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
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
Volumes have been written on how to coax the best flavor out of tea leaves using special brewing methods. For the average tea drinker, however, it is good to know just a few of the… 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
What exactly are the benefits of matcha tea compared to other green teas and beverages in general? There is plenty of research and documentation about matcha tea and how it compares to similar drinks. Unfortunately, the… Read More
In a global tea market that has been thriving for more than a century, Nepal is a relatively new player. That does not mean the small nation didn’t make an effort to become a major… Read More
It is little known outside of Asia that Thailand really does not have a tea culture of its own. Until just a few decades ago, travelers were routinely astounded to learn that it was difficult… Read More
