Instead, she found empty shelves. Matcha is made from shade-grown tea leaves called tencha, which are then ground into a fine, green-colored powder and whisked into hot water. stock.adobe.com ...

Driven by its health benefits and growing popularity on social media, the matcha trend is here to stay—but only if it remains on store shelves.

In fact, my New Year’s resolution for 2025 is to cut back on my caffeine intake with better-for-me options, like matcha. I have one dilemma, though: I don’t want to buy a matcha every morning ...

It produces around 40 percent of renowned Uji tea and 20 percent of choice Tencha leaves used in matcha nationally. The vista of the mountain tea plantations attracts many tourists. Discover how ...

Matcha is made from the same plant as most tea, Camellia sinensis. But the leaves undergo a unique process before harvest. To produce tencha — the raw leaves that are ground to make matcha ...

He visited the city of Uji, where “there has been a run on several matcha producers,” according to Mangan. He explained that, because tencha, the leaves from which matcha is made, is only ...