First Harvest TeaCeremonial

Organic Ceremonial Matcha

Name: Organic Ceremonial Matcha
Brand: First Harvest Tea

Ceremonial, sourced from Shizuoka

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Grade

Ceremonial

Region

Shizuoka

Certification

Organic

Sourcing

Shizuoka, Japan

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Tasting notes

From Oolong Owl third-party review (not the official page): light grass-green color, herbal/sweet grassy aroma, light bitterness on first sip, savory grassy green flavor with a hint of cream, fresh near-spearmint aftertaste, lightly creamy texture; whisked up with 'a great thick foam' and no bald spots; reviewer noted it works well in iced/smoothie preparations because coldness tames the bitterness

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

28.3g — $14.99 or $24.99 (multiple prices listed on the page; unclear which is current)

Full details

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Page Reachability: UNREACHABLE — the official product page could not be loaded. Repeated fetch attempts (with and without 'www', and over plain HTTP) returned SSL/TLS errors: 'certificate has expired' and a separate 'HANDSHAKE_FAILURE_ON_CLIENT_HELLO' error. The firstharvesttea.com domain currently appears to have an invalid/expired SSL certificate, making the live page inaccessible via standard fetch tools. All data below is therefore reconstructed from secondary sources (search engine result snippets referencing the official page, and a third-party review site), NOT verified directly against the live official page.
Grade Tier: Organic Ceremonial Grade (per product name and third-party sources)
Region Farm: Shizuoka, Japan (per search snippets and Oolong Owl review)
Certifications: Certified organic by 'JAS-JONA & USDA' (per search snippet describing the official page's own claims)
Size Yield: 1 oz bag yields approximately 15-20 servings (per search snippet)
Ingredients: Matcha green tea powder only; described as vegan and gluten-free (per search snippet)
Tasting Notes Per Secondary Review: From Oolong Owl third-party review (not the official page): light grass-green color, herbal/sweet grassy aroma, light bitterness on first sip, savory grassy green flavor with a hint of cream, fresh near-spearmint aftertaste, lightly creamy texture; whisked up with 'a great thick foam' and no bald spots; reviewer noted it works well in iced/smoothie preparations because coldness tames the bitterness
Price Per Secondary Review: Oolong Owl review (undated relative to today, may be outdated) cited a sale price of $14.99, reduced from an original $24.99, with free shipping — this reflects that reviewer's snapshot in time, not a confirmed current price
Marketing Claim Per Search Snippet: Compared to coffee: 'provides the punch of a cup of coffee with almost none of the crash or jitters' (per search-engine summary of the official page's copy)
Seller Location Per Search Snippet: First Harvest Tea described in one search summary as 'an online seller based in Nevada'

Research notes

This product page could NOT be directly read/verified due to the site's expired/invalid SSL certificate — this is a significant limitation on the reliability of this entry. All figures above are second-hand (search engine summaries of the page, or a third-party review blog) and should be treated as lower-confidence than the Culinary Teas entries, which were read directly from the live pages. Exact current pricing, full size/variant lineup, cultivar, specific harvest date, shelf life, and packaging details could not be confirmed at all — no source (primary or secondary) disclosed these.