha and both are ceremonial grade. Restaurant and Premium Restaurant Matcha are restaurant grade. We recommend that you use ceremonial grade for a good tasting cup of Matcha, and don't use it for cooking because it's simply very expensive. Our restaurant grades of Matcha are less expensive and still great enough for ingredients. If you want to enjoy a Matcha latte or smoothy frequently, restaurant grades are great, though you can also enjoy them as a straight drink.
Health Benefits: Is Matcha healthier than the other green teas?
In a word, yes. In the early history of tea, the leaves were chewed for their health benefits. Today, we receive the health benefits of loose leaf green tea by drinking the tea infused liquid. Brewed green tea is a very healthful drink but since we don't consume the leaf, we miss out on two additional benefits, Vitamin E and fiber. When you brew green tea, you extract most of the healthy ingredients. However, only a very small amount of the Vitamin E and fiber in green tea is extracted in the brewing process. Powdered teas such as Matcha are ground to a specific size and stay suspended in the liquid. As you drink either of these teas, you also consume the ground leaves getting all of the Vitamin E and the fiber that the tea plant has to offer. It's important to note that since you are consuming the leaf, be sure to select only powdered teas that are grown in a safe environment.
Matcha and Powdered Sencha

Tencha

Tencha is considered to be the highest grade of Japanese green tea and is somewhat expensive due to its intensive labor process. It all seems worthwhile when we see the resilient green color and taste the sweet flavor of Matcha.
Superfoods?
Yes, Den's Tea considers Matcha a superfood, although we understand that "superfood" is just a marketing term. We think "superfoods" can be even more super if you consume them often. Matcha has many health benefits, tastes good, and can be easily consumed every day with variations.
Brewing

1. Soak the chasen in warm water before use. This way the tips become soft and bend easily when whisking the matcha. The bamboo may break if not soaked before each use.
2. Place one bamboo tea scoop of Matcha powder into the Matcha bowl. If you have a strainer, you may want to put the matcha into the strainer and sift it into the bowl to breakup any lumps. You can use the chashaku to push the matcha through the sieve.
3. Pour 2oz of the boiling water into a cup and then transfer it to the matcha bowl. This will cool the boiling water to the right temperature for matcha. You can adjust the strength of your Matcha by increasing the amount of Matcha powder or hot water.
4. Whisk the matcha with a quick up and down motion resembling the letter W. The chasen should be kept just off the bottom of the bowl. There should be no lumps of matcha powder at this point. Try to develop a fine froth for a smoother taste.
Watch how to prepare Matcha in this video:
Recipes

1. Put one spoon of matcha and 1.5oz of water (cold or hot depending on the recipe) into a bowl and mix well with a whisk or Chasen (bamboo whisk).
2. When the smooth matcha paste is ready, pour it into a glass or cup, then follow the instructions for each recipe.
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Add water for
iced Matcha green tea -
Add soda
for Matcha Soda -
Add lemonade
for Matcha Lemonade -
Add cold milk and sweetener
for iced Matcha Latte -
Pour it on your favorite
ice cream or cereals -
Add hot milk and sweetener
for hot Matcha Latte