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Soukou Matcha
  • Soukou Matcha
  • Soukou Matcha
  • Soukou Matcha
  • Soukou Matcha
  • Soukou Matcha
  • Soukou Matcha
Soukou Matcha

Soukou Matcha
$26.00
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Soukou is a remarkable offering—a matcha that showcases everything we love about Yame matcha at an exceptional value. Our gentlest offering to date, Soukou offers a bracingly fresh profile with a velvety and soft finish and lingering toasty finish, making this matcha an unrivaled daily drinker.

Tasting Notes

  • Toasted saltine
  • Dark chocolate
  • Summer grass

Information

Producer: Shinya Yamaguchi
Cultivar: Blend
Production Area: Hoshinomura, Yame
Production Year: 2025
Packaging: 20g tin

  • Nutty
  • Grassy
  • Umami

Soukou is a remarkable offering—a matcha that showcases everything we love about Yame matcha at an exceptional value. Our gentlest offering to date, Soukou offers a bracingly fresh profile with a velvety and soft finish and lingering toasty finish, making this matcha an unrivaled daily drinker.

Preparation

Usucha

In a tea bowl, add 2g of sifted matcha and 65ml of hot water (180°F). Vigorously whisk the matcha in a "Z" pattern with a bamboo whisk until a fine foam appears.

Iced Matcha

Add 2g of sifted Matcha to a tumbler or thermos, add 200ml of cold filtered water and shake vigorously for 30 seconds. Pour over ice.

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Shinya Yamaguchi

Shinya Yamaguchi is a renowned tea producer from Hoshino Village in Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture, celebrated for crafting some of Japan’s finest Sencha, Gyokuro and Matcha. A third-generation tea maker and the youngest person ever to achieve the prestigious 10-dan Tea Master certification, Yamaguchi-san balances deep tradition with a relentless drive for innovation in cultivar development and processing. Working in the remote, mist-covered mountains of Hoshinomura, he crafts teas of exceptional depth, sweetness, and clarity—among the most sought-after in Japan and deeply cherished by Kettl customers.

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