A surge in inbound tourists seeking matcha products has driven up tencha transaction costs sharply. Read more at straitstimes ...

The ritual drinking of this ancient beverage — often thought of as the epitome of Japanese restraint and formality — has long been entwined... In the U.S., Tea Party politics refers to a certain ...

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

Guests at Forté Tea Lounge experienced an authentic Japanese tea ceremony led by Suzuyo Rust, highlighting mindfulness, tradition, and cultural connection through matcha, sweets, and ceremonial ...

Bowdoin’s Morita-Sensei celebrates Japanese culture by supplementing her students’ learning of the Japanese language with the complex yet rewarding art of sadō, the Japanese tea ceremony. Studying a ...

Harmony, respect, purity and tranquility may not be what one experiences waiting at a pop-up stand or in a drive thru at Starbucks for a banana caramel matcha latte, but those are the key goals of ...

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 ...

Participating in an ancient Japanese tradition, sipping from a $25,000 antique bowl and even finding a bit of a 1970s “Austin Powers” vibe. All can be part of the experience at Gallery Okubo in ...

The moment the host begins speaking you can sense everyone’s heart rate drop. If you have ever been to a yoga class, you know the feeling. When you are settling in on your mat and the teacher says ...

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