Japanese matcha for Florida.

Who we supply in Florida

Miami's cafe and dessert scene has expanded fast, with matcha now standard on menus that are overwhelmingly cold-drink driven. Orlando's tourism sector buys at hospitality scale, Tampa and St. Petersburg have a growing independent scene, and Jacksonville anchors the north. Across all of them, iced and blended service is the norm rather than the exception — so the grade that matters most in Florida is the one that keeps its green and its umami over ice and through a blender, not the one that shines in a hot bowl. Our Ceremonial Barista and Organic Cafe lines are selected for exactly that, and the sample kit lets you test them in your own iced recipe before ordering.

• Miami cafes and dessert operators serving an almost entirely cold-drink market.
• Orlando hotel and attraction food service, buying at volume with fixed specifications.
• Boba shops across Orlando, Tampa, and the Miami suburbs.
• Exporters and re-packers using Miami as a gateway to Latin America and the Caribbean.

Shipping to Florida

Florida has more usable gateways than almost any state. PortMiami and Port Everglades handle container traffic, JAXPORT serves the northeast, and Port Tampa Bay the Gulf side. Miami International is one of the largest international freight airports in the country, with unusually deep experience in food and perishables handling.

• Ocean: PortMiami or Port Everglades for the south, JAXPORT or Tampa depending on your address.
• Air: Miami International, with routine food import clearance and heavy international capacity.
• Onward: Florida is long — Miami to Jacksonville is a full day's drive — so pick the gateway nearest your delivery point.

Licensing in Florida

Alongside the federal import requirements, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services runs the Division of Food Safety and issues food permits for wholesale, storage, and retail food operations, while restaurants are regulated by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Confirm which applies to you before ordering.

• A cafe or restaurant serving drinks is generally DBPR territory; a warehouse or repacking operation is FDACS.
• If you re-export product, the destination country's import requirements are entirely separate from the US ones.

Heat, humidity, and a twelve-month season

Florida is the hardest storage climate we ship to. Heat degrades matcha and humidity does worse — the powder absorbs moisture from the air, clumps, and loses aroma permanently. An open bag behind a bar in Miami in August is on a much shorter clock than the same bag in Denver.

The order plan should reflect that rather than fight it. Buy in smaller units so an opened bag is finished within days, keep unopened stock refrigerated and let it come fully to room temperature before opening so condensation does not form, and order more frequently rather than in bulk. We would rather ship you four modest orders a year than one large one that spends a Florida summer degrading in a store room. The same logic is why our samples come as sealed 10 g sachets: each one is opened and used in a single session, so the tasting is of fresh powder, not of whatever the humidity has done to an open pouch.

Your first order, step by step

Start with up to two grades of your choice. Free sample kits are available for US businesses. Test them in your own recipes before choosing your first wholesale order.

• Tell us what you serve. Share your menu, milk, cup size, and expected volume.
• Taste with your team. Compare the samples in the drinks your customers order.
• Get a delivery quote. Confirm grade, quantity, and shipping to Miami. Wholesale orders ship from Japan.