Find Your Matcha
Whether you're new to matcha or drink it every day, we have the right matcha for you.
Take the 60-Second QuizMatcha is green tea leaves stone-ground into a fine powder, whisked into water rather than steeped. We carry everything from ceremonial grades for traditional serenity to everyday matcha built for lattes, along with flavored blends and the tools to make them. Wherever you are with matcha, there is a grade here for how you drink it.
New to matcha? Start with what matcha is.
For what the grade words mean, read our buying guide.
Best Matcha for Lattes
Matcha for every day, from the pound bag to the tin. Whisk it into a latte, shake it over ice, or drink it straight.
- USDA Organic
- Naturally Sweet, Gentle Umami
- 1 lb Daily Size
- Bold Enough for Milk and Ice
- Lattes, Smoothies, and Baking
- Café Taste at Home
- Gentle & Approachable
- Great in Lattes or a First Bowl
- A Great Start to High Grade Matcha
- USDA Organic
- Early Spring Harvest
- Straight or in a Latte
Matcha for Drinking Straight
Ceremonial matcha from the spring harvest, to whisk and drink straight or in a latte.
- Ceremonial Grade
- Sweet & Creamy
- A Bowl to Drink on Its Own
- Ceremonial Grade
- First-Crop
- From The Wazuka Valley, Near Uji
Start with a kit
Tins and the tool together, so there is nothing else to buy.
- Three 80 g tins and an electric frother
- No whisk or bowl required
- About 120 servings
- Three 30 g tins and an electric frother
- USDA Organic ceremonial grade
- About 45 servings, whisked or poured over ice
- Jobetsugi thin grade and Senjunomukashi thick grade
- Free bamboo whisk, a $23.95 value
- Taste two cultivar blends side by side
No whisk? No problem.
Lower-effort tools and everything you'd need for everyday matcha.
Try Matcha
Start here with sachets and flavored blends. Easy to brew, easy to like.
- No whisk needed
- Bancha + matcha + peach
- Hot or iced
- No whisk needed
- Bancha + strawberry
- Hot or Iced
- Bergamot + matcha
- Loose or sachets
- Bridge for tea drinkers
- Bancha + brown rice + matcha
- The original gateway
- Steeps like regular tea
- Jasmine pearls + Uji matcha
- Floral up front, savory finish
- No whisk needed
- Shizuoka sencha + Uji matcha
- Bright and grassy, rounded by umami
- Steeps like regular tea
- Hot Cinnamon Spice Matcha Twist
- Bold Cinnamon and Japanese Matcha
- Each Sachet Brews One 12 oz Cup
- Natural Toasted Banana Flavor
- Japanese Matcha
- Each Sachet Brews One 12 oz Cup
Experience Premium Matcha
Traditional, high-grade ceremonial matcha for a more refined experience.
- Thick grade ceremonial
- Deep umami
- Joyo, Japan
- Extra thick grade
- Highest ceremonial
- Smooth & creamy
Try all nine in one flight
The three ceremonial grades together, and the bamboo whisk is free.
- All three ceremonial grades, thin to extra thick
- Free bamboo whisk, a $23.95 value
- Every cultivar mapped on its own page
Traditional preparation.
Whisks, bowls, and sets for the full experience.
Brew it your way
Four ways to make your matcha — from traditional preparation to easy everyday.
Traditional Preparation
Thin matcha, whisked in a bowl. The classical way, and the foundation of everything else.
- 2 g matcha (about 1 tsp)
- 120 ml (4 fl oz) water at 175°F (80°C), just below boiling
- Matcha bowl (chawan)
- Bamboo whisk (chasen)
- Bamboo scoop (chashaku)
- Fine-mesh sieve (optional but recommended)
- Warm the bowl by rinsing it with hot water, then pour the water out.
- Sift the matcha into the bowl through a fine-mesh sieve to break up clumps.
- Add 60 ml (2 fl oz) of the water and whisk until smooth, with no lumps.
- Add the remaining 60 ml (2 fl oz) and whisk briskly in a W-motion for 15–20 seconds, until a fine layer of foam forms.
- Drink immediately, before the foam dissipates.
Matcha Latte
Matcha as your morning cup. Hot, smooth, and as sweet as you like it.
- 2 g matcha (about 1 tsp)
- 60 ml (2 fl oz) water at 175°F (80°C)
- 200 to 300 ml (about 7 to 10 fl oz) milk of choice, steamed
- Honey or simple syrup, to taste (optional)
- Matcha bowl or wide cup
- Bamboo whisk or electric frother
- Milk steamer or saucepan
- Sift the matcha into a bowl or wide cup.
- Add 60 ml (2 fl oz) of water at 175°F (80°C) and whisk until smooth and lump-free.
- Steam or heat the milk to about 150°F (65°C), warm but not boiling.
- Pour the matcha over the milk, stirring before drinking.
- Sweeten to taste, if desired.
Iced Matcha
Bright, refreshing, and ready in two minutes. The summer staple.
- 2 g matcha (about 1 tsp)
- 60 ml (2 fl oz) water, cold or hot (175°F, 80°C)
- 120 g ice cubes (about 1 cup)
- 180 ml (6 fl oz) cold water or milk
- Honey or simple syrup, to taste (optional)
- Cocktail shaker with a tight lid
- Tall glass
- Add the matcha and 60 ml (2 fl oz) of water to a shaker. If you use hot water, whisk it in a bowl instead, since a sealed shaker should never hold hot liquid.
- Shake or whisk vigorously for 15–20 seconds, until the matcha is dissolved and slightly foamy.
- Fill a tall glass with ice.
- Pour the matcha mixture over the ice.
- Top with 180 ml (6 fl oz) of cold water or milk.
Raspberry Cotton Candy Matcha Latte Recipe
A little playful, a little pink, and built on the clean, grassy sweetness of our Supreme Matcha.
- For the Latte
- 3 g matcha (about 1½ tsp)
- 1 to 2 tbsp raspberry jam
- 120 ml (4 fl oz) hot water
- 240 ml (1 cup) cold milk
- ½ cup ice (about 60 g)
- Cotton candy syrup, to sweeten
- For the Glass
- 3 tbsp white chocolate (about 30 g)
- Heart shaped sprinkles
- Whisk or frother
- Glass
- Rim the glass. Melt the white chocolate, coat the rim, dip in sprinkles, and let set.
- Whisk the matcha with the hot water until frothy and fully combined. Set aside.
- Spread the raspberry jam across the bottom of the glass.
- Add ice and crown the glass with your cotton candy heart.
- Slowly pour the cold milk over the cotton candy and let it melt together.
- Pour the matcha slowly over the top. Serve immediately.
Which Matcha Is Right for You?
A simple guide if you're still deciding.
Buying Matcha
How We Choose Our Matcha
The word on a tin tells you less than its harvest, its region, its mill, and its price per cup. Mike Harney selects our matchas, and our tasting team cups every new lot, the way we have chosen every tea for four decades.
Common questions
Everything you might be wondering before your first brew.
For a daily latte, start with Organic Everyday, our best-selling matcha: naturally sweet with a gentle umami, in a one-pound bag of more than 200 servings. Culinary Reserve is made to hold its flavor through milk, sweetness, ice, and heat. Supreme, a second-harvest Uji matcha, is smooth and approachable, an easy base for a latte and a natural first bowl. If you want a certified organic ceremonial matcha for lattes, hot or iced, that you can also drink straight, choose the Barista Edition.
Start with 2 g (about 1 tsp). Whisk it into 60 ml (2 fl oz) of water at 175°F (80°C) until smooth, then add 200 to 300 ml (about 7 to 10 fl oz) of steamed milk. For a stronger latte, use up to 3 g (about 1½ tsp).
No. Every matcha we suggest for lattes works hot or iced; only the method changes. For a hot latte, whisk 2 g (about 1 tsp) into 60 ml (2 fl oz) of water at 175°F (80°C), then pour it over milk steamed to about 150°F (65°C). For an iced latte, shake the same amount with 60 ml (2 fl oz) of cold water, pour it over ice, and top with 180 ml (6 fl oz) of cold milk.
Save the thin and thick grades for the bowl. They describe how our ceremonial matchas are whisked with water alone, thin and frothy (usucha) or thick and syrupy (koicha), which is where they show their sweetness and depth. In milk, an everyday matcha holds its own and costs less per cup.
They are the easy way in. Our flavored matchas, like White Peach, Earl Grey Matcha, and Hot Cinnamon Matcha, are blends with matcha mixed in, and they steep like other teas, loose or in sachets, with no whisk needed. For a latte, start with an everyday matcha instead.
Yes. A typical 2 g serving has around 80 mg of caffeine. Because you're drinking the leaves themselves, the caffeine content is higher than a typical cup of green tea.
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