Ujido The Path of Zen Japanese Matcha Green Tea Powder Ceremonial Blend (2 oz)

If you love the taste of good matcha but cannot afford $100/oz ceremonial, try this. It is excellent hot, as well as in lattes and frozen lattes.

I've always enjoyed green tea, and lately, I've been exploring matcha as an alternative to coffee. I was drawn to matcha for its smooth energy boost without the jitters. Finding a balance of quality and price can be challenging, but the Ujido Matcha 2oz variant has been a great option for me.The matcha powder is finely ground and mixes well, even when I prepare it in a simple way by shaking it in a water bottle. The flavor is earthy and rich, which I’ve come to enjoy each morning. For someone new to matcha, it may take some time to appreciate the taste.I’ve been pleased with the amount I received and expect it to last me 1–2 months with regular use. This has been a good choice for my matcha journey, and I’m happy with the balance of flavor, quality, and price.

This matcha has a beautiful, bright color and tastes fresh. It mixes with water easily and has a nice smoothness - I just use a small battery-operated frother. This is my third time or so ordering this matcha from this brand, and I really enjoy it! I use it to make iced matcha lattes (and sometimes matcha arnold palmers) at home, and it functions well for that. Regarding caffeine content, I haven't noticed it interrupting my sleep when I have some in the afternoon the way coffee does, but I'm not sure if it's wise to have some too late in the day. I love the taste so I even have it in the evenings sometimes!

Balanced and grassy flavor. Not too bitter. Affordable.Works well for Matcha Latte.No tin, but it zips well.

I tried a few other brands, but this one tasted the best. You can also tell the color is better also.

Best value for your money out there! Love the color and texture and tastes great.

I travel to Japan a lot, but strangely never went to a tea ceremony. My various hosts through the years never talked about it, never mentioned matcha. Of all the wonderful things in Japan, matcha just never popped up as something to see or do or try. Maybe because I'm not a tourist. I got the impression that they think of the tea ceremony as an uncomfortable obligation they had to learn as kids as part of their cultural heritage but rarely do themselves. Matcha entered my consciousness when I saw it in a grocery store display (ok *somebody* must buy the stuff), and a cute sales girl explained to me how it worked. It took a while to get the mechanics down, but once I did I was hooked on this stuff.So now this is what I drink every single morning "Purchased 30 times" since then (see photo). But I have also tried every other kind of matcha on amazon, and dozens of them in Japan (I went to live there for a while). It has a very different blend of mind-altering morning chemicals than coffee or tea, that's very good for me, my reaction to the straight caffeine blast isn't good.So, this blend is not ceremonial grade. I had a lot of high end ceremonial grade in Japan because it was Y600-1000 for this quantity. Maybe 5-7 dollars at the time. But $30 for 2 oz is expensive. I tried culinary grade, so you don't have to. Don't try drinking culinary grade, it's gritty and tasteless.This is an excellent compromise, very high quality, perfect mouth feel, and perfect for drinking every morning. It's not quite as wonderful as real ceremonial grade, not quite the same matcha taste, it is a blend. There are other drinkable matchas in this middle category. I thought Ito-En (from one of Japan's largest tea companies) was great, but this Uji-do is better. YMMV.You can definitely buy this without fear, and enjoy it as I do! If you already know Matcha well, or are just getting into it. Strong recommend. Everywhere I go I offer it to my friends. Guilty secret, I use a milk frother to whip it up in 15 seconds, much faster than coffee or tea too, and it makes no per-serving trash like both coffee and tea do.I personally vouch for this product.

First off, I encourage people to avoid blends that do not clearly state the ratio of first to second harvest leaves. We do not know whether you're getting, for example, a 10% first harvest and 90% second harvest in this blend. It can be any ratio. Hence, it is unclear how much value we are getting from it. But it probably isn't a great value since cost incentivizes manufacturers to use more of the cheaper leaves in a blend.But we clearly see that this product is far more expensive than purely second harvest matcha but slightly cheaper than purely first harvest matcha.When I first opened the pouch containing this matcha powder, the color was a light, olive green--very different from the deep, vibrant green I usually saw in first harvest matcha.When I began drinking it, I was pleasantly surprised that it didn't carry the bitter taste that many second harvest powders do. However, it still lacked the rich and refreshing taste of a first harvest matcha. Hence, the taste is somewhere in the middle.In conclusion, this matcha sits in an odd place. It's middling appearance and taste render it unfit to serve to guests. It is also too expensive for daily use.