Visitors can watch and drink matcha (powdered green tea) from Uji, famed for its tea farms, prepared and served in the sadō tradition. The tea is accompanied by a seasonal Japanese sweet and a ...

Blue Bottle’s matcha powder is sourced from Uji, Japan, where the soil and high-altitude climate conditions (as well as generations of matcha production and milling) have awarded the area ...

Much of Japan's renowned Uji tea is produced in Minamiyamashiro, the last remaining village in Kyoto Prefecture. Headed by women for the past three generations, the Nakanishi family has been ...

Town of Uji tea and The Tale of Genji), a somewhat atypical title for an action game. In the game, the protagonist, named Kemario, after “kemari” (ball kick game) and “o” (man), challenges ...

Here in L.A., matcha is finally getting its flowers in lattes, tonics, and einspanners concoctions, offered up at eateries across the city. But matcha isn’t just a one note brew. It can be light, ...

The town of Wazuka in southern Kyoto Prefecture has recently been in the spotlight as a producer of quality tea leaves. It produces around 40 percent of renowned Uji tea and 20 percent of choice ...

Many are from Uji, the region in the country that’s famous ... Ceremonial-grade matcha is deemed worthy of use in chado, the Japanese tea ceremony, while culinary-grade matcha comes from ...

Jintaro Yamamoto runs a 180-year-old tea farm, one of the oldest in Uji, Japan. We visited his farm to find out what makes ceremonial-grade matcha so exceptional? And why it's so expensive.

The Kyoto-based company has been producing matcha out of its tea farm in Uji, Japan, since 2011 and operates a dozen retail locations throughout the country. Maruwu Seicha opened its first ...