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matchaful.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 6 November 202627 issues · 79 checks
This review found 27 issues worth fixing on matchaful.com, 9 of them high impact, across 79 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
84B- #19,786 of 108,951 reviewed websitesbeats 77%
- #12,886 of 61,775 online storesbeats 73%
- #12,516 of 56,370 Shopify storesbeats 71%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.9 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 98 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 99 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 98 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 99 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 107 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 127 ms |
Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.
One score from every part of this review. How it works
How it loaded on a phone
0.7 s
1.5 s
2.2 s
3.0 s
3.7 s
4.5 s
5.2 s
5.9 s
Speed
Render-blocking requests
1.3 s2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.3 s.
Main-thread work: 5.5 s
A phone's processor spends 5.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.6 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Mobile performance score: 56
56/100Your mobile performance score is 56. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Reduce unused JavaScript
600 ms · 167 KiBAbout 167 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Klaviyo, joinground.com and Clarity and others), adding 891 KiB and 593 ms of main-thread time.
Improve image delivery
200 ms · 366 KiB11 images could be 366 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 200 ms faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
350 ms · 88 KiB8 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (88 KiB).
Klaviyo adds 270 ms
270 msKlaviyo costs a phone 270 ms of main-thread work and 412 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
1,768 HTML elements
The page has 1,768 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Shopify adds 31 ms
31 msShopify costs a phone 31 ms of main-thread work and 317 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 39 KiBAbout 39 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
11 long tasks on the main thread
11 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 184 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Legacy JavaScript
19 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 19 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Chained critical requests
Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.
Forced reflow
Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.
Minify CSS
3 KiB3 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
1 checks passed
Server response: 7 ms
7 msYour server sent the HTML in 7 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 12.1 s
12.1 sYour largest element takes 12.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 12.3 s
12.3 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 12.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
First Contentful Paint: 3.8 s
3.8 sThe first text or image appears after 3.8 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Speed Index: 7.5 s
7.5 sVisually, the page fills in at 7.5 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) got 28% slower for real visitors
+28%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 98 ms to 127 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Total Blocking Time: 223 ms
223 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 223 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
0%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.9 s to 1.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
6 checks passed
Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).
Real-user LCP: 1.4 s
1.4 sReal visitors wait 1.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.2 s
1.2 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 593 ms
593 msReal visitors wait 593 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 2.4 MB in 176 requests
2.4 MBYour homepage downloads 2.4 MB in 176 requests on a phone: scripts 726 KiB (70), images 659 KiB (18) and other files 657 KiB (75). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
matchaful_kiwami_single-origin_matcha.jpg is on the first screen but marked loading="lazy", so the browser waits before fetching it and the page looks finished later. Load it eagerly (and give it fetchpriority="high" if it is the main image).
About 0.7 g of CO₂ per visit
0.68 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.68 g of CO₂e: 82.0 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
2 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
2 text elements with low contrast
2 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Scrollable region must have keyboard access (1 element)
Scrollable region must have keyboard access: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (2 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 52 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
50 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 53 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 50 passed and 3 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
9 H1 headlines
There are 9 <h1> headlines (“@media only screen and (min-width: 700px) { .logo…”, “Shopping Cart” and “Shopping Cart”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
112 internal links, 8 external
The homepage links to 112 pages on matchaful.com and 8 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 135 characters
Your meta description is 135 characters: “Shop single-origin, organically-grown ceremonial matcha from Shizuoka, Japan — ground to order, pesticide-free, and thi…”.
Title: 52 characters
Your title is a healthy 52 characters: “Premium Japanese Matcha | Farm-to-Whisk® | Matchaful”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.matchaful.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization and WebSite.
Open Graph tags complete
Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.matchaful.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
No llms.txt
There is no https://www.matchaful.com/llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.
3 checks passed
AI answer engines may read the site
Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.
Organization data: 4 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo and sameAs (social profiles); description and contact details would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (917 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
2 pages share a meta description
https://www.matchaful.com/collections/new-arrivals and https://www.matchaful.com/collections/bestsellers use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 49 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 checks passed
Linked pages load
5 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 5 pages that loaded have a meta description.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Every page has an H1
Each page we checked has a main headline.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 5 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
1 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://d3k81ch9hvuctc.cloudfront.net/company/TmHCaN/images/c1cf69ce-e307-4a5e-baa8-61410e005a21.png.
5 JavaScript errors while loading
5 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Cannot read properties of null (reading 'addEventListener') https://www.matchaful.com/cdn/shop/t/121/assets/theme.js?v=…”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
42 of 50 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
No direct contact details
No phone number or email link on the homepage, so ready-to-buy visitors have one fewer way to reach you.
No risk reducer
No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.
About 732 words of copy
The homepage carries about 732 words of visible text.
5 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Shop Now → Kiwami + Tsuyuhikari” and “Shop Now → Premium Japanese Matcha”.
19 calls to action
The homepage has 19 calls to action, for example “Shop”, “Shop All Products” and “Shop Now →Kiwami + Tsuyuhikari”.
5 short forms
5 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 16 testimonial or review blocks and a star rating.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Microsoft Clarity.
Privacy and tracking
7 trackers load before any consent
7Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel and 2 mores (measured from a US location before any click). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.
25 cookies set on arrival
25Opening the homepage sets 25 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
No consent tool detected
No known cookie consent tool loads with the page. Some sites build their own banner, and some only show one to visitors from the EU.
43 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 43 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Security, domain, email and software versions
The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at matchaful.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Apps on your store
Your storefront loads 9 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Blockify Fraud Filter · Ground · Microsoft Clarity · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Rebuy Personalization Engine · Redo · Region Restrictions · shopkeepertools.com · getredo.com
Apps found in the homepage's code. Apps that only run in checkout or the admin aren't seen, and a headless storefront shows none. App data from programmable.info
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Hiring
- Hiring
- 14 open roles
- Job board
- careers page
Company
- Headquarters
- Portland
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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