Japanese matcha for Georgia.

Who we supply in Georgia

Metro Atlanta carries the demand, and in 2026 it is growing on two fronts at once. The Buford Highway corridor and the Gwinnett County suburbs of Duluth, Doraville, and Johns Creek hold one of the densest concentrations of boba shops, Asian grocers, and food courts in the South, run by buyers who compare a new powder against the one they already use. Intown, independent cafes in Midtown, Old Fourth Ward, Buckhead, and Reynoldstown now run matcha lattes, soft serve, floats, and tonics year-round, and weekend farmers markets in Grant Park, Sandy Springs, and Avondale Estates host matcha pop-ups that are often a few months from opening a counter of their own. Athens adds a university market, and Augusta and Savannah have their own small scenes.

What Georgia does not have is a local wholesale matcha supplier. Search for one and you find national online sellers and retail tins, so most Atlanta cafes end up ordering wholesale from a website without tasting the lot first. That is the gap the sample kit is for.

• Gwinnett and Buford Highway boba shops and grocers, experienced buyers at real volume.
• Intown Atlanta independents with developed specialty coffee programs and cold-drink menus.
• Farmers-market matcha pop-ups and carts moving from bags to their first wholesale order.
• Southeast distributors using Atlanta's logistics position to supply several states.
• Savannah and coastal hospitality, seasonal and tourism-driven.

Shipping to Georgia

For a cafe, boba shop, or pop-up, there is nothing to import. Sample kits go out by USPS after we reply, usually within 24 hours. Wholesale orders are milled to order in Japan and shipped to your address in Georgia with customs handled on our side, so the first time you touch the product is when the box arrives at your door. Lead time is 7 to 14 days from payment.

• Samples: up to two grades, two sealed 10 g sachets each, sent by USPS to any Georgia food or beverage business.
• Wholesale orders: from 5 kg, grades mixed as you like in 1 kg or 500 g bags, shipped from Japan to your address.
• Container scale: distributors importing on their own account use the Port of Savannah, the largest single container terminal in North America, with rail to Atlanta, or Hartsfield–Jackson for air cargo. Atlanta then reaches most of the Southeast within a day.

Licensing in Georgia

Federal import requirements apply as everywhere. At state level the Georgia Department of Agriculture licenses food sales establishments — a category that covers wholesalers, warehouses, and retail food sales — while restaurants and food service are permitted through the public health system. Confirm your category before ordering.

• A food sales establishment license from the Department of Agriculture is the usual requirement for storing or reselling packaged product.
• Repacking bulk matcha into retail units brings food processing requirements into play.

Choosing a grade for Atlanta's iced and boba menus

Atlanta drinks matcha cold for most of the year. The grade that matters here is not the one that shines in a hot bowl but the one that keeps its green and its umami over ice, through a blender, and under the milk and syrups of a boba build. Our Ceremonial Barista line is selected for exactly that, and Organic Cafe covers the same service for menus that want an organic line. Order those two as your sample kit, make your actual iced latte and your actual boba recipe with each, and taste them next to the powder you use today. That comparison tells you more than any description on this page.

If you supply cafes across the Southeast rather than running one, the arithmetic still points to Georgia: import once into Atlanta and the whole region, from Florida to the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Alabama, is within a day's truck. A distributor at that scale can reserve a harvest lot large enough to hold one specification across a year, so every cafe you supply gets the same product on every delivery. Tell us the annual volume early, because reserving from a lot is a different conversation from ordering off the shelf.

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 Atlanta. Wholesale orders ship from Japan.