With this organic Saemidori matcha from Japan, my goal is to help people discover the Saemidori cultivar, which offers exceptional quality and a great value for money.

Traditional tasting, matcha espresso or latte

Organic Saemidori matcha is one of your favorites! Thank you for all your reviews, I really appreciate it. When I tasted it for the first time, I was captivated by the explosion of flavours and the sweetness on the palate. This matcha is of such high quality that it will transport you with its sensual umami flavours.

I recommend trying these three preparation methods:

• 🍵 Traditional preparation: to prepare traditional matcha tea, use 1 to 2 grams of powder for 80mL of hot water at 70-80°C - this is the preparation we enjoy most often, called usucha.
• ☕️ Matchaspresso: with 1g of matcha for a tiny bit of water, just enough to fill an espresso cup and give it an intense flavor.
• 🥛 Latte: froth 2 to 3 grams of powder with 45 mL of water, then pour into a large glass with plant-based milk. Delicious hot or cold. 

An exceptional pure cultivar organic matcha

Like any plant, the tea plant comes in several varieties, known as cultivars or grape varieties. This is comparable to the world of wine, with grape varieties such as Chardonnay and Merlot, or fruit trees, with varieties such as Gala and Granny Smith apples.

Most matcha teas are blends of several cultivars (often predominantly Yabukita) to achieve a consistent taste regardless of the harvest year. This is the case with our very popular and highly regarded organic premium matcha tea.

Here we have a single-cultivar Saemidori matcha, sourced from a unique "single origin" terroir in Kagoshima. It is very special to be able to taste the pure cultivar.

And I am really very proud of this organic Saemidori matcha, which has become one of our community's favorites. The quality is exceptional. Every sip is a taste journey.

It had been my dream for years: to find a matcha that would allow me to taste a single pure cultivar of ultra-high quality (comparable to our ultra-premium organic matcha) at a super affordable price, and what's more, organically grown! Wow.

Everything falls into place. Whether you're a beginner or a matcha purist, a sublime experience awaits you with this organic Saemidori matcha tea.

The Saemidori cultivar

Saemidori - さえ (Sae): clarity, みどり (Midori): the green colour, the freshness of young shoots.

⛰️ Climate and terroir: Suited to the warm climate of southern Japan, mainly in Kagoshima Prefecture.

✅ Advantages: Beautiful green colour, exceptional aroma and umami taste - highest quantity of amino acids.

👎 Weaknesses: Very susceptible to frost and wind damage.

📚 History: A cross between the Asatsuyu and Yabukita cultivars to combine the quality of the former with the yield of the latter—cultivar #4 registered in 1990.

Discover the Okumidori cultivar >>

Create your own blend

I love single-varietal matcha, and some of the best matcha in the world (like our hyper-premium organic matcha) are blends of several high-quality cultivars.

With these matcha teas, you can recreate a matcha tasting experience.

• Comparing the two matcha teas, Saemidori and Okumidori, separately
• Then try a 50:50 blend and create your own mix!

It's great to taste a blend when you've already tasted the individual components! This allows you to refine your palate so you can really taste the two distinct flavors and then experience the strengths of each cultivar at the same time in the blend.

A container that matches the contents

To honour these exceptional organic matcha teas, you need packaging that lives up to the contents. That's why I asked my favourite tattoo artist, Neco, to design the packaging illustrations to make them beautiful objects in their own right.

Neco is a Japanese tattoo artist living in Paris (she also says she is a cat):

@kirineco.goenya

The concept: Neco designed kabuki eyes with the feminine energy and umami of Saemidori matcha in mind, and the more masculine energy and powerful velvety texture of Okumidori.

Mini 5g pouches available to distribute to friends.

In addition to these 50g pouches, we also offer mini formats of 5g. Perfect for hiking, traveling, or sharing with friends to help them discover authentic organic matcha from Japan.

Enjoy! 🙏 🍵