Ceremonial Matcha in Tbilisi
Our best-selling tin, and the one most people mean when they say matcha. First-harvest Japanese leaf: sweet, smooth, with no bitterness that needs hiding behind milk.
What makes it ceremonial
Ceremonial grade comes from the first harvest of the year — the youngest leaves off the top of the plant, shaded for weeks before picking. Shade makes the plant build up the amino acid that tastes sweet and the chlorophyll that makes it green, and takes the edge off the bitterness. Stems and veins are stripped out before grinding, which is why the powder is this fine and this bright.
How to make it
Straight: sift 2 g into a warm bowl, add 70 ml of water at about 80 °C, whisk in a brisk W for fifteen seconds until a fine foam sits on top. As a latte: the same 2 g and 60 ml of water, then 150 ml of milk, hot or over ice. Never use boiling water — it scalds the leaf and turns a sweet tin bitter.
Ceremonial or imperial?
Ceremonial is the everyday drinking grade and the one we recommend starting with. Imperial is the same first harvest taken a step further — sweeter, rounder, with a longer finish — and it earns the difference if you drink it straight. In a latte with syrup most people cannot tell them apart, so the sensible order is ceremonial in milk, imperial in water.
Questions people ask
Can I drink ceremonial matcha without milk?
That is what it is for. Whisked with water alone it is sweet and smooth, with none of the grassy bitterness a cheaper grade shows once the milk is taken away.
How long does an open tin last?
Sealed, about a year. Opened, drink it inside two months — matcha does not spoil, but it loses its colour and its sweetness to air and light.
Do you sell it wholesale to cafes?
Yes. The 500 g and 1 kg tiers are our wholesale prices, and several Tbilisi cafes pour this exact tin. Message us on Instagram with your monthly volume.
Delivery
Delivery across Tbilisi, usually the same day or the next. Message us on Instagram, or add it to the cart and check out on the site — pay by bank transfer or cash on delivery.
Wholesale
Wholesale for cafes, bakeries and shops: the 500 g and 1 kg tiers are already the wholesale price, with no minimum order beyond them. Tell us what you pour in a month and we will quote you.
Keeping it
Keep the tin closed, cool and out of the light. Matcha fades in daylight and picks up smells in a fridge, so a cupboard beats a fridge door. Once opened it is at its best within two months.
