Bourbon Rich Uji Matcha Brownie

Bourbon’s Uji Matcha Brownie is a supermarket bar that behaves like a patisserie cake.

The base is a dense matcha brownie with chocolate chunks baked through it, and the lower half is dipped in chocolate — a coating people consistently describe as an unexpectedly rich touch for something sold next to the register.

It comes in a single-serve wrapper meant to be eaten with one hand.

The texture is the draw. Bourbon bakes this heavy and moist rather than cakey, with no dryness at all, and the chocolate chunks stay firm enough to give a crackle against the soft crumb.

The matcha is Uji matcha, from the Kyoto region that has been Japan’s benchmark for green tea since the Muromachi period, and it works here as a bitter counterweight rather than the lead — chocolate arrives first, matcha follows and cuts the sweetness so the finish stays clean.

Japanese reviewers are split on whether it is matcha-forward enough, but nearly all of them return to the same word: rich.

A small measure of Western liquor sits underneath the whole thing.

Bourbon is one of Japan’s major confectioners, and this bar has been in rotation for a decade with a steady following.

Two serving notes worth passing on from Japanese buyers: chilled, it firms up and eats cleaner; frozen, it becomes something closer to a chocolate terrine.

Both are common at home here.

About this item
Item Name : Rich Uji Matcha Brownie
Brand : Bourbon
Item Form : Cake
Number of Items : 1 Count (Pack of 1)