The aroma when you open the can is fresh green tea with cream, vanilla, and a light floral lift. Whisked at 75 to 80 degrees, the first sip is round and smooth, with a noticeable umami that builds rather than rushes. If you've tried other matchas and found them too sharp or harsh, this one tends to land softer. The body is velvety, which is why it holds up in milk where many fade. Strong enough for a hot or iced latte. Smooth enough whisked plain as usucha. Bitterness only shows up if you push past 80 degrees or over dose the bowl.
Teafy Ceremonial Grade Matcha is a certified organic, spring first flush Japanese matcha from our family farm in Shizuoka, shaded for 25 days before harvest, stone ground on a granite mill to ceremonial fineness and lab tested in Australia for lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury. 50 g makes about 25 bowls.
Open the can and the aroma is fresh green tea with cream, vanilla and a light floral lift. Whisked at 75 to 80 degrees the first sip is round and velvety, with a soft umami that builds rather than rushes and a sweet finish that lingers. If other matchas have tasted sharp or harsh to you, this is the one to try next, because the shade period and the slow stone mill take the bite out of the leaf.
Drink it whisked with water, as a hot or iced latte, or shaken over ice. One level teaspoon, about 2 g, carries 60 to 70 mg of caffeine, roughly one espresso. Use water under 80 degrees, because hotter water is where bitterness comes from.
The farm has been worked by the same family for six generations. Teafy is the largest shareholder in the farm, which is how we know the leaf, the shade, the harvest date and the mill for every batch. It is stone ground slowly on a commercial granite mill, because stone keeps the powder cool and gives the finest, most even particle, and the mesh is adjusted by hand each season to protect the flavour rather than chase a number.
Choose the can for your bench, sealed from light and air, or the pouch as the refill with the same tea at the same weight. Both have a recyclable aluminium liner. Every pack waits in our cold room in Melbourne at 0 to 4 degrees until it ships. One ingredient, nothing added. Certified organic. Lab tested in Australia.
