• About AU MATCHA

Our History

Kyoto Trading was founded in 2015 to do one thing well: buy the best matcha of each season directly from the farmers who grow it. We built long-term partnerships with growers in Uji (Kyoto), Shizuoka, Nishio (Aichi) and Kagoshima — the same farms that supply us today.

Proven in Europe's toughest matcha market

Germany was our first export market, and one of the hardest. In 2018 we opened WAKABA, our own matcha specialty store, and grew it to three locations. Meeting EU organic and pesticide-residue standards, season after season, shaped the quality control we still apply to every batch. We now supply matcha across Germany and into the Netherlands, Austria and Poland.

A Japanese matcha supplier based in Australia

In 2024 we established Kyoto Trading Australia and opened a refrigerated warehouse in Melbourne, where all stock is held at 0°C. Australian businesses now buy the same grades as our European customers — without the four-to-ten-week lead time of importing from Japan. We supply cafés, bakeries, dessert shops, restaurants and food manufacturers nationwide, with sales support in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast.

Our Major Source

Direct source from Farmers

The Farms Behind Our Matcha

We visits the farms, inspects the leaf and buys directly at harvest — in Uji, Shizuoka, Nishio and Kagoshima.

Japanese tea farm in early spring, cherry blossom above rows of tea bushes before the first matcha harvest
New tea shoots growing under black shading netting, the tencha leaf used to make matcha
Bags of harvested tencha leaf stacked at a Japanese tea farm before stone milling into matcha powder
Shaded tea field beside a Japanese tencha processing facility where matcha leaf is steamed and dried
Farm worker laying shading netting over tea rows ahead of the matcha harvest in Japan
Rows of Japanese tea fields fully covered with shading nets during the three-week shading period for matcha
AU MATCHA staff standing among shaded tea bushes at a partner farm in Japan
Two tea farmers unrolling shading netting across a tea field to grow tencha for matcha

Our Matcha

Uji culinary matcha powder
Uji / Culinary
Uji / Premium
Uji / Premium
Uji super premium matcha powder
Uji / Super Premium
Uji ceremonial matcha powder
Uji / Ceremonial
Kagoshima Saemidori matcha powder
Kagoshima / Saemidori
kagoshima premium
Kagoshima / Premium
Shizuoka / Yabukita
Shizuoka / Yabukita
Shizuoka Okumidori matcha powder
Shizuoka / Okumidori

AU MATCHA MEMBER

Takuya Inoue

Takuya Inoue

Founder & Director
Takuya founded Kyoto Trading in 2015 and has spent the last decade working with tea farmers across Japan. He now leads the Australian operation from Melbourne, and handles grade selection for wholesale clients.
Asuka Ohashi

Asuka Ohashi

President, Kyoto Trading Germany
Asuka has run our German operation since 2017, including three WAKABA matcha stores in Düsseldorf, and oversees quality compliance for the European market.

Company profile

Kyoto Trading Japan

Est : 2015 -

President : Takuya Inoue

Address : 270 - 45, Yodomizucho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 613-0916, Japan

Operation : Tea Procurement / Tea Processing

Kyoto Trading Germany

Est : 2017 -

President : Asuka Ohashi

Address : Marienstraße 26, 40210 Düsseldorf, Germany

Operation : 3 cafes(WAKABA) / Matcha Wholesale

Kyoto Trading Australia(AU MATCHA)

Est : 2024 -

Director : Takuya Inoue

Address : Unit 7, 16-18 Albert Street, Preston VIC 3072

Operation : Matcha Wholesale / Matcha Retail

ABN : 98 673 289 739

FAQ

What is the relationship between AU MATCHA, WAKABA and Kyoto Trading?

Kyoto Trading is the parent company, founded in Kyoto in 2015. WAKABA is our retail brand, operating as matcha stores in Germany and as a packaged retail range in Australia. AU MATCHA is our Australian wholesale and retail brand, operated by Kyoto Trading Australia Pty Ltd (ABN 98 673 289 739).

Are you an importer or a reseller?

Neither, strictly. Our parent company in Kyoto procures and processes the tea itself, and our Australian entity imports it directly. There is no third-party trading house in between.

Do you sell to individuals, or only to businesses?

Both. Our 1kg bags are available to anyone through our online shop, and wholesale pricing applies from a 10kg minimum order.

Is your matcha organic certified?

Selected lines carry JAS, USDA and EU Organic certification. Because our German business operates under EU organic regulations, organic supply chains have been part of our operation since 2017.

Where is your Australian warehouse?

Unit 7, 16–18 Albert Street, Preston VIC 3072 — a refrigerated facility holding all stock at 0°C, dispatching Australia-wide.

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