Yutakamidori Organic Matcha Tea Ceremonial Grade 30g

Yutakamidori organic Matcha green tea comes from the very famous cultivars of Yutakamidori, Saemidori, Okumidori. This indicates that different flavours are present, giving different taste facets to this extraordinary tea. The leaves of this tea are only processed according to ancient Chinese traditions. The tea is not bitter and has no particular astringency in the aftertaste. The infusion will be a dense, bright green.

Matcha tea has strong umami flavours, the fifth element of taste.

The vibrant green powder of matcha tea is a modern superfood that has become very popular in the modern day. Instead, in Japan for centuries matcha green tea was the most popular drink, and now the rest of the world is finally going crazy for it.
What is Matcha? Organic Matcha Yutakamidori is actually made from the same tea leaves as green tea from the Camellia Sinensis plant. The main difference from regular green tea is that matcha is made using the entire leaf. These leaves are harvested, dried, fried, and then ground into the fine, spicy-looking powder that makes matcha so healthy and tasty. Eventually the benefits of the whole leaf are consumed.

Umami, the savoury taste

What might seem to be a passing fad, or the latest invention “of the food world”, is based on studies begun in 1908 in Japan by the scientist Kikunae Ikeda, who first began to talk about the presence of an additional taste beyond the four canonical ones.

Umami (旨み、旨味、うまみ), which means ‘tasty‘ in Japanese, is thus one of the five basic perceived tastes (the others being sweet, salty, bitter and sour) and indicates the taste of glutamate.

As well as being found in certain green and matcha teas of particular quality, it is also found in other foods such as: soy sauce, fresh and preserved fish, cheese and tomatoes.