Kurihara Tea Yame Matcha - Kaorihime - (Yabukita Single Cultivar / Single Estate)
sourced from Yame, Yabukita cultivar
From $15.43 (40g)
~$0.39 per gram
Cultivar
Yabukita
Region
Yame
Price in context
At $0.39 per gram, it costs less than 84% of the other 969 matchas in the database with a confirmed price and size. Among the 72 Yame matchas with a confirmed price, the median is $1.22 per gram, and this one is well under the regional median. Among Kurihara Tea's 3 matchas with a confirmed price, this is its cheapest per gram.
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Sourcing
Yame, Japan
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This matcha is fresh and full of character! It has refreshing bitterness that allows it to stand out beautifully on lattes. It also has a vibrant aroma and smooth texture. Product Info Ingredients: Green tea Net weight: 40 grams Harvest: Spring Region: Yabemura village, Yame, Fukuoka Note: Matcha color on the picture has been adjusted as close as possible to the actual color of the product. Instructions Visit yunomi.life/makematcha to see our guide on how to make matcha. Vendor Info Name: Kurihara Seicha Ltd. Members: Kippei, Yuji, and Akio Kurihara (Father and sons) Location: Yabe Village, Yame City, Fukuoka Size of fields: About 3...
Composition
EGCG
77 mg/g
Yabukita cultivar — Shimadzu Corp. / NARO joint HPLC analysis, Application News No. L583 (2020) — Yabukita cultivar, 7.70 g/100g EGCG
Pricing as disclosed
Full details
Everything disclosed on the product page (15 fields)▾
- Size
- 40g / 1.4 oz / Original bag; 1kg / 2.2 lbs / bulk bag / available for pre-order
- Price Jpy
- 40g / 1.4 oz / Original bag: ¥2,400; 1kg / 2.2 lbs / bulk bag / available for pre-order: ¥45,000
- Price Note
- Prices as listed in the brand's own storefront in JPY.
- Ingredients
- Green tea
- Net Weight
- 40 grams
- Harvest
- Spring
- Region
- Yabemura village, Yame, Fukuoka
- Name
- Kurihara Seicha Ltd.
- Members
- Kippei, Yuji, and Akio Kurihara (Father and sons)
- Location
- Yabe Village, Yame City, Fukuoka
- Size Of Fields
- About 3 hectares
- Altitude Of Fields
- 300 - 700 meters
- Description
- This matcha is fresh and full of character! It has refreshing bitterness that allows it to stand out beautifully on lattes. It also has a vibrant aroma and smooth texture. Product Info Ingredients : Green tea Net weight : 40 grams Harvest : Spring Region : Yabemura village, Yame, Fukuoka Note: Matcha color on the picture has been adjusted as close as possible to the actual color of the product. Instructions Visit yunomi.life/makematcha to see our guide on how to make matcha. Vendor Info Name : Kurihara Seicha Ltd. Members : Kippei, Yuji, and Akio Kurihara (Father and sons) Location : Yabe Village, Yame City, Fukuoka Size of fields : About 3 hectares Altitude of fields : 300 - 700 meters Kurihara Seicha Located high in the mountains of Yabe-mura, Yame-city, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kurihara Seicha blends the clear mountain air and pure water of the Oku-Yame region with generations of tea-craft mastery. Led by a team that includes a farm manager who won four consecutive championships in hand-rolling tea and a tea scientist with a doctoral degree, the team skillfully honours tradition while embracing innovation. Every leaf is grown, harvested and processed with care: nestled in the region’s highland terroir, their tea gardens benefit from altitude-driven climate, and the clean natural environment is reflected in each cup. The result? Shining examples of Yame-tea—rich in flavour, refined in aroma, and rooted in place. Whether you’re discovering Yame for the first time or seeking a special new expression of Japanese tea, Kurihara Seicha invites you to savour one of Japan’s most esteemed tea regions.
- Storefront Tags
- [ "Eco-Farmer", "family business", "farm", "Fukuoka", "handpicked", "Harvest_Spring", "Kurihara Tea Farm", "matcha", "Mountain-grown", "Notes_Handpicked", "Notes_Single Cultivar", "Notes_Single Estate", "P40", "Price_2 - Premium", "reduced pesticide use", "Region_Fukuoka", "secretdiscount", "Ships mid May", "single cultivar", "single estate", "single field", "single tea field", "spring", "Subregion_Fukuoka > Yame", "Vendor Type_Family Business", "Vendor Type_Farm", "wholesale50", "Yame", "Yamecha" ]
- Storefront Category
- Green Tea - Matcha
Research notes
Imported 2026-10-06 from the brand's own Shopify storefront feed (https://yunomi.life/products.json); description is the brand's own copy. Archived prices are JPY as listed on that storefront; current prices are re-scraped from the live product page where the site allows it. Not individually hand-verified beyond the feed.
