Fine Culinary Grade Matcha

Name: Fine Culinary Grade Matcha
Brand: Leopard

Culinary, sourced from Kagoshima

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Price not confirmed

Grade

Culinary

Region

Kagoshima

Unverifiable: we could not locate a live, official page for this product during research. It may be discontinued, renamed, or the brand may not maintain a findable page for it. This entry is preserved for transparency rather than removed.

Sourcing

Kagoshima, Japan

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Tasting notes

conflicting descriptions found - see contradictions

very finely ground; after whisking, mostly combined/blended with only minimal undissolved particles at edges of bowl

mild-to-slight bitterness with grassy notes; described as a pleasant, good everyday/daily matcha at a good price point, though one reviewer noted the flavor 'left me wanting more'

Composition

L-theanine

13.68 mg/g

Culinary-grade published estimate — Goto et al., lower-grade matcha samples, Tea Research Report No.80:23-28 (1994)

EGCG

75.1 mg/g

Culinary-grade published estimate — Goto et al., lower-grade matcha samples, Tea Research Report No.83:21-28 (1996)

Full details

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Grade: Culinary
Region: Kagoshima, Japan
Price Per Ounce Third Party Review: $8.30
Cultivation: shade grown, hand picked, stone ground
Color: deep, vibrant lime green (also described elsewhere as bright green-apple color, though 'not quite as vibrant as other matchas' per a different excerpt)
Aroma: conflicting descriptions found - see contradictions
Texture: very finely ground; after whisking, mostly combined/blended with only minimal undissolved particles at edges of bowl
Flavor: mild-to-slight bitterness with grassy notes; described as a pleasant, good everyday/daily matcha at a good price point, though one reviewer noted the flavor 'left me wanting more'
Third Party Ranking: Ranked 2nd place among culinary grade matchas in Minimalist Baker's comparison review, overall score 20/25
Repurchase Recommendation: Yes (per Minimalist Baker reviewer)

Research notes

No official Leopard brand product page could be reached. leopardteashop.com and leopardmatcha.com failed to resolve/timed out on every attempt (via both the fetch tool and a real browser); Amazon and eBay listings returned server errors or timeouts; alldayieat.com returned HTTP 403 Forbidden. All information above comes from a third-party comparison review (minimalistbaker.com/best-matcha-review, fetched directly) plus a search-engine synthesis of the same and similar third-party sources. No price/size for direct retail purchase, no ingredients list, no certifications, and no official brand copy could be confirmed for this specific product.