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Yame Imperial Matcha
Imperial ceremonial grade — Yame, Fukuoka
Our flagship: a stone-ground first-harvest matcha from Yame in Fukuoka prefecture. Yame accounts for less than four percent of Japan's matcha crop, yet has for decades held the highest concentration of award-winning tea gardens. The leaves are shaded for around four weeks before picking, sorted by hand, and then ground on granite mills to a powder of roughly five micrometres. The result is a deep jade green, a dense and creamy texture, and an umami profile without any bitterness.
34,99 €
30 g — Unit price 116,63 € / 100 g
Final price plus shipping · No VAT is shown, pursuant to § 19 of the German VAT Act
- Dosage
- 2 g (about 2 bamboo scoops) to 60-70 ml of water
- Water temperature
- 70-80 °C
Note: Let the pouch come up to room temperature before opening — otherwise condensation forms in the powder.
Origin
Why Yame and not Uji
Uji near Kyoto is Japan's best-known matcha region — and for exactly that reason the most industrialised. Yame lies some 900 kilometres to the south-west in a river valley where dense morning mist shades the tea plants naturally, before any netting is used at all. That additional natural shading raises the L-theanine content and is why Yame gyokuro and Yame matcha are regularly decorated at Japanese tea competitions. We import directly from a third-generation family estate, with no middlemen.
Quality tier
Why Imperial Ceremonial
- Culinary
- Premium
- Ceremonial
- Imperial Ceremonial
Quality tiers as classified by RINHANA
Imperial Ceremonial — the highest tier within the ceremonial class. First harvest of the season only, from a carefully composed blend of Yabukita and Okumidori, grown in Yame, one of Japan's most respected tea regions.
- Cultivar
- Blend, mostly Yabukita and Okumidori
- Harvest
- First harvest (ichibancha)
- Availability
- Limited harvest volume, around 1 tonne per month
- Suitable for
- Usucha and premium matcha latte
Tasting note
- Colour
- Deep, saturated green
- Aroma
- Aromatic, floral
- Attack
- Light bitterness
- Finish
- Balanced, clean finish
Mandatory food information
Information pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers.
- Legal name
- Green tea, ground (matcha)
- Ingredients
- 100 % green tea (matcha). No additives, no carriers, no anti-caking agents.
- Allergens
- Contains no allergens subject to declaration under Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.
- Properties
- Vegan, gluten-free
- Net quantity
- 30 g
- Country of origin
- Japan (Yame, Fukuoka prefecture)
- Best before
- Keeps for 12 months from the production date while unopened. The exact best-before date is printed on the packaging.
- Storage
- Store cool and dark. For longer storage over several months the pouch can be kept in the fridge or freezer.
- Food business operator
- Eyyüp Aslaner
Arminiusstraße 30A
44149 Dortmund
Germany
Nutrition per 100 g
| Nutrient | per 100 g |
|---|---|
| Energy | 1.356 kJ / 324 kcal |
| Fat | 5.3 g |
| of which saturates | 0 g |
| Carbohydrate | 39.5 g |
| of which sugars | 0 g |
| Protein | 29.6 g |
| Salt | 0 g |
Average values. Since matcha is drunk as an infusion, the figures refer to the powder, not to the prepared bowl.