Made for water.
One packet into 8–12 oz of water. It dissolves, it travels, it fits a gym bag or a desk drawer.
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LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.
Matcha that
loves you back.
qt started with a daily ritual, an inconvenient fact, and a refusal to choose between them.
HOW IT STARTED
Claire's cup.
Claire, one of our co-founders, drank matcha every morning. It was the calm part of the day, and she wasn't giving it up.
Then she learned something that most matcha drinkers never hear: the tannins that give tea its character can get in the way of how the body absorbs iron from food. And iron was exactly what she was trying to get more of. The choice on the table looked like: keep the ritual, or keep the iron.
She didn't like either option. So we started asking a better question. What if the cup did the opposite?
WHAT WE MADE
Matcha, rethought from the water up.
qt is real matcha with bright fruit flavor, infused with iron, vitamin C, and collagen, in a single-serve packet you tear into water. No whisk, no milk required, no ceremony unless you want one.
Flavor first.
Strawberry, White Peach, and Lemon Yuzu. You should taste the fruit and the matcha, not the formula.
Iron, vitamin C, collagen.
The three things we added, and why, are on the Why iron? page. The amounts will be on the nutrition panel.
THE MATCHA
Organic, ceremonial-grade matcha,
harvested in Kyoto.
Real Japanese matcha is where qt starts. Everything else is there to make it taste like fruit and love you back.
Kyoto, Japan
Grown and harvested in Kyoto, the region that has defined matcha for centuries.
Organic & non-GMO
Certified organic leaf. Nothing genetically modified, nothing artificial in the matcha itself.
Ceremonial grade
Vibrant green, milled to a 4–20 micron powder that shakes straight into cold water. No whisk, no clumps.
Tested every lot
Heavy metals and microbiology checked on every single batch by ICP-MS and AOAC methods, in an SQF-certified facility.
Kosher and gluten-free matcha. Produced in a facility that also handles tree nuts, mustard, sesame and celery. Full finished-product ingredient and allergen details will be on the label.
WHO WE ARE
A women-led team in Lexington, Kentucky.
qt matcha is made by First Harvest Matcha LLC, a small, women-led team based in Lexington. We're not a beverage conglomerate and we're not pretending to be one. We're people who drink this every day and wanted it to be better.
We're at the beginning. Our first batch is in production, and everyone on our list hears first when it lands.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
Three promises.
Straight talk.
We'll tell you what's in the packet, how much, and where it comes from. We'll also tell you what qt isn't: it's a drink, not a treatment. If you're worried about your iron, see your doctor, not a matcha brand.
Nothing we can't back up.
No invented reviews, no borrowed statistics. When we cite science, we link the study. When we don't know yet, we say so.
The ritual stays.
Everything about qt exists so you can keep the daily cup you love. That was the whole point.
Be part of the first batch.
Join the list and you'll hear the moment qt is in stock.
