Welcome to our shop. You can buy online, or alternatively download our 'order by post' form here
Browse teas
Guest tea - Matcha
Kumo No Shiro - Uji
The tea company Shohokuen from Uji has been producing top quality matcha for more than 300 years. The Tea Spot are proudly bringing their incredible matcha to the UK.
Matcha is the stone-ground green tea powder made of the best quality, shadow-grown tea.
The tea leaves are covered with straw mats four weeks prior to harvesting. This induces the plant to produce more chlorophyll and amino acids. The more amino acids the leaves contain, the sweeter the tea. The leaves are picked by hand, only once per year. The tea leaves are then steamed and dried, after which the stems and veins are removed. The result of this is called tencha. Finally, this tencha is stone-ground into matcha. Nowadays this is done by electrical stone-grinders.
Drinking Matcha all the goodness of green tea leaves enters the body giving you a full anti-toxin plus a deeply stimulating uplift.
Matcha has the lowest caffeine level of any green tea. It's the L-theanine in matcha that makes people alert. The body can't absorb it as quickly as caffeine, so that pick-me-up lasts for about eight hours. At the same time L-theanine acts on the brain to relax and focus people. One cup of matcha contains 70 times the antioxidants of a cup of orange juice and nine times the beta carotene of a serving of spinach.
More info
If you want to buy some tea, please click on the leaf with the amount you would like to purchase. When you're done, click 'view cart' to checkout.If you prefer to buy in shop, our teas can be bought at:
- Mono, Kings Court, King Street, Glasgow
- Truckle 349, Fullham Palace Rd, London SW6 6TB
- Henderson's Farm Shop, 92 Hanover Street, Edinburgh
- Tibo - coffee & fine food deli, 443 Duke Street, Glasgow
- Pizzaz, Otago Street, Glasgow
- The Chantry Tea Rooms, 9 Chantry Place, Morpeth Northumbria
- Bar 78, Kelvin Hall Street, Glasgow
- Derwentwater Arms, Sheffield
- Aziza 2, Great Western Road, Glasgow
- The Taste of the Country, Warwickshire
