Marukyu Koyamaen( Wakatake- Culinary Matcha Powder)

Descriptions:

Wakatake is a high quality, top-tier culinary matcha fro Uji, Kyoto known for its vibrant green colour and balanced, robust flavour. It offers a perfect blend of rich, creamy Umami and slight bitterness, making it ideal for daily lattes, baking and premium desserts, flavour, not too grassy, not too bitter, lightly savoury. Wakatake (meaning "young bamboo") provides a rich, "punchy" green tea base that does not get lost when mixed with sugar or cream.

• Flavour Profile: Fresh and vegetal with a noticeable, pleasant bitterness that stands out in milk-based drinks.
  
• Quality: Known as a high-grade culinary matcha that often outperforms or matches lower-tier ceremonial matcha, featuring a vivid, deep emerald green color.

🌱 Tasting Notes 

Deep green · Soft umami · Light astringency · Clean finish

☁️ Best For

Everyday lattes, smoothies, baking, and making premium ice cream.

About Marukyu Koyamaen

Marukyu Koyamaen have been producing matcha tea in Uji, Kyoto since 1704, and in their over 300 years of history they've developed an unrivalled selection of premium Japanese green tea. 

If you love Japanese matcha, and would like to try something lighter, with less bitterness, this usucha light matcha green tea is ideal for you.

❖ Before Step 1, warm up the tea bowl with hot water, then dry it with a cloth to create the perfect temperature so make the most delicious matcha with a fresh scent while preparing. (Optional)
❖ To prevent clotting of the matcha powder, sift it through a fine strainer before use. (Strongly recommended)
❖ After the matcha is done, drink it immediately, because as it cools down it gets more and more bitter. (Recommended)
❖ Freshness is the most important thing for the enjoyment of matcha. It is best to use up the tea within one month of opening. (Strongly recommended)

※開缶するまでは冷蔵庫等低温で保存して下さい。- Please store in a refrigerator or other low temperature location until opening.

Note:

Matcha doesn’t completely dissolve. Fine powder become suspended in the hot water as it’s whisked.

Best to consume the matcha immediately before the particles sink to the bottom of the tea bowl.

Details:

 Grade: Standard Grade Culinary

Net contents: 100g

MADE IN JAPAN