Kuma Tea Garden Yame Matcha Kirari 31 (20g)
Ceremonial, sourced from Yame, Kirari 31 cultivar
$35.36 (20g)
~$1.77 per gram
Grade
Ceremonial
Cultivar
Kirari 31
Region
Yame
Price in context
At $1.77 per gram, it costs more than 79% 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 above the regional median. Among Kuma Tea Garden's 3 matchas with a confirmed price, this is its cheapest per gram.
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Sourcing
Yame, Japan
View the full sourcing map →Tasting notes
Notes : Shaded for about 40 days using traditional canopy shading (straw / bamboo scaffolding), handpicked, and ground by stone mill.
Composition
L-theanine
24.31 mg/g
Ceremonial-grade published estimate — Goto et al., upper-grade matcha samples, Tea Research Report No.80:23-28 (1994)
EGCG
59.3 mg/g
Ceremonial-grade published estimate — Goto et al., upper-grade matcha samples, Tea Research Report No.83:21-28 (1996)
Pricing as disclosed
Full details
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- Size
- 20g / 0.7 oz / 2025 / Refill bag in gift can
- Price Jpy
- 20g / 0.7 oz / 2025 / Refill bag in gift can: ¥5,500
- Price Note
- Prices as listed in the brand's own storefront in JPY.
- See More Guidelines Here
- yunomi.life/makematcha
- Ingredients
- Green tea
- Harvest
- Early May
- Total Annual Production
- about 25kg
- Region
- Yame, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
- Flavor Profile
- [ "Notes : Shaded for about 40 days using traditional canopy shading (straw / bamboo scaffolding), handpicked, and ground by stone mill." ]
- Description
- Highly Commended Award winner at the 2023 Leafies Awards. Created from the handpicked leaves of a Kirari 31 cultivar tea field that produced 2017’s perfect score Gyokuro winning the top prize at the National Tea Competition, this matcha offers an intense green color and rich umami flavor. S haded by the Kuma family (Yame Tea Kumaen) for about 40 days using labor-intensive traditional canopy shading made of scaffolding and layered straw, the high elevation of the field helps to create slow growing leaves that take the time to absorb nutrients from the soil as the develop. At harvest time, the leaves are handpicked, then processed into tencha leaves, then aged for at least half a year in deep freeze to reduce bitterness even further. The leaves are then refined, and ground by stone mill into matcha. An ultra small batch, just a few kilograms of this matcha is available each year. Instructions Koicha Use 3g of matcha for 30 ml of water at 80C/175F degrees. Sift the matcha into your bowl, and add the water. Kneed the matcha against the bowl until you form a thick, even syrup. If you are unfamiliar with the terms koicha and usucha, please refer to the koicha blogpost . Usucha Use 2g of matcha for 100 ml of water at 80C/175F degrees. Sift the matcha into your bowl, and add the water. Whisk with a bamboo whisk into a smooth liquor. See more guidelines here: yunomi.life/makematcha Product Information Ingredients : Green tea Harvest : Early May Total annual production : about 25kg Region : Yame, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan Notes : Shaded for about 40 days using traditional canopy shading (straw / bamboo scaffolding), handpicked, and ground by stone mill. Visit yunomi.life/makematcha to see our guide on how to make matcha.
- Storefront Tags
- [ "4 weeks", "award winning", "Ceremonial Grade", "Cultivar_Saemidori", "family business", "farm", "Fukuoka", "Grade_Heritage Grade", "Harvest_Spring", "Heritage Grade", "koicha", "matcha", "Matcha Grade_1 - Ceremonial Grade (Heritage)", "newfeatured", "Notes_Award Winning", "Notes_Handpicked", "Notes_Mountain-grown", "Notes_Single Cultivar", "Notes_Single Estate", "Notes_Stone mill ground", "Notes_Women in Tea", "Price_1 - Luxury", "Region_Fukuoka", "saemidori", "sale", "single cultivar", "single estate", "single field", "single tea field", "spring", "Subregion_Fukuoka > Yame", "Vendor Type_Family Business", "Vendor Type_Farm", "wholesale40", "women in tea", "womenintea", "Yame" ]
- 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.
