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Multiple matcha tin sizes available, no tooling cost ​

Why Choose Tin Cans for Matcha Packaging?

Matcha is sensitive to light, moisture, oxygen, and heat. The right packaging helps protect the powder during storage, shipping, and everyday use. Metal tin cans offer a combination of product protection, durability, customization, and premium presentation that makes them a practical choice for matcha brands.

1. Protect Matcha from Light

Matcha can lose its vibrant green color and fresh characteristics when exposed to light. Opaque metal tins block light completely, providing better protection than transparent packaging and helping brands maintain the appearance and quality of their matcha during storage.

2. Strong Moisture Barrier

Moisture is one of the main concerns when packaging matcha powder. Metal provides an excellent barrier against external moisture, helping keep the powder dry and free-flowing. For additional protection, brands can combine the tin with an inner lid, heat-sealed foil, or other suitable food-grade seal.

3. Airtight Packaging Options

Our matcha tins can be designed with tight-fitting lids and inner sealing solutions to reduce exposure to air. This is particularly useful for premium matcha products where maintaining freshness after packaging is important.

4. Durable for Shipping and Retail

Unlike lightweight paper packaging, tin cans provide a rigid and durable structure that helps protect matcha during transportation, warehousing, and retail handling. The metal body is resistant to crushing and provides a solid package that customers can reuse after opening.

5. Premium Look for Matcha Brands

Matcha is often positioned as a premium product, and packaging plays an important role in communicating that positioning. Custom metal tins allow brands to create distinctive packaging with custom colors, printing, finishes, logos, and shapes.

You can choose from matte, gloss, metallic, embossed, or other decorative finishes to match your brand identity.

6. Flexible Customization

Tin cans can be customized in many ways, including:

• Custom tin size and capacity
• Round, square, rectangular, and special shapes
• Custom colors
• Full-color printing
• Embossed logos
• Matte or gloss finishes
• Custom sticker labels
• Inner lids and sealing options
• Custom lids and opening designs

This gives matcha brands more control over both packaging appearance and functionality.

7. One Tin, Multiple Matcha Products

For brands offering several matcha SKUs, using a standard tin with replaceable sticker labels can be more economical and flexible than printing every product directly onto the tin.

The same tin can be used for different:

• Matcha grades
• Cultivars
• Blends
• Net weights
• Seasonal products
• Limited editions
• Flavors

Labels can also be updated when product information, artwork, or regulatory information changes.

8. Suitable for Different Matcha Sizes

Custom tin cans can be produced for different quantities, from small sample and trial sizes to larger retail formats. Common applications include 20g, 30g, 40g, 50g, 80g, 100g, and larger matcha tins, depending on the required dimensions and filling volume.

9. Recyclable Metal Packaging

Tinplate is a widely recyclable packaging material. Unlike single-use plastic packaging, a metal tin can also be reused by customers for storing tea, spices, powders, or other household products.

For brands looking to reduce unnecessary plastic in their packaging, a metal tin can be an attractive alternative.

10. Better Brand Experience

A well-designed tin does more than contain matcha. The rigid structure, reusable format, custom graphics, and satisfying opening experience can help create a stronger unboxing and customer experience.

For premium matcha brands, the tin can become part of the product rather than simply being disposable packaging.

Tin Cans vs. Other Matcha Packaging