Premium Matcha in Tbilisi
The matcha you drink on a Tuesday. Japanese leaf, stone-ground to a fine bright powder, priced so a daily latte is not something you have to ration.
What premium grade means
Premium is our everyday grade: later-harvest Japanese leaf, still stone-ground, still vivid green, with a fuller and slightly sharper edge than our ceremonial tin. That edge is exactly what you want once milk, ice or sugar is involved — it keeps the tea tasting like tea instead of disappearing into the cup.
How to make it
Sift 2 g — about one heaped teaspoon — into a bowl. Add 60 ml of water off the boil, around 80 °C, and whisk briskly in a W until the surface is even and foamy. Top with 150 ml of hot or cold milk for a latte, or another 100 ml of water to drink it straight. 5 g makes a generous café-strength cup.
Baking and big batches
Premium is the grade to bake with. Heat and butter flatten the delicate top notes a ceremonial tin is prized for, so paying for them inside a cookie makes no sense. For cakes, cookies and ice cream use about 1 g of matcha per 25 g of flour, sifted in with the dry ingredients so it never clumps.
Questions people ask
How many cups is 100 g?
Between twenty and fifty, depending on how strong you drink it. We measure a cup at 5 g, which is a full café-strength latte; 2 g is enough for a lighter one.
Is this the same matcha Tbilisi cafes use?
Yes. This is the grade most cafes pour into milk drinks, and several Tbilisi cafes buy it from us by the kilo.
Where is it from?
Japan. It is Japanese green tea leaf, shade-grown and stone-ground — not a green tea powder blended somewhere else.
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.
