For those who spend two or three weeks in Japan, the huge diversity of the country’s cuisine is always a surprise. Even the most elite Asian restaurants in the West cannot replicate the nearly limitless… Read More
Anyone interested in matcha tea realizes the wide diversity among brands, both in terms of quality and price. Venturing past the tea itself, into the wide, wide world of matcha-related products, is another experience entirely.… Read More
For more than 1,000 years, tea has been used as both a beverage and a medicinal compound. In China, ancient physicians used both dry and liquid tea as a healing agent, while Japan’s Buddhist monks… Read More
Matcha recipes are popping out everywhere so why not curate a list with our favourite ones. Some are extremely decadent, others more on the healthy side. It’s up to you which one to try first. Already proven to… Read More
Matcha (macha) tea offers endless opportunities for experimentation in drink and food recipes. A cool and creamy matcha smoothie is the perfect addition to any get together, or just a great drink to sip away… Read More
If, as the lifestyle pundits keep telling us, “Fifty is the new 40,” then it makes perfect sense to say that matcha tea is the new everwything. Wherever you look, there it is. In recipes… Read More
There are dozens of reasons to consume Japanese matcha tea, and almost all of them have to do with the drink’s phenomenal health benefits, high antioxidant content and other healthful properties. “But wait,” as those… Read More
Coffee shops and tea houses all over the U.S. and Europe now offer matcha tea and in dozens of drink variations. Many retailers got into the matcha tea craze more than a decade ago, but… Read More
Coffee and tea recipes have been evolving for hundreds if not thousands of years. Chinese and Japanese monks began introducing variations on the basic matcha tea mixture that they used in ancient religious rituals as… Read More
One of the biggest stories in the world tea trade is the choice of Las Vegas, Nevada, as the host for the 2016 World Tea Expo. Industry movers and shakers will head to the North… Read More
