Used traditionally in Japanese tea ceremonies, the tea plant is shade-grown and the leaves are harvested into a fine, jade-colored powder that gives a balanced taste of bitter, umami and mellow grassy ...

Green tea is what other health foods might call an overachiever. It's considered a cancer-fighting, age-defying, heart-disease-battling cure-all, a star among the lentils and açaì berries. But matcha, ...

Matcha is having a major moment. People are using this bright-green powder it to make everything from tea, sparkling tonics, and smoothies, to matcha-infused snacks like ice cream and cookies. The hot ...

There is something wonderfully ceremonial about making tea, especially matcha, or finely ground Japanese green tea. Making matcha is a little more complicated than dipping a tea bag into hot water; ...