Social media has turned traditional Japanese matcha into a commercial trend, though its roots lie in Zen Buddhism. A scholar ...

TOKYO (AP) — Clad in an elegant kimono of pale green, tea ceremony instructor Keiko Kaneko uses a tiny wooden spoon to place a speck of matcha into a porcelain bowl. She froths up the special powdered ...

Tea ceremony classes in Japan are bearing the brunt of an acute shortage of matcha as a recent global boom in green tea has led to soaring prices of the product. While the farm ministry is seeking to ...

A scoop of green powdered matcha for a Japanese tea ceremony - janecocoa/Shutterstock Used in Japan for centuries, matcha has enjoyed rising popularity around the world in the past decade. The powder ...

Be transported to ancient Japan and relish in the art of Matcha Tea Ceremony. Join legendary tea master Kanako Nishimura for a ceremony that dates back to 9th century Japan. Learn the art of matcha as ...

Matcha is a form of green tea in which young tea leaves have been ground to a powder using a stone mill. Unlike other teas, ...

TOKYO (AP) — Clad in an elegant kimono of pale green, tea ceremony instructor Keiko Kaneko uses a tiny wooden spoon to place a speck of matcha into a porcelain bowl. She froths up the special powdered ...