Natural form

Finely milled matcha powder: vivid green, mounded in a small ceramic bowl.

Shows the powder's defining color, fine texture, and form before any preparation.

Beverages

Matcha

Vivid green tea powder for lattes, baking, and whisked tea

Stone-ground green tea, matcha whisks into a frothy, grassy-sweet bowl, blends into a latte, and tints cakes and ice cream vivid green. Keep it airtight, away from light.

Matcha is finely stone-ground powder of shade-grown green tea leaves — and because you consume the whole leaf rather than an infusion, it's intensely concentrated: vivid jade green, deeply vegetal, umami-rich, and grassy with a balancing natural sweetness and gentle bitterness. Whisked with hot water it makes the ceremonial Japanese tea; in the kitchen its bold color and flavor are prized for desserts and beyond. Matcha tints and flavors ice cream, cakes, lattes, and white chocolate a striking green, and a savory pinch seasons salts, noodles, and dressings. A little goes a long way, and quality matters enormously.

Measured in: g
Storage: Airtight

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Types & varieties

Ceremonial grade

Vivid, sweet, smooth — for whisking and delicate desserts

Culinary grade

Bolder, more bitter — baking and lattes

How to use in cooking

Sift matcha to avoid lumps, then whisk it into warm (not boiling) liquid or blend it into batters, creams, and frostings — it tints and flavors at once. It makes classic green-tea ice cream, matcha lattes, sponge cakes, white-chocolate ganache, and buttercream. A small savory pinch flavors finishing salt, soba dressing, or shortbread. Don't overheat or over-dose it: too much, or boiling water, turns it bitter and dulls the color.

How to choose

Ceremonial-grade matcha is vivid green, smooth, and sweet — best whisked plain or in delicate desserts. Culinary-grade is more robust and bitter but cheaper and fine for baking, lattes, and ice cream where sugar balances it. Dull, yellowish, or musty powder is stale — fresh matcha is brilliant jade.

Common uses

Whisk a matcha latteMake green-tea ice creamTint and flavor sponge cake or cookiesFold into buttercream or ganacheFlavor white-chocolate trufflesSeason a finishing saltColor a panna cotta or cheesecake

Tips & pitfalls

Sift before using to prevent lumps.
Use culinary grade for baking, ceremonial for delicate or plain uses.
Whisk into warm, not boiling, liquid to keep color and avoid bitterness.
A little goes far — over-dosing turns it bitter.

Nutrition

No USDA FoodData Central match for Matcha yet. We surface a per-100 g profile once a generic whole-food entry is matched and verified.

In the shops

Matched grocery products

Matcha Tea
FLOR DEL PIRINEO · kg · Bonpreu
€6.95
Matcha Tea Powder
Hacendado · 0.015 100 g · Mercadona
€2.90
ALMA Organic Matcha Tea
ALMA · kg · Bonpreu
€7.99
Lactose-Free Matcha Latte
KAIKU · l · Bonpreu
€1.89
Ceremonial Organic Matcha Tea
ECOBASICS · kg · Bonpreu
€6.95

Good to know

Flavor: Intense vegetal, umami, grassy, sweet-bitter
Use in cooking: Lattes, ice cream, cakes, frostings, savory salts
Alcohol?: No
Substitute base: Strong green tea (less intense), or culinary matcha
How to store: Airtight, cool, dark; reseal tightly — oxidizes and dulls fast

Substitutes