Matcha, the most famous, and commonly-drank tea in Japan, is a finely-powdered green tea. Matcha originates from China Tang Dynasty(618-907), and were the only tribute way of drinking tea in Tang & Song Dynasties(960-1279) in China. At that period, the preparation of Matcha is more complicated, and has more steps than the current Japanese Matcha ceremony.

Then in Ming Dynasty(1368-1644), the Emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang banned the production of cake teas, and encourage the loose leaves tea for his personal reason.(this mostly connected to his humble origin). Hence, from then on, loose leaves tea has been popular in China till now.

It is originated from Hangzhou, Zhejiang province; well-selected the fresh yong tea leaves in early April in our cooperated shadow-covered tea field; ground in the traditional stone mill method.

So this matcha enjoys a very natural light high quality Long Jing aroma, with smooth taste and thick lingering sweetness after drinking the tea.

1000mesh is a powder diameter standard. In other words, 1000 mesh means 1000 tiny holes in the screen per square inch, which is about 0.013 milimeter per powder in diameter.

Production Time: 2014 spring