Deluxe Latte Grade Matcha 100g by Hoshino Seichaen, Yame

Savory, rich, and beautifully emerald green, our Deluxe Latte Grade Matcha is a first-harvest Japanese matcha from Hoshino Tea Company in Yame, Fukuoka. We use this Matcha for both iced and hot lattes served to guests at our matcha café and green tea shop.

Made with higher-grade first-harvest tea leaves, our Deluxe Latte Grade offers greater depth, richness, and intensity than our Versatile Premium Matcha. Its pronounced Matcha flavor and pleasant astringency are exactly what make it especially well suited for lattes: the tea holds its own beautifully when combined with milk, milk alternatives, and sweeteners rather than disappearing behind the other ingredients.

Although you may see similar Matchas marketed as “ceremonial grade,” the term is not an official grading standard in Japan. We prefer to describe our Matcha by its origin, harvest, flavor, and intended use. Our Deluxe Latte Grade is made with higher-grade first-harvest tea leaves from Yame and was selected specifically for its richness and intensity in lattes—not because it falls below Matchas marketed as “ceremonial.”

Our Versatile Premium Matcha is also made exclusively from first-harvest tea leaves and is an excellent choice for lattes and smoothies. While the Deluxe Latte Grade delivers a richer and more concentrated Matcha experience at the same serving amount, you can achieve a similarly rich cup with the Versatile Premium by simply using a little more Matcha. It’s a great everyday option for those who want more flexibility in adjusting the strength of their Matcha.

This Matcha whisks beautifully in cold water, making it especially easy to prepare for iced lattes. We use cold water when preparing Matcha at our café, so there is no need to heat water when making an iced latte at home.

While we offer other Matchas that are better suited for those who primarily enjoy Matcha prepared traditionally with water, many of our guests appreciate the versatility of this tea. It is still more assertive and astringent than many of our higher-grade Matchas, while offering the richness and vibrancy we look for in a Matcha intended for milk-based drinks.

Like all of our Matchas, this is genuine Japanese Matcha made from tea leaves that undergo the specialized cultivation and processing required to produce Matcha, including shade-growing, harvesting, deveining, destemming, and stone-grinding.

PREPARATION: 

 – ICED MATCHA LATTE (16 OZ)

• 4g Matcha
• 2 oz cold water for whisking
• 3 oz additional cold water
• 5 oz milk or milk alternative (we like oat milk)
• Syrup or sweetener to taste
• Ice

Whisk the Matcha with 2 oz of cold water until smooth and free of lumps. Add the remaining cold water and sweetener to taste.

Fill a 16 oz tumbler with ice, pour in the Matcha mixture, and finish with milk.

For a lighter Matcha flavor, use 3g of Matcha.

PROVENANCE YOU CAN TRUST

We believe that the quality of matcha cannot be understood through color, cultivar, or origin alone. It is also important to know how and where the tencha was cultivated and processed, who selected and finished the tea, who created the final blend, and where and how it was stone-milled.

Our matcha comes directly from Hoshino Seichaen in Hoshino Village, Yame, Fukuoka, with whom we have maintained a close and continuing relationship. Depending on the tea, a blend may include tencha grown by several of Hoshino Seichaen’s partner producers. The leaves are carefully evaluated, finished, and blended by the tea specialists at Hoshino Seichaen before being ground on the company’s own stone mills under controlled conditions.

This direct relationship allows us to verify the production process and facilities behind the matcha we offer—from the cultivation and processing of the tencha through final blending and milling. For us, traceability is not simply a region printed on a package. It is an ongoing relationship with the producer and a clear understanding of how each matcha is made.

FLAVOR PROFILE:

Richness: 3/5

Bite: 3/5

Aroma: 2/5

Vibrancy: 3/5

Umami: 2/5

MANUFACTURER: HOSHINO SEICHAEN　星野製茶園

ORIGIN: Yame 八女, Fukuoka Prefecture 福岡県, Japan日本

SIZE: 100 grams (makes 20-30 lattes/smoothies)

PACKAGING: Re-sealable plastic pouch