Matcha Ninja was originally grown in Yame, Japan. However, a concern that developed from us and our consumers,  was the possibility of radiation contamination of tea leaves due to the Fukushima disaster . The tea plant, called the camilia sinsnus , is like a sponge and heavily absorbs whatever is in it's environment.  This, coupled with the fact that with matcha you are consuming the tea by actually ingesting the whole leaf, not just steeping like regular tea.

The material exclusively used for making matcha is a green tea leaf called tencha. We decided to expand our sourcing efforts to find new tencha.  Our search brought us back to the birthplace of tea and more specifically to beautiful, organic farms in Zhejiang, China. Zhejiang is home of the infamous Longjing or Dragon Well green tea, an extremely high quality green tea renowned  amongst tea sommeliers globally. The original Dragon Well trees are still living in Zhejiang and the tea they produce is auctioned annually for higher price per gram than gold.