Uji, Japan
Uji, Japan

Sourced directly from Uji, Japan's most famous matcha region — where matcha has been grown and perfected for over 800 years. We went to the source so you don't have to settle.

First Harvest
First Harvest

We only use first flush matcha — the very first leaves picked in spring. They are the highest quality, youngest, most nutrient-dense leaves of the year, giving a naturally sweeter, smoother taste with low bitterness.

Stone Milled
Stone Milled

Our matcha is slowly ground between traditional granite stones. It takes about an hour to produce just 40g, but it protects the flavour, colour and nutrients - no shortcuts.

Shade Grown
Shade Grown

For the final weeks before harvest, the tea plants are covered from sunlight. This boosts chlorophyll and L-theanine, giving matcha its vibrant green colour and that calm, focused energy.

Person wearing a green cap and beige coat, holding a phone and a green drink against a brick wall with plants.

The Matcha Bar exists because I was sick of bad matcha.

Sick of overpriced cups of sugary milk, and matcha that was an afterthought on someone else's menu. Here, matcha isn't on the menu. It is the menu.

How it started

This all started with a girl in Dublin who just wanted a really good matcha.

I became obsessed with figuring out what good matcha should actually be.

An obsession that eventually took me all the way to Japan.

Turns out, I wasn’t the only one looking for it.

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New drops. Off-menu things. Happenings at the bar, and the occasional thing I probably shouldn’t announce publicly yet.