Somada Zairai Natural Ceremonial Grade Matcha

Name: Somada Zairai Natural Ceremonial Grade Matcha
Brand: River & Stone Tea
Price: 55 USD

Ceremonial, Zairai cultivar

Fruity

$55.00 (20g)

~$2.75 per gram

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Grade

Ceremonial

Cultivar

Zairai

Price in context

At $2.75 per gram, it costs more than 92% of the other 969 matchas in the database with a confirmed price and size. Among the 510 ceremonial-grade matchas with a confirmed price, the median is $1.00 per gram, and this one is roughly 2.7× the grade median. Among River & Stone Tea's 9 matchas with a confirmed price, this is the 8th-cheapest per gram.

Compared across 970 products with a confirmed price and size, with yen, pound and euro prices converted to dollars. How we research

Tasting notes

Our second Zairai on the menu! This is the farmer's first year harvesting it, though the bushes are 70 years old! Very limited quantities and a completely unique flavor. Tropical, with notes reminding us of papaya and palm-trees.

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

20g — $55.00

Full details

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Size: 20g
Price Usd: 20g: $55.00
Price Note: Prices as listed in the brand's own storefront in USD.
Description: Our second Zairai on the menu! This is the farmer's first year harvesting it, though the bushes are 70 years old! Very limited quantities and a completely unique flavor. Tropical, with notes reminding us of papaya and palm-trees.
Storefront Tags: [ "Matcha - Tin" ]

Research notes

Imported 2026-10-06 from the brand's own Shopify storefront feed (https://riverandstonetea.com/products.json); description is the brand's own copy. Archived prices are USD 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.