{"id":366892,"date":"2026-07-07T15:26:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=366892"},"modified":"2026-07-07T15:26:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:56:49","slug":"matcha-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/matcha-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"Matcha\u00a0Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Assam tea estate sold India\u2019s first commercially-produced matcha tea, marking a significant shift from conventional teas.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><b>About Matcha Tea<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_366895\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-366895\" style=\"width: 162px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-366895 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Production-and-processing-process-flow-chart-of-matcha-and-coffee-1.png?resize=162%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Matcha Tea\" width=\"162\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Production-and-processing-process-flow-chart-of-matcha-and-coffee-1.png?resize=162%2C300&amp;ssl=1 162w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Production-and-processing-process-flow-chart-of-matcha-and-coffee-1.png?w=415&amp;ssl=1 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-366895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Research Gate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matcha is a<\/span><b> bright green powder<\/b> <b>made from ground, shade-grown green tea leaves.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>important part of Japanese culture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is commonly used during <strong>traditional ceremonies<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Production: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is primarily manufactured in<\/span><b> Japan, China, and Vietnam.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>In India, <\/b>it is <strong>commercially produced<\/strong> in <b>Tinsukia district of eastern Assam.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Process of making:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is made after shading <\/span><b>Camellia sinensis tea leaves<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for <strong>three to four weeks before harvest.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>tea plants <\/strong>are grown under the<strong> shade of bamboo mats<\/strong> before harvesting.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Blocking 90% of sunlight <\/b>from the leaves<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> boosts their chlorophyll<\/strong> and <strong>amino acid levels<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>and gives them a <b>distinct colour and flavour.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is made by <\/span><b>finely grinding the shade-grown tea leaves into a vibrant green powder.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike regular green tea, <\/span><b>where the leaves are steeped and discarded, matcha is whisked into water and consumed entirely, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">providing higher levels of antioxidants, amino acids, and natural caffeine<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It contains<\/span><b> much higher levels of caffeine than other forms of green tea, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">generally <\/span><b>settling out at around 19-44mg of caffeine per gram.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Health Benefits:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Matcha is <strong>rich in antioxidants, phytochemicals, and the amino acid L-theanine<\/strong>, which may help improve concentration and alertness.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: An Assam tea estate sold India\u2019s first commercially-produced matcha tea, marking a significant shift from conventional teas. About Matcha Tea Matcha is a bright green powder made from ground, shade-grown green tea leaves.\u00a0 It is an important part of Japanese culture and is commonly used during traditional ceremonies. Production: It is primarily manufactured in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/matcha-tea\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Matcha\u00a0Tea<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,12039],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-366892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}