Matcha Green Tea | Wellness & Energy

Matcha is powdered green tea: shade-grown tea leaves ground into a fine, bright-green powder that you whisk into water or milk and drink whole. Ours is organic matcha green tea powder with a vibrant, fresh flavor, a smooth, creamy body, gentle grassy notes and a subtle natural sweetness. Enjoy it as traditional whisked matcha, a matcha latte or iced.

• Size: 1 oz of matcha powder.
• Ingredient: Organic matcha green tea powder (Camellia sinensis).
• Caffeine: Contains caffeine, roughly 30–70 mg per serving depending on how much you use.
• Prepare: Whisk ½–1 teaspoon into 2–3 oz of 170–180°F water until frothy, then top with water or milk.

What Is Matcha?

Matcha is a Japanese-style green tea. The tea plants are shaded for several weeks before harvest, which deepens the leaves’ green color and gives them a smoother, sweeter flavor. The leaves are then steamed, dried, stripped of stems and veins, and ground into a very fine powder.

Because you whisk the powder into water and drink the whole leaf rather than steeping and straining it, matcha tastes richer and creamier than regular green tea, and it has more caffeine per cup. It is the tea of the Japanese tea ceremony and, more recently, of cafe lattes everywhere.

Meet Our Matcha

Our organic matcha is a fine green powder that whisks up into a frothy, jade-green cup. The flavor is vibrant and fresh, with a smooth, creamy body, gentle grassy notes and a subtle natural sweetness, finishing clean. It is balanced enough to drink straight and bold enough to shine through milk in a latte. Packed to order in a 1 oz size.

How To Make Matcha

Traditional: sift ½ to 1 teaspoon of matcha into a bowl or wide mug. Add 2 to 3 oz of water at 170–180°F (not boiling) and whisk briskly in a zig-zag “W” motion for about 20 to 30 seconds, until smooth and frothy. Drink as is, or top up with more hot water.

Matcha latte: whisk 1 teaspoon of matcha with 2 oz of hot water until smooth, then pour in 6 to 8 oz of steamed or frothed milk of your choice. Sweeten with honey or maple syrup if you like.

Iced matcha: whisk 1 teaspoon with 2 oz of cool water (or shake it in a jar), pour over ice and top with cold milk or water.

No whisk? A small milk frother or a sealed jar you can shake both work well. Sifting first prevents clumps.

How Much Caffeine Is In Matcha?

Matcha contains more caffeine than steeped green tea, because you drink the whole ground leaf. A typical serving of ½ to 1 teaspoon has roughly 30–70 mg of caffeine, less than a strong cup of coffee. Use less powder for a gentler cup. If you want a green tea with less caffeine, try our sencha or jasmine green tea; for none at all, browse our herbal teas.

Matcha vs. Our Other Green Teas

• Matcha – powdered and whisked: rich, creamy and the strongest in caffeine.
• Organic Sencha Green Tea – steeped Japanese-style green tea: grassy, fresh and crisp.
• Gunpowder Green Tea – rolled pellets with a fuller, slightly smoky taste.
• Organic Jasmine Green Tea – green tea scented with jasmine blossoms.
• Organic Green Tea – our everyday steeped green tea.

Browse them all in our loose leaf green tea collection, or read our green tea guide.

Who Matcha Is Best For

• Anyone who loves matcha lattes and wants to make them at home.
• Coffee drinkers looking for a green tea with real presence.
• Green tea fans who want a richer, creamier cup.
• Home bakers and cooks adding matcha to smoothies, baking and desserts.
• Anyone curious about traditional whisked tea.