Matcha grade comparison guide
Which grade is yours?
If you want the peak, Grand Cru is Isuori's competition-grade matcha.
Stone-ground in Kagoshima from first-harvest leaves, it delivers exceptional smoothness, deep umami, and almost no astringency.
Drink it straight, whisked with water at 70°C. Nothing else.
If you practice the ceremony, or simply want to, Ceremonial is the grade that teaches you what balance means.
Sweetness, umami, and a whisper of vegetal freshness in perfect proportion.
This is the grade that turns a morning ritual into something worth pausing for.
If matcha is part of your daily life, Premium is the grade that earns its place at the table every morning.
Rich, rounded, intensely green.
Stone-ground from Kagoshima leaves, it holds its own in a latte without disappearing, and rewards you when you drink it plain.
If you cook, bake, and create, Essential was made for the kitchen.
THE ART OF GRINDING
Our Matcha Grades
Isuori Grand Cru
Isuori Ceremonial
Isuori Premium
Isuori Essential
45,00 €
35,00 €
25,00 €
15,00 €
Superior competition grade
Exceptional smoothness.
Deep umami
Very low astringency
High intensity
Competition grade
Perfect balance between sweetness, umami,.
Light vegetal notes
Premium Grade
Rich and rounded with sweet, vegetal notes; intense color
Essential Grade
Brighter and more vegetal, ideal for culinary uses
Grinding
Flavor
Deep umami
No astringency
high intensity
Stone-ground
Best for
Ceremony
Pure matcha
whisked alone
Intensity
Cultivar
Very high
Yabukita, Okumidori
Origin
Kagoshima
Okumidori
Yabukita
Saemidori
Kagoshima
Stone-ground
Sweet-umami
balanced
light vegetal
Ceremony, whisked Alone
high
Stone-ground
Rich
rounded
vegetal
Daily drinking
Medium - High
Yabukita
Okumidori
MarishiSaemidori
Kagoshima
Mechanical ground
Bright
bold
vegetal
Pastry desserts cooking
Asahi
Okumidori
Marishi
Bold
Kyushu