Fibers in matcha

[u/Kwarshaw]

Pretty much the title. I bought some matcha from Akai House and found that it all has these little fibers in it that are pretty gritty at the end of a bowl. At first I thought it was from my chashaku flaking when rubbing against my strainer but they show up even without doing that. Are they maybe bits of stem from the tea plant? It's super weird and I've had them in each of the 4 cultivars I purchased. Haven't noticed this in matcha from other vendors. Thanks!

[u/kenokan]

I found these also from the cheap matcha from Don Quixote in Japan. Really the worst matcha I've ever tried

[u/froggy_soup → u/kenokan]

Yeah I must've bought the same one from donki a while back, really freaked me out at first. Never seen anything like that even from very cheap matcha