Just got back from Japan where I was lucky enough to be taken by a local in each town to one super old (80 year old) tea shop in the historic Geisha district of Karawanza and another in Nara. In both places, their matcha was sourced in Uji and in the case of the 80 year old shop, the shop owner's father started the shop just after WWII and his uncles grew green tea for matcha. Their ceremonial matcha was outstanding - smooth and had a great flavor. I bought several other brands of matcha in addition to yours to see if any compared. Yours came the closest so I will definitely buy from you again - especially since those local shops limit what we can purchase, don't allow online purchase and I'm not going to be able to go back to Japan any time soon. Good for you for sourcing as you do. You website is excellent. You've been hanging in ther for all these years as the US matcha market is catching on.
