Buying Ippodo Matcha powder and tea bags online on Amazon, or at shops?

 

 

When you want to drink Matcha or green tea for the tea ceremony or at the home, you would have trouble picking out one because there are too many tea manufacturers and products.  

 

Do you know the types, benefit and drinking way of Japanese green tea?

 

Then why don’t you enjoy the high-quality powders or bags of long-established shop at  Kyoto, the home of Matcha in Japan? If you live in Japan or New York, you can buy directly at the shops of Ippodo Tea Co. Even not, you can get some items at Amazon. The taste of 400 years history.

 

Mtcha tea powders and green tea bags of Ippodo on Amazon

 

Learn about Matcha. How drink it?

 

Matcha powder

 

Balanced density

 

Ikuyo-no-mukashi (Kimmo-no-mukashi)

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Refleshing and smooth, but a little bitter taste. The powder is same to Kimmo-no-mukashi.

 

 

Tancho-no-mukashi

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Less bitter. It is smooth to drink even for a strainger to Matcha.

 

 

Thick density

 

Ummon-no-mukashi

Strongly sweeter. Highest quality Matcha powder in Ippodo. 

Ummon-no-mukashi (20g tin)

 

 

Sayaka-no-mukashi

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Smooth and sweet. Rich scent and mild taste.

 

 

 

Green tea bag

 

Sencha green tea

 

Gyokuro green tea

 

What the difference between Sencha and Gyokuro?

 

 

 

Shops of Ippodo

 

Kyoto Main Store

 

The store which was established in 1717 is along Teramach Street. Not only you can drink and buy green tea products but also the stuff convey the charm and allure of Japanese green tea through our tearooms, tea classes, and other activities.

 

Teramachi-dori Nijo, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-0915
Tel: +81-75-211-3421 / Fax: +81-75-241-0153
Store hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm*
Kaboku Tearoom: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm (‘Last call’ at 5:30 pm)*
* Closed during New Year’s holidays.
** Parking available

 

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Tokyo Marunouchi Store

 

In the business district of Tokyo, there is a branch of the traditional tea shop. Marunouchi Store is the only street-level store in Japan excepting Main Store. It also has a tea room and lesson. The traditional Japanese sweets are popular too.

 

Kokusai Bldg. 1F 3-1-1 Marunouchi Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo 100-0005
Tel: +81-3-6212-0202 / Fax: +81-3-6212-0203
Hours:
Store: 11:00 am to 7:00 pm
Kaboku Tearoom: 11:00 am to 7:00 pm
Closed for year-end and New Year’s holidays

 

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Ippo Tea, New York

 

The only Ippo store street-front store outside of Japan. If you live in the city, you can buy the high-quality Japanese green tea from the many kinds after tasting.

 

125 East 39th Street, New York, NY 10016, U.S.A.

Hours: 11 AM to 7 PM (closed on Mondays)
TEL: +1-212-370-0609

 

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You can also buy the products from the HP.

 

 

When you get the best Matcha tea powder, how about tea bowls and utensils?

 

Japanese traditional pottery for a Matcha tea bowl

Arita (Imari) ware Matcha bowl

Hagi ware Matcha bowl

 

 

Tea ceremony utensils

Custermizing your Japanese Matcha tea set for the ceremony