[Competition & World Class Grades] you want to treat your grandparents for all the love they've given you

• loose leaf tea
  • Single Origin Single Cultivar Saemidori Sencha (Fukamushi Kabusecha) - Kagoshima [World Class Grade]
  • Single Origin Yabukita Blend Green Hojicha (Very Light Roast) - Kagoshima [World Class Grade]

[Imperial Grade] you want to finally impress your asian parents & make your in-laws like you

• tea powders
  • Okumidori x Saemidori Blend Matcha - Shiga [Imperial Grade]
  • Single Cultivar Saemidori Matcha - Shiga [Imperial Grade]
  • Earl Grey Tea Powder - Sri Lanka [Imperial Grade]
  • Yabukita Blend Hojicha (Light Roast) - Shizuoka [Imperial Grade]

[Heritage Grade] you've finally decided to let yourself heal & allow yourself to enjoy a small luxury every day because it's the small wins that count

• tea powders
  • Okumidori Blend Matcha - Shizuoka [Heritage Grade]
  
  
• accessories
  • Matcha/Tea Powder Sifter - Satin-Finished Stainless Steel

[Signature Grade] you just want to become the workplace matcha snob & let everyone know their matcha is inferior

• tea powders
  • Tsuyuhikari Blend Matcha - Shizuoka [Signature Grade]

here’s my thought process and logic (or lack thereof 😂) on how and why i choose my products, and what you might want to buy (or not)

this is probably an unconventional approach and everything i suggest is all relative to my own personal standards, benchmarks and references (so you can't really compare my ratings to others)

here's the general order of my priorities

tea

1. taste & aroma (significantly higher weighting)
2. texture & mouthfeel
3. colour & presentation

the combination of these determine its overall quality

taste/aroma will always be number one. no exceptions. nothing else comes close

texture/mouthfeel and colour/presentation come after

there's another 20+ factors i also consider, but it's way too long for this page and ✨ no one actually cares ✨