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Fuki Narita

Fuki Narita studied agriculture at Hokkaido University in northern Japan and writes The Matcha Index from Sapporo. The brand articles here are built from catalogue data collected from each seller's own store — every product, every size, every price — together with archived price histories where they exist. The spreadsheets behind each article are published in full so the arithmetic can be checked. This site measures what sellers publish; it does not review how the tea tastes. Buying and shipping these products back to Japan is not practical, so where taste is discussed the source is always named. More about the method →

Unsweetened Matcha: Why It’s Winning, and How to Buy the Real Thing (2026)

September 5, 2026August 24, 2026 by Fuki Narita

Starbucks dropped the sugar from its matcha powder in January 2025, and searches for unsweetened matcha are up 175% in a year. The sweetened-vs-unsweetened map of the market.

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Best Matcha for Lattes: The Price Data Nobody Runs (2026)

September 5, 2026August 24, 2026 by Fuki Narita

Every brand that sells a dedicated latte or barista matcha prices it between $0.18 and $0.77 per gram. The full table, what blind tests crowned, and what 231 buyer reviews say.

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What Matcha Actually Costs: Per Bowl, Per Tin, Per Year

September 5, 2026August 24, 2026 by Fuki Narita

A bowl of matcha costs about $2.00. A daily habit is $321 to $1,336 a year — still less than a café latte habit.

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“Ceremonial Grade” Matcha

September 5, 2026August 24, 2026 by Fuki Narita

What It Actually Means:There is no ceremonial grade. The label appears on matcha from 28 cents to over a dollar a gram. What to look at instead.

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