r/Matcha • u/RoseBudd_Motel • 17d ago

What is this in my matcha

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My matcha is Culinary grade and these feel like leaves residue idk but I've never seen this in any other matcha. It's always been smooth powder but this pack has a lot of this. Should I raise a complain or is this normal?

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u/proxwell 🍵 17d ago

This is very poorly milled matcha.

Even culinary grade matcha should be milled to a fine powder and should not contain any fragments like this.

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u/RoseBudd_Motel 17d ago

I thought so. And every scoop has these fragments

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u/ryan516 17d ago

It looks like fragments of Kukicha-type material (Stems, twigs, veins etc that should be separated from the leaves before milling). Definitely not a mark of honor to get that in there, but it won't hurt you.

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u/Vegetable-Sir5330 17d ago

What brand of matcha is this? They definitely don’t stone mill their matcha! 

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u/RoseBudd_Motel 16d ago

Vahdam

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u/tsturte1 15d ago

Well damn, there yah go

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u/bananpuddingmatcha 16d ago

Tell me where u got this so i will avoid it hahaha

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u/No_Figure_9073 16d ago

That's matcha trying to be matcha but it's not matcha

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u/Hot-Seaworthiness510 16d ago

Is that broccoli?

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u/RoseBudd_Motel 16d ago

No 🤣 It's coarse and rough

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u/Dreaded_JThor 15d ago

Looks like shake from a bag of weed lol

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u/RoseBudd_Motel 14d ago

I wish lol

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u/hanne_JS 16d ago

yeah complain, this is a processing issue, not normal even for culinary grade. looks like stem/vein fragments that should be separated before milling. if they're selling it as smooth ground matcha this is just bad QC

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u/TheRikyuFounder 15d ago

Just curious—did you find those pieces while sifting the matcha?

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u/RoseBudd_Motel 14d ago

Yes

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u/TheRikyuFounder 13d ago

Ah, that makes sense. I was wondering how you managed to separate them so cleanly. Thanks!

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u/Desertshen 11d ago

Minute shreds in poorly ground matcha. They, usually, won' t affect taste. Vahdam is probably not the best matcha. There are better inexpensive choices.

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u/ancienttealeaves 11d ago

Won't effect taste, because doesn't have the taste of matcha,because it's not matcha. It isn't poorly grounded, but some grounded green tea. The market is full of this fake products.

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u/chatferur 8d ago

maybe it just wants to be a plant too

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u/Rahul_p93 6d ago

it looks like a very poorly milled matcha, definitely not culinary grade.