{"product_id":"starter","title":"KEKKAI Matcha – Starter | Japanese Matcha Powder, Saemidori Single Cultivar, 100g","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a threshold to cross before every ritual. Saemidori marks that first crossing — the gentle invitation into the practice of matcha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe name.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSaemidori (冴えみどり) means\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eclear green\u003c\/em\u003e. Named for the crisp, luminous colour of the leaf itself, this cultivar was developed and registered in Kagoshima, where our leaves are still grown today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe experience.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBright and grassy, Saemidori opens itself easily. Grown without shading and picked in autumn, it carries more briskness than the shaded grades — a clean, direct green rather than a deep umami. It is at its best steamed into a morning latte, where it holds its clarity through the milk, or whisked light for an everyday bowl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGrown in Chiran, a small town in Kagoshima known for tea gardens rising into low mountain mist. Cultivated as a single cultivar and ball-milled to fine powder by Matsudacha, established 1898.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCultivar: Saemidori (single cultivar)\u003cbr\u003eOrigin: Chiran, Kagoshima, Japan\u003cbr\u003eHarvest: Autumn\u003cbr\u003eShading: None\u003cbr\u003eGrade: Non-organic\u003cbr\u003eProcessing: Ball-milled\u003cbr\u003eNet weight: 100g\u003cbr\u003eIngredients: Green Tea (Matcha)\u003cbr\u003eStorage: Refrigerate after opening. Keep away from light, heat, and moisture.\u003cbr\u003eBest consumed within six months of opening for optimal freshness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNote: Our packaging labels are periodically refined to meet evolving food-labeling standards. The label design shown may vary slightly from what you receive.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery practice begins somewhere. This is where ours does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top: 2em;\"\u003eIndependently tested for heavy metals\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery batch of KEKKAI matcha is verified by Eurofins, an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory. Our STARTER (Saemidori) tested at \u003cstrong\u003e34 µg\/kg of lead\u003c\/strong\u003e — approximately \u003cstrong\u003e1\/44th of the EU regulatory maximum\u003c\/strong\u003e for tea (1,500 µg\/kg).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e→ \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/heavy-metal-testing\"\u003eSee all test results\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 0.85em; color: #666; margin-top: 1.5em;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCalifornia residents: See our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/california-proposition-65\"\u003eProposition 65 notice\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KEKKAI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49885168042232,"sku":"KM-ST-100","price":5200.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0814\/9404\/9016\/files\/ph0095.jpg?v=1786696767","url":"https:\/\/kekkaimatcha.com\/products\/starter","provider":"KEKKAI MATCHA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}