Midori Spring ECO Class Culinary Grade Matcha #midorispring
I’ve been drinking matcha for several years now, and have learned a lot about the different grades. The ONLY grade I would ever recommend drinking on its own is Ceremonial Grade - which is almost always sold in a tin, and good quality will only be found at a price point of roughly $25-$30 per ounce (30g) or higher.
The lower grades are referred to by various names I’ve seen: cooking, ingredient, culinary, cafe, (maybe others?) to indicate that the matcha is meant to be mixed with other foods or beverages. You’ll definitely find a lot of variance in quality here. Many that are sourced from China will be almost brown in color and be extremely bitter — avoid these. A good cooking/ingredient/culinary/cafe grade matcha should still preferably be sourced from Japan, have a good green color, and be priced at around $10 per ounce or higher.
This "cafe" grade matcha from Jade Leaf is a great quality mixing matcha at a reasonable price — the best I’ve found so far. It’s perfect for smoothies and lattes, as the packaging suggests, which is what I’ve found to be the easiest way to incorporate matcha into my day to day diet.
Anyone who tries to drink this matcha mixed only with water is doing it wrong — this matcha is meant to be mixed into things like smoothies and lattes. On its own it will of course taste bitter - but mixed into things it adds a nice green tea flavor (not to mention incredible health benefits and energy boost!)
I added it to some cream cheese lime spritz cookies to give them an earthy green tea flavor.
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