Matcha is a finely milled vibrant green tea powder made from the highest quality Japanese tea leaves. Clearspring Organic Ceremonial Matcha comes from Uji, a region high in the hills around Kyoto, renowned for producing the best Japanese teas. Only accessibly by foot, this remote area is unpolluted and rich in friendly bugs such as spiders, ladybirds, praying mantis and dragonflies to keep the pests under control (best to use organic matcha as non-organic matcha is grown using excessive amounts of agricultural fertilisers and pesticides). Shade grown for the final few months to allow the leaves to fill with chlorophyll, the finest young tea buds are picked, dried and ground in a granite mortar.
 
Matcha is the most prized amongst Japanese teas and it has been drunk as part of the tea ceremony for 900 years as well as by Buddhist monks during long days of meditation. Today the use of matcha has stretched beyond the boundaries of tea houses and is becoming widely popular due to its superfood reputation. 
 
For more information about matcha explore our journal. 
 
Shibumi is an exclusive representative of Clearspring matcha in New Zealand.