Triple Matcha

Warm light resting across a ceramic bowl of freshly whisked tea.

Three cultivars of one green tea, unfolding in layers from fresh green bitterness to soft creamy warmth. It is built on tea ritual, and on the comfort of milk and roasted nuts.

Yabukita brings the vivid greenness, softened by almond powder, roasted nuts and a touch of bergamot for cool airy brightness. Samidori and Okumidori come in beside milk, orange blossom and a Grasse rose, building a creamy floral depth, with frankincense holding a low smoky warmth beneath it. Patchouli and amber make the finish smooth and grounded.

ZHUFU takes its name and the form of its bottle from bamboo, and the character for blessing is engraved into the foot of every one. Each release carries a wish: for harmony, long life and gentle prosperity. The house works in natural essential oils and writes a story for every release, so a bottle here starts from persimmons ripening in a basket, tea and tobacco in a cabin on a midsummer night, or the Jinmao Tower.

Chinese cultural symbolism meets contemporary design across a range that runs from a gourmand built on named tea cultivars through to conifer woods and pale florals. The green tea there is Yabukita, Samidori and Okumidori rather than one flat green, the fruit arrives from Haikou, Hainan and Guangdong, and every release names the person who made it.