Matcha
Fine powder green tea
Summary
Matcha is a finely ground powder of green tea specially processed from shade-grown tea leaves. Shade growing gives matcha its characteristic bright green color and strong umami flavor. Matcha is typically consumed suspended in hot water.
Originally created by Asamboi
1/23/2004, 12:15:48 PM
Modified
6/3/2026, 12:37:33 AM
Recent revisions
/* Production */ typo
Put the China section above the Japan one so the events are chronological order
/* Explosion in 2000s */ clarify difference between decade 2000-2010 and 21st century
linked twice in lead
/* Origin */ ce
fixing caption
Grammar.
Final touches. Feel free to discuss on talk on whether such a second paragraph is acceptable per content policy.
Per Talk/3O on sourcing - these are not good sources. Burnett and TC however is decent so using them on summarising how Song Dynasty practises was brought to Japan by a monk and built the early foundation of matcha. Please do not edit war.
Specify historic era and re-use cite. Changed caps for dynasty per WP:MOS. Added links.
Reduce repetitive redundancy as I already mentioned Elsai above. Add link.
Cite and external link.
/* Japan */This time, I quote them directly. Readers can decide for themselves what such text means.
Please stop using unreliable sources. As other editors have already pointed out, you have repeatedly used unreliable sources. Also, you said that “Matcha was invented in Japan” was “too absolute,” yet you are using the even more extreme term “origin.” Your words and actions seem contradictory. Please stop making disruptive edits.
Smoothing between paragraphs.
Saying "Matcha was invented in Japan in the 15th to 16th centuries" - is too absolute. Historians generally describe this as a development/refinement of earlier powdered tea practices, not a clean invention. Also see talk. Added RS and info.
Fixed heading level
