New to matcha - recommendations?

[spinmail]

New to matcha - recommendations?

by spinmail » Jul 22nd, '12, 01:13

I've tried a lot of different teas - but never a matcha. I'm interested in recommendations.

Pure Matcha gets really good reviews for quality, taste, and value. 30g for about $21.99. Obviously, you can pay a lot more...and less. What are you top picks? I'd be using it for tea (not ice cream or desserts).

[aeflo]

Re: New to matcha - recommendations?

by aeflo » Jul 22nd, '12, 05:05

http://www.zencha.net/products_yame.php#matcha
The matchas of zencha.net are very good concerning price quality ratio in my opinion

[spinmail]

Re: New to matcha - recommendations?

by spinmail » Jul 22nd, '12, 19:49

aeflo,

I'll accept you as TeaChat's resident Macha master, and I ordered an appealing Yame Matcha Sansu. Thanks for the advice!

[Geekgirl]

Re: New to matcha - recommendations?

by Geekgirl » Jul 23rd, '12, 01:43

My favorite are from Ippodo. Horai for daily drinking and Wakamatsu for special. I've tried a lot of different matcha and these are hands down my favorite.

[David R.]

Re: New to matcha - recommendations?

by David R. » Jul 23rd, '12, 02:06

+1 for Ippodo.

[FlyedPiper]

Re: New to matcha - recommendations?

by FlyedPiper » Jul 23rd, '12, 13:39

I would recommend Kiri-no-mori from O-Cha as a good place to start. Gives you a really great matcha for the money:

http://www.o-cha.com/green-tea/uji-matcha-kiri.html