Name: Matcha Iri Sencha
Brand: Tealyra
SKU: 307-50-P
Price: 15.39 NZD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.8 (12 reviews)

Origin

Japan

Asia

Caffeine Level (mg/1g)

0

1-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41+

Description

Matcha Iri Sencha – Bold Japanese Sencha Dusted with Matcha

Our Matcha Iri Sencha combines two of Japan's most beloved green teas: premium sencha and fine matcha. Traditionally prepared Japanese sencha leaves are coated with a fine dusting of high-quality matcha (2.5% by weight), creating a vivid, bold and flavorful cup.

The result is a strong green tea flavor with lots of fresh grassiness and delicate sweetness that lingers on the tongue. The matcha adds a creamy body and rich green color, while the sencha provides a bright, refreshing base. It's a wonderful way to enjoy the flavor of matcha without whisking.

Tasting Notes

Liquor: vivid, cloudy jade green
Aroma: fresh, grassy and vegetal
Flavor: bold green tea with lots of grassiness
Body: smooth and slightly creamy from the matcha
Finish: delicate, lingering sweetness

Why You'll Love It

Matcha Iri Sencha is absolutely perfect for those who love a strong tea taste and a good dose of caffeine. With both sencha and matcha, it delivers bold, vibrant refreshment in every cup.

Premium Japanese sencha
Dusted with high-quality matcha
Bold, grassy and sweet
A strong, bold green tea

How to Enjoy

Enjoy it plain as a morning or midday pick-me-up. Gently swirl your teapot before pouring to distribute the matcha. It's excellent iced and pairs perfectly with sushi, onigiri and Japanese snacks.

Vibrant, bold and refreshing, Matcha Iri Sencha is the best of both Japanese green tea worlds — a perfect choice for busy mornings, study sessions and anyone who wants the richness of matcha with the ease of a steeped tea.

Make it your kind of cup

ready, set, steep.

A great starting point. Adjust the strength to suit your taste.

011-1.5 TSP or 1 BAGScoop your leavesAdd tea to a roomy infuser or teapot.
0280°C200mlJust add waterPour water over the leaves at the suggested temperature.
031.5 - 2 minGive it a momentLet the tea steep, then remove the leaves.
04Your perfect cupSip and enjoyTaste it plain first, then make it your own.

A little steeping tipLet just-boiled water cool for a minute or two — water that’s too hot can turn delicate leaves bitter. Good leaves give a lovely second cup, too.

Preparation:

Use 1-1.5 TSP or 1 BAG per 200ml of water at 80°C and steep for 1.5-2 min.

Ingredients:

Green tea, matcha powder

Write your own Review

Jenn

March 2026

This is probably my favorite green tea ever! First of all, the color of the brew is a gorgeous bright green. Some other reviewers mentioned that this has some bitter notes, but I haven’t found that to be true at all. It has a bright, slight vegetal flavor but also a bit of malt flavor from the matcha. It is somehow both light and rich at the same time. And unlike so many green teas for me, I have absolutely no trouble drinking (a lot of) it on an empty stomach. This is a beautiful and exceptional tea!

Huma Arshad

September 2023

I was a fan of David's Tea Sencha. But I didn't want to order teas from different places so I ordered from Tealyra. At first I didn't like the flavor because I felt it was too weak. Long story short, when I ordered this tea the second time it totally blew me away. The notes were just perfect and even better than Sencha from David's Tea. Since then, I have been ordering Matcha Iri Sencha and I love every sip of it. This tea in my view can't be brewed twice. The second brew is very weak and gets bitter. So I brew it once and brew it right. More than a min and a half and the tea gets bitter. The water has to be the exact temperature between 170 F - 175 F, more than that and the tea gets bitter. Regardless, I will keep buying it because it is just a wonderful tea.

Miriam Clews

July 2023

I have been searching for years fir the perfect macha blend. I have been trying this one for some time now, and think I have finally arrived. I'm tempted to add a little more macha. Very unusually, the second cup is of a great quality. This is good for me, as I normally need two cups to get me started. Beautiful colour and perfume. I recommend it to many friends. Some have made the mistake of ordering from another source. It never compares with yours.

Victoria Leong

November 2022

This one is definitely a winner! It punches well above it's price range for Japanese green tea. Lovely flavour and great colour. It also delivers your caffine in such a away that you can be so awake but without buzz or jitters!

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Chris

April 2022

This is my favorite daily sencha, and favorite tea in general. The sencha/matcha blend is wonderful because it allows you to get excellent results through multiple steepings. The matcha will add sweetness and counterbalance the astringency of the sencha on the first steep, giving you a strong and bright first cup. For the second steep and beyond, the matcha is mostly gone, as well as the most of the bitterness from sencha, giving you a mellower, milder cup that is still nicely balanced. I like to do a shorter first steep and a much longer second steep, which I find gives me a balanced yet full bodied extraction each time.

Aaron Brook

February 2022

The best green tea I've ever had outside of Japan. I'm neither a particularly vain person nor a tea snob, but I really appreciate a great cup of tea. This is a cup so great that, when brewed correctly, you almost don't feel worthy of it. It's as if you somehow made a mistake in preparing it because it's that good. I have found that, for my personal taste, 75-77*C and 3ish minutes of brew time is optimal. That said, the suggested 80*C and 1.5-2*C is plenty good.

If you've been turned off green tea in the past because most coffee shops and restaurants burn the living daylights out of the leaves with 99*C water, look no further than right here right now for something to renew your faith.

Riverbank Hank

March 2021

I accidentally ordered 2 x 50g bags of this, just an oversight of mine when I was putting together my 1st Tealyra "sampler" order. When I received my order, and realized my mistake, I was a bit disappointed as this Match Iri Sencha was the least anticipated of the 5 different teas I ordered. It was the token green tea on the order, which also had one white tea, one oolong, one pu-er, and one rooibos. However, it turned out to be a good mistake as this tea is delicious! Of course, I would've saved money by just ordering 100g instead of 2 x 50g, but no biggie. Brewed correctly, it makes a vibrant green cup of tea that tastes less grassy than other green teas I've tried. Smooth and subtle flavour. Definitely will be a re-order for me....eventually.

André Lanciault

November 2020

Un seul mot: Sublime! Une odeur de matcha et une bonne longueur en bouche.

Susan Wilson

October 2017

Absolutely my new favorite tea. It is just perfect in every way.

Dominique Anfossi

September 2016

A gorgeous cup - the vibrant green matcha colour paired with the more 'serious' sencha taste. A perfect partner for light morning exercises or simply watching the sunrise through the steam.

Christie Lee

September 2016

I'm thoroughly enjoying this cup of Matcha Iri Sencha! It has a full Japanese Sencha green tea flavor with a rich matcha green color and a deep deep flavor! It has zero astringency, isn't bitter at all. I think this is one of my favorites.

André Lanciault

December 2020

[FR] Un très bon thé. Toutefois, peu de longueur en bouche. Thé dont le rapport qualité-prix est excellent.