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You set the tea bowl on your left palm and turn it with your right hand before you drink. The host placed it before y...

When you weigh green tea vs black tea, start with the plant: both, along with oolong, come from what Japan's Ministry...

Yes, black tea has caffeine. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) puts a 220mL cup at about 50mg in its 2015 fig...

The small spouted bowl that came with your Japanese tea set is probably a yuzamashi, a water cooler for tea. It sits ...

The smallest pour in Japanese tea can feel the most deliberate: water cooled until it is warm rather than hot, leaves...

The powder looks the same in the photo. Bright green, finely milled, scooped into a bowl. One tin says Uji. Another s...

A thin ribbon of bright green poured into warm milk. The color blooms. The surface goes pale jade, then settles, and ...

Steam rising from a small cup. The color somewhere between pale jade and sunlit grass. A sip that tastes clean — vege...

Yes, Matcha has caffeine. If you have been asking does Matcha have caffeine, or how much caffeine in Matcha, a bowl m...

The first thing you notice is the weight. A clay body warm from the rinse water, a lid held steady with the thumb, th...

The tools look modest when they are laid out together: a bamboo Matcha whisk, or chasen, beside a wide Matcha bowl, o...

Powder in a bowl. Leaves in a teapot. A bright green latte on one side of the counter, a clear yellow-green cup on th...