Micro Ingredients Organic Matcha Green Tea Powder, 1lb | Premium First Harvest Japanese for Daily Beverage | 100% Pure Culinary Grade | No Sugar, Eco-Friendly Recyclable Bags

This is a better quality matcha than what is used at Starbucks!
This product is better than the matcha powder mix used at Starbucks! Starbucks uses a 51% sugar mix with questionably sourced matcha/sencha making up the other 49%. It has no tea flavor as it’s basically just sweetened milk. If you’ve come to matcha through the Starbucks lens, this is NOT that product. It’s what you should be drinking instead!When I’ve tried to get matcha powder locally at the grocery store, I’ve not been able to find one that is the same quality as this in such a value size quantity. For size reference, I’m pretty sure this size bag could last one person 3mos even if they were drinking a matcha latte everyday. This matcha here packs a bolder flavor, a better boost of energy, and more mental clarity without the crash that you’d have from coffee. It is unsweetened, which gives you the freedom to make the final product (latte, smoothie, whatever) as sweet or unsweet as you like. The powder is ULTRA fine, and is about the consistency of powdered sugar. It dissolves wonderfully in a few ounces of the liquid of your choice (I prefer oatmilk), and it suspends very nicely and does not sink to the bottom when at rest for a few moments.All around highly recommend. Unless you’re Japanese and have had that real good stuff and would know the difference, this is probably good enough for most people.

Very good matcha
I have tried before Matcha teas that I bought directly from Japan and this one is up there with the best.Since is not written on the package or description that this is “ceremonial grade”, I was expecting a bit of bitterness or fishy flavor, but to my surprise there is none.I tried it even straight with just hot water and it tastes smooth, something that the majority of the Matcha teas do not, they always have a bit of bitter/weed flavor that makes them unpleasant to drink unless they are mixed with something.I had tried before their “culinary” grade Matcha and it was good but had all those flavor characteristic of most matcha, this version which is called “premium first harvest” is definitely better for just a small increase in price and much less pricey than other Matcha that are defined Ceremonial grade.Also, it mixes super well with water and lattes of various kind.

Mild taste compared to others but mixes well in drinks
I drink this throughout the day and before I ride my bike or exercise and it works great

I think something is wrong with this tea, maybe pesticides or heavy metals in it.
I rarely post about items I buy on Amazon. I buy several thousand items on Amazon every year, but I feel that I need to post today. Something seems to be wrong with this tea. I’ve bought the most popular brand for five years and it makes me feel great, but I tried this Micro Ingredients brands twice this week. Both days a felt really awful and nauseous, as well as some other weird feelings. I’m 80% confident that it’s from this brand. It’s a lot cheaper in price, and much larger portion, which is why I decided to try it, but I think it’s very possible that this tea is coming from a source that has contaminated soil etc. I just bought a bag of the brand I normally consume. I hate to waste things, but I’ll throw this Micro brand in the trash.Additionally, It tastes kind of sweet, whereas no other matcha’s I’ve ever drank before, had this kind of odd taste.