Classic Grade Hatsumukashi Uji Ceremonial Matcha - First Harvest Pure Japanese Matcha Green Tea Powder, Ceremonial Grade, from Uji, Japan (40g/1.41oz)

amazing matcha! taste is so rich and so is the color. i tried soo many brands from amazon but this one is my favorite.

I' tried at least 6 different brands before I decided to write this review. So far Kiyo is my favorite. The color is lighter than FKRO Pinnacle. But I like the taste of Kiyo Ritual better. The taste is creamy, has nice aroma, and aftertaste last for a while. This matcha is high quality. I recommend this macha to anyone.

Gonna start with- I am not a matcha expert nor do I claim to be. My preferred way to drink matcha is latte, mostly because I can drink more of it, aaaaand I just like lattes. Anwyay, On Kiyo’s website: this is listed as a beginner matcha, so if you’re interested in, Kiyo’s Hatsumukashi is the way go. Cultivars - “Yabukita, Saemidori, others” I love the color! It’s a vibrant green! More vibrant then the last matcha powder I tried. I’ve tried this as an usucha and in a latte, and it’s such a treat. In a latte, the bitterness and astringency is at a minimum, if any at all, I can barely taste them. As an usucha, I taste can minimum bitterness, but the aftertaste was sweet! I loved it! I There is a sweet grassy, vegetal scent that I find refreshing. Also, the tin is a bit smaller than some brands that I know, but I love that it is this size. this is the 2nd time I’ve purchased Kiyo’s Hatsumukashi. The price per gram, and the taste, is not a bad deal.

Kiyo's Ritual Grade is a fantastic higher-end matcha. I make my matcha using 3g of powder in ~50ml of water, so it's kind of a light Koicha. Kiyo's Ritual Grade is perfect for it! It has essentially no bitterness, a sweet flavor, creamy feel, and moderately long aftertaste. I prefer it to Naoki Superior Ceremonial, Naoki Fragrant Yame, and Rishi Ceremonial Matcha. Granted, Ritual Grade is higher quality than those other three, but it's quality shows through.

This is my first time making matcha. I'm tired of paying $8 for a matcha latte, so I decided I would venture out to try and make it my own. When you get this container, it comes in a silver bag and a little pamphlet explaining all the different types of matcha and their flavor profiles. This is super helpful especially when you're a beginner and falling down the rabbit hole of the matcha world. This specific matcha is a very vibrant green and has an earthy smell to it. I did make my first batch of matcha successfully. The taste of umami is definitely there(it made my mouth water), and there's a slight bitterness and astringency. I sifted 5g of the powder and added 15ml of room temp water to make a paste, followed by another 15ml of hot (not boiling) water. This recipe created a decent microfoam with my little bamboo whisk! Layers very beautiful on top of my almond milk. All in all, the quality to me is fantastic. For ~$25 ish bucks I'd say this was well worth it to try out for all the beginners like myself.

I'm new to drinking matcha at home, so this was only the second one I've ever tried. It's much better than the overpriced organic matcha I tried before it - at sale price, the Kiyo Wakyo has roughly the same cost per ounce, and at full price, it's ~35% more expensive per ounce). The color is a lovely bright green, and there is a strong aroma of roasted nori. It's creamy and smooth, grassy (but not terribly so) and somewhat nutty, with a slight bitterness and almost no astringency. It foams up quite easily, but it also clumps easily, even after sifting - there were little nuggets of matcha powder at the bottom of my chawan that adding more hot water couldn't disperse. So it's smooth until you get to the bottom, where it becomes a bit grainy. That's the one advantage the other matcha has over this one, it never clumped, and it dissolved a bit more readily. I may look for something more affordable to make lattes with, but for usucha and koicha drinking, Wakyo is great. One other thing, the matcha comes sealed in a bag inside the canister. The powder sticks to the bag, especially in the corners. The other matcha I tried did not come in a bag. I suppose the bag is a good thing, maybe the other matcha wasn't fresh? (I don't remember if it was sealed or wrapped in plastic in anyway.) But I do feel bad about how much gets wasted because of the bag.