NAME: Maggie STYLE: Matcha FARMER: Yoshinori Koyama TEA FARM: Koyama Tea Farm & Garden CULTIVAR: Gokou ORIGIN: Okuyumada, Uji, Kyoto SHADING: 22 Days HARVEST: Ichibancha (First Flush) 2025 MILLING DATE: October 6 2025 ELEVATION: 350m TERROIR: Steep Sloped Terrain, Organically farmed TASTING NOTES: It really doesn't get much better than organically grown matcha from Uji made with the Gokou cultivar. There's a reason why i refer to this as the champagne of tea. Yoshiniro Koyama carefully cultivates his matcha with such precision and care to ensure the most pure expression of matcha is the result. Shaded for 22 days prior to harvest and stone milled to order to preserve freshness, this Gokou matcha has such an intoxicating vibrancy to it. The exquisite green hue of the matcha is a beautiful sight. There is no bitterness to this matcha, its creamy, almost milky, a lovely cocoa sweet taste. Theres a lovely floral aroma to this as well. Hints of macadamia nuts glimmer throughout. Best enjoyed in the koicha (thick tea) or usucha (thin tea) way. This is premium matcha done right. Arigato gozaimasu Yoshi-san!
