Our organic matcha powder comes from Japan and is of high quality. The tea variety is called Tencha and grows in the shade to develop a more powerful chlorophyll. At the beginning of April, a couple of weeks before harvest, the plants are also covered with a cloth. This causes the substances theanine and catechin to stimulate chlorophyll and amino acids, which gives the intense green color. The finest leaves are selected, picked by hand and steamed before being dried. Stems and leaf veins are cleaned before the leaves are stone-ground into a fine-grained powder. A grain can be as small as just a few microns (1 micron = 1 thousandth of a millimeter).