CeremonialShofuku no Enishi
Ceremonial, sourced from Uji
¥2484 (30g) — ~$15.72 USD (converted)
~$0.52 per gram
Grade
Ceremonial
Region
Uji
Price in context
At $0.52 per gram, it costs less than 77% of the other 969 matchas in the database with a confirmed price and size. Among the 353 Uji matchas with a confirmed price, the median is $1.28 per gram, and this one is well under the regional median. Among Morihan's 15 matchas with a confirmed price, this is the 5th-cheapest per gram.
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Sourcing
Uji, Japan
View the full sourcing map →Tasting notes
色・泡立ち・薫香・お茶の風味と旨味 (color, foam, aroma, flavor and umami)
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
Everything disclosed on the product page (21 fields)▾
- Japanese Name As Listed In Url Title
- 招服の縁 (as it appeared in the site's category listing title)
- Japanese Name On Product Page
- 森半 表千家御家元御好み <宇治抹茶 薄茶> 招服の縁
- Romanized Name
- Omotesenke Iemoto Gokonomimi Uji Matcha Usucha - Shofuku no Enishi
- Price Jpy
- 2484
- Price Note
- 税込 (tax included)
- Size
- 30g × 1 can
- Product Code
- 1140952
- Grade
- Usucha (thin tea) - ceremonial grade, specifically favored/endorsed by the Omotesenke tea ceremony school's Iemoto (grand master)
- Region
- Uji, Kyoto Prefecture
- Processing
- 石臼挽き (stone mill ground, traditional method)
- Production Rate
- "1時間に約30g程度の生産しかできない貴重な「宇治抹茶」" (a precious Uji matcha producing only ~30g per hour)
- Color Quality
- 鮮やかな濃緑色の輝き (vivid deep-green luster)
- Tasting Notes
- 色・泡立ち・薫香・お茶の風味と旨味 (color, foam, aroma, flavor and umami)
- Raw Material
- 緑茶（国産） - Green tea, domestic
- Source Tea Type
- Tencha (碾茶), shade-grown starting around April
- Shelf Life
- 5 months from manufacturing date
- Storage
- Avoid heat/humidity; protect from odor transfer
- Packaging History
- Previously sold under the name "三木の栄" (Miki no Sakae) - the product was recently rebranded/renamed with a packaging redesign
- Shipping
- Yamato delivery, room temperature
- Brand Heritage
- Morihan founded 1836 (天保7年) in Uji/Ogura, Kyoto; won national tea judging competition twice
- Naming Philosophy
- "大切な一服の縁に沿う味わい深い御茶をつくりたいという思いがこめられております" (Named with the intention of creating a deeply flavorful tea that accompanies precious moments/connections - 'enishi' meaning bond/connection)
Research notes
IMPORTANT DISCREPANCY: the site's own category-listing text rendered the product name as '招服の縁' (using 服 'clothing/serve' character) while the product detail page itself used '招福の縁' (using 福 'fortune/luck' character). Both romanize similarly to 'Shofuku no Enishi' but the underlying kanji differ - this is likely an OCR/rendering inconsistency between the two page fetches rather than two different products, since the price, product code, and all other details matched a single SKU. No certifications, customer reviews, or explicit brewing instructions were disclosed.
