Geishun yo Koicha
KoichaUji$36.99 (30g) (~$1.23/g)
Pricing as disclosed
- 30g — $36.99
Flagged inconsistencies on the brand's own page
- Price disagreement across three retailers for the same 30g product: ujichamatcha.com lists $36.99, kanso-tea.com lists $65.00 (sale) / $75.00 (regular), and emeryscorner.us lists $38.50 (sale). These are not simply different pack sizes — all three describe a 30g tin — so this is a genuine unresolved price contradiction, likely reflecting different retailer markups/exchange-rate timing rather than data error, but the underlying 'true' price cannot be determined from these sources alone.
Everything disclosed on the product page
- Japanese Name Hypothesis
- 迎春用濃茶 (Geishun-yō Koicha — 'Thick Tea for Welcoming Spring')
- Product Type
- Koicha (thick matcha), New Year limited edition
- Price And Size By Source
- { "ujichamatcha.com": "$36.99 USD, 30 Gram Tin, listed as currently sold out", "kanso-tea.com (secondary retailer, same product)": "$65.00 USD sale price / $75.00 USD regular price, 30g can, package dimensions W6cm x D6cm x H6.5cm, sold out", "emeryscorner.us (secondary retailer, same product)": "$38.50 USD sale price, 30g, sold out at capture" }
- Grade
- Ceremonial-grade koicha (thick tea)
- Origin
- Uji, Kyoto, Japan (sourced from Japan; ujichamatcha ships from California)
- Ingredients
- Green tea (Japan) — 'finest hand-selected tencha leaves' (per kanso-tea.com)
- Tasting Notes
- { "flavor": "Luxurious, indulgent, velvety texture, deep umami, harmonious sweetness; rich, sweet aroma; full-bodied flavor; described elsewhere as 'no bitterness, just pure indulgence'" }
- Brewing Instructions Koicha
- 4g matcha + 30ml water at 80°C, whisk approx. 15 seconds (per kanso-tea.com)
- Brewing Instructions Usucha
- 2g matcha + 60ml water at 80°C, whisk approx. 15 seconds (per kanso-tea.com); latte preparation also mentioned
- Servings Per Container
- Approx. 7 koicha servings at 4g/serving, or approx. 15 usucha servings at 2g/serving (per kanso-tea.com, 30g tin)
- Shelf Life
- Approximately 60 days unopened (per kanso-tea.com); emeryscorner.us similarly states best-before ~60 days from purchase and recommends refrigerating unopened matcha in an airtight container, then storing at room temperature and consuming within 2 weeks after opening
- Packaging
- Specially designed festive New Year can/tin
- Seasonal Availability
- Available only from early December to mid-January, while supplies last
- Cultural Context
- Connected by retailer copy to the historic Obukucha (New Year's tea) custom dating to 951 CE, when Emperor Murakami reportedly recovered from an epidemic after drinking tea distributed by the Buddhist priest Kūya of Rokuharamitsu-ji Temple
- Brand History Note
- Gion Tsujiri founded over 160 years ago (1860) in Uji, Kyoto
- Cultivar
- Not disclosed
- Certifications
- Not disclosed
- Awards
- Not disclosed
- Review Ratings
- Not disclosed on any of the three retailer pages checked
Research notes
This product had the most cross-retailer verification of the nine: three different US-based retailer pages (ujichamatcha.com, kanso-tea.com, emeryscorner.us) were fetched, all describing what appears to be the same 30g New Year limited-edition koicha tin, but with three substantially different USD prices. kanso-tea.com's page was notably more detailed (exact brewing ratios, servings count, shelf life, storage instructions, package dimensions) than ujichamatcha.com's page, so those extra details are included here even though they come from a secondary source for this brand/product combination.