Taste profile
Iga
Certified organic matcha from Iga
Aroma notes
Concentrated · Structured
Best prepared
Usucha
Preview profile · Relative to the current UnD collection. Values will be confirmed by comparative tasting before release.
Organic Iga Matcha
Ceremonial Single Cultivar
Organic Iga Matcha
Ceremonial Single Cultivar
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A certified organic, single-cultivar ceremonial matcha from Yabukita grown in the Iga highlands of Mie. Organic JAS certified.
The inland basin brings morning mist and pronounced shifts between day and night. Producer records describe clay-rich soil associated with the ancient Lake Biwa basin. These conditions support slow growth and a concentrated aroma.
Concentrated aroma; firm, structured body
Certified organic
Single-cultivar Yabukita
The firm tea structure remains clear in water and milk.
Details
Grade: ceremonial
Certification: Organic JAS
Origin: Iga, Mie, Japan
Cultivar: Yabukita, single cultivar
For Trade
Further Reading
Matcha from an Inland Basin
Iga, Between Routes
Iga sits in an inland basin in Mie. Routes linking Kyoto and Nara with Ise crossed here. Ueno developed as a castle town and a post town for travelers to Ise.
The region is known as the birthplace of the poet Matsuo Basho and as the home of Iga-ryu ninjutsu. These histories place the tea within Iga; they do not define its grade.
For this matcha, the product facts are narrower: certified organic, single-cultivar Yabukita, grown in Iga.
Organic, One Cultivar
This matcha is supplied as certified organic. The certification belongs to this product, not to Iga as a whole.
Yabukita remains unblended. The cup has a concentrated aroma and a firm, direct structure. Water keeps the tea's outline clear; milk softens it without removing the tea character.
Drinking Heals
We present Japanese tea and matcha as part of the Drinking Heals collection. In Japan, IPPUKU describes a brief pause—sometimes with tea, sometimes with a cigarette. Drinking Heals reimagines IPPUKU through Japanese tea. Inspired by the familiar warning “ Smoking Kills ” , it proposes another message: “ Drinking Heals .” A moment once associated with tobacco becomes a quiet ritual of water, tea, and time.
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