Midori Spring Organic Culinary Eco Class Matcha

I have a couple different culinary grade matcha powder from different brands at home, so I was super curious about this Midori Spring matcha powder mainly because I want to know how the authentic Japanese Tencha tastes. I did some readings about Japanese Tencha and Sencha because I honestly was not aware of the difference between these two powdered teas. I read that Tencha which usually refers to the "the true Japanese Matcha", is made from the delicate shade-grown tea leaves. Apparently, the trees are covered in cloth to protect the leaves from light during the several week period before harvest in order to forces the plant to produce more chlorophyll, increases the production of amino acids and gives the leaves a very dark, rich shade of green. Then the leaves are carefully hand-picked, laid flat to dry, stemmed and finely ground into a powder which is then called tencha. Sencha is the most common type of Japanese green tea that is brewed and served on a daily basis in most Japanese homes. The leaves are steamed and rolled soon after they are harvested. The buds and broken leaves of the sencha tea are made into a powder to get a cheaper matcha tea. While tencha has an intense sweetness and incomparable round richness, sencha is quite a bit more intense in flavor and can have a rather tannic and astringent finish compare to tencha. Back to this Midori Spring Culinary Grade Matcha powder; the texture is super fine just like other matcha tea powders in the market. The color is green kinda dull, I mean it obviously is not as green as ceremonial grade matcha tea. I made Starbuck style hot green tea latte, with organic half-and half, a pinch of cinnamon and 1 tsp organic sugar. It tastes great, rich and creamy. Very strong green tea scents and flavor. I am thinking to make some cupcakes later this week, so let's see. Overall, I like this particular matcha powder. Not only because it's authentic tencha, but also because it tastes great. The price is kinda decent for a 100 gr. It's USDA certified organic and vegan, gluten and GMO free, and made in Japan. I tend to like matcha tea powder from Japan than the ones made in China. They taste slightly different. I received this matcha powder free of charge in exchange for my opinion, but I was not required to write a positive review. So, all opinions that I've expressed are based on my experience with this product. Give it a try!