Japanese matcha for Pennsylvania.

Who we supply in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia's independent cafe scene is one of the strongest in the Northeast, with a customer base that supports serious drink programs, and its Chinatown and northeast corridors carry substantial boba volume. Pittsburgh has grown a genuine specialty coffee culture, and State College and the other university towns add term-driven demand. The Lehigh Valley and Harrisburg corridors are about distribution rather than retail.

• Philadelphia independents with mature matcha programs and demanding customers.
• Pittsburgh cafes, a smaller but serious specialty market.
• Boba operators in Philadelphia's Chinatown and the surrounding suburbs.
• Distributors and co-packers in the Central Pennsylvania warehouse corridor.

Shipping to Pennsylvania

PhilaPort handles container traffic and has particular strength in refrigerated cargo, and shipments also arrive through New York/New Jersey and truck across. Central Pennsylvania's position on the I-78 and I-81 corridors is why so much Northeast distribution warehouses there.

• Ocean: Philadelphia direct, or the Port of NY/NJ with a short road leg.
• Air: Philadelphia International, or Newark and JFK.
• Onward: the Central PA corridor reaches most of the Northeast within a day, which is the reason it exists.

Licensing in Pennsylvania

Alongside the federal import requirements, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Food Safety registers and inspects food establishments, including manufacturers, warehouses, and retail food facilities, with Philadelphia running its own food program within the city. Confirm your category before your first order.

• Philadelphia operates its own food establishment program separately from the state.
• Warehousing and repacking are registered with the Bureau of Food Safety rather than a local authority.

The warehouse corridor between two markets

The stretch of Central Pennsylvania around Harrisburg, Carlisle, and the Lehigh Valley is one of the densest distribution corridors in the country, for a simple reason: from there you reach New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and much of New England within a day's drive. A great deal of what is consumed in those cities passes through it.

For a matcha buyer with any distribution ambition, that is a genuine option — warehouse space at a fraction of metro cost, with next-day reach to markets that would be expensive to hold stock in. It also means proper storage is affordable here in a way it is not in Manhattan or Boston, which for a product that degrades with heat and light is worth more than it sounds. Tell us where the stock will actually sit and we will pack the shipment to suit it.

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 Philadelphia. Wholesale orders ship from Japan.