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Everything we know about matcha and Japanese tea, written down. Lab numbers, farm facts and the methods we use in our own kitchen, in plain language.

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Matcha vs coffee

Gram for gram, serve for serve, hour by hour. What is actually in each cup, why a bowl at 10 am does not feel like an espresso at 10 am, and which one to drink when.

14 min read · Updated 11 November 2026Read the guide

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Hands picking the first spring tea shoots into a bamboo basket in a Japanese tea field at golden hour

Origin6 min read

Shincha and Japan's Tea Seasons: When Is Matcha Harvested?

When is matcha harvested? Japan's tea year explained by a tea farmer: shincha, ichibancha, nibancha and autumn bancha, the 88th night, harvest timi...

Origin6 min read

Japanese Tea Ceremony (Chanoyu): What Happens, Etiquette, Usucha and Koicha

The Japanese tea ceremony explained: what happens step by step, guest etiquette, usucha vs koicha, the four principles, a short history from Eisai ...

Loose leaf5 min read

Gyokuro Tea: Japan's Shaded Green Tea, Kabusecha, Caffeine and How to Brew

What is gyokuro? Japan's shaded green tea explained by a tea farmer: how long gyokuro and kabusecha are shaded, MAFF price and share data, caffeine...

A bowl of vivid green matcha on a light wooden table with a few fresh tea leaves beside it

Health5 min read

L Theanine in Matcha: Focus, Calm and Sleep. What the Trials Actually Show

L theanine and matcha: what theanine is, why shading raises it, what the human trials found on focus, stress and sleep, how matcha compares with co...

Health5 min read

Matcha While Pregnant: How Much Is Safe Under Australian Guidance?

Can you drink matcha while pregnant? The 200 mg a day caffeine limit, caffeine in matcha, hojicha and genmaicha per serve, why caffeine lasts longe...

Close up of fresh spring tea shoots on several different tea bushes showing different shapes and shades of green

Origin5 min read

Matcha Cultivars: Okumidori, Saemidori, Samidori, Yabukita and Single Cultivar Matcha

Okumidori, Saemidori, Samidori, Asahi, Gokō and Yabukita explained by a tea farmer: what a cultivar is, how each shapes matcha, single cultivar vs ...

Origin6 min read

Uji Matcha vs Shizuoka vs Kagoshima: Japan's Matcha Regions Compared

What is Uji matcha, and how does it compare with Shizuoka and Kagoshima? MAFF's 2025 data on land, tonnage and tencha rankings, taste, harvest timi...

Matcha4 min read

How to Store Matcha Powder: Fridge or Pantry, How Long It Lasts, and Does It Expire?

How to store matcha powder so it stays green: the four enemies, fridge vs pantry vs freezer, the condensation trap, how long matcha lasts opened an...

A square of layered matcha tiramisu dusted with bright green matcha on a plate with a spoon

Recipes5 min read

Matcha Tiramisu Recipe (Matchamisu): No Bake, Egg Free, Make Ahead

No bake, egg free matcha tiramisu (matchamisu): exact grams, the soak ratio, how to keep it green overnight, a strawberry version, hojicha tiramisu...

Matcha5 min read

How to Make Matcha with a Whisk: The Chasen Method, Bowl, Numbers and Care

How to make matcha in 60 seconds with a bamboo whisk: grams, water, temperature and the wrist motion, a brew timer, troubleshooting, choosing a cha...

Recipes4 min read

Best Milk for Matcha: Oat, Dairy, Soy or Almond? Compared Side by Side

The best milk for a matcha latte: oat, dairy, soy, almond, coconut and macadamia compared for flavour and foam, protein and fat per 100 ml, ratios,...

A hot matcha latte with latte art in a ceramic cup next to a small bowl of matcha and a bamboo whisk

Recipes6 min read

Matcha Latte Recipe: Cafe Style at Home in 3 Minutes, and What It Really Costs

How to make a matcha latte at home: 2 g matcha, 40 ml water at 80°C, 180 ml steamed milk. Ratios for strong, iced and sweet lattes, no whisk method...

Health6 min read

Does Matcha Have Caffeine? How Much, vs Coffee and Green Tea (Official Numbers)

Yes, matcha has caffeine: about 32 mg per gram, or 64 mg in a 2 g serve (Japan's official food tables). Matcha vs coffee, green tea, hojicha and ge...

Two small bowls of matcha powder side by side on a wooden board, one vivid jade and one slightly duller green

Matcha5 min read

Japanese vs Chinese Matcha: How They Differ, Prices, and How to Read the Label

Japanese vs Chinese matcha explained: how each is made, where it grows, the 2026 price gap Australian cafes face, what labels must and must not say...

Matcha6 min read

Ceremonial Grade Matcha: What It Means, vs Culinary, and Which to Buy (2026)

What ceremonial grade matcha really means, how it differs from culinary and latte grade (harvest, leaf, shading, milling), the farm gate price gap ...

Three mounds of matcha powder from vivid jade green to olive to yellowish khaki with a bamboo scoop

Matcha6 min read

High Quality Matcha: How to Tell Good Matcha from Bad in 30 Seconds

How to tell high quality matcha: the colour, smell, feel, foam and label tests, what it should cost in 2026, and why matcha turns dull or yellow, w...

A glass bottle of pale green cold brewed tea with sencha leaves settled at the bottom beside a glass with ice

Recipes5 min read

Cold Brew Green Tea (Mizudashi Sencha): Ratio, Time and Why It Tastes Sweeter

How to cold brew Japanese green tea (mizudashi): 10 g per litre, 3 to 6 hours in the fridge. Why it tastes sweeter, asamushi vs fukamushi, cold bre...

Recipes5 min read

Strawberry Matcha Latte Recipe: The Layered Pink and Green Drink

How to make a strawberry matcha latte at home: fresh, jam or freeze dried strawberry base, how the layers work, a lower sugar version, Australian s...

Recipes5 min read

Iced Matcha Latte Recipe: Shake or Whisk, in 3 Minutes

How to make an iced matcha latte at home in 3 minutes: exact grams, shake or whisk, which matcha and milk, four summer variations, a heatwave batch...

Shaded tea rows under black netting in a Shizuoka tea field in spring, with Mount Fuji in the distance

Matcha9 min read

Matcha Shortage 2026: Why Matcha Is So Expensive, and What Comes Next

Why matcha got so expensive: Japan's 2025 tencha output, 2026 first flush prices and record exports, from MAFF's October 2026 data and our Shizuoka...

Gifting15 min read

Matcha gift guide: how to choose a matcha gift that gets used

How to choose a matcha gift that gets used: match it to the person, what goes in a proper matcha set, how to check the tea, ceremonial or culinary,...

A Teafy organic hojicha loose leaf pouch on an oak table beside a clay houroku roasting dish filled with roasted tea stems and leaves

Loose leaf7 min read

Hojicha explained: Japan's roasted green tea

Hojicha is Japanese green tea roasted until it turns red brown. What the heat does to the leaf, why the cup is so low in caffeine, how a tea taster...

Loose leaf6 min read

Genmaicha: Japan's Toasted Rice Green Tea. Taste, Caffeine, Benefits and How to Brew

What genmaicha is, how it tastes, how much caffeine it has (Japan's official tables), the three origin stories, genmaicha vs hojicha, and how to br...

Health16 min read

Heavy metal testing in Japanese matcha and tea: our 2026 lab results

All eight Teafy teas, tested by a NATA accredited lab for lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury. Every number, how it compares with tea limits worldwi...

Teafy Ceremonial and Superior Culinary matcha pouches on a stone bench beside a bowl of freshly whisked bright green matcha and a bamboo whisk

Matcha9 min read

Where to Buy Matcha in Australia: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth (2026)

Where to buy real Japanese matcha in Australia in 2026: a 7 point checklist, what it should cost, supermarket matcha at Coles and Woolworths, and w...

Recipes7 min read

Hojicha Latte Recipe: Hot or Iced, Cafe Style in 3 Minutes

A creamy hojicha latte at home in 3 minutes, hot or iced. Exact grams, the best milk, a loose leaf method, hojicha latte caffeine against matcha an...

Recipes5 min read

Genmaicha Milk Tea: Toasted Rice Tea Latte, Hot, Iced or Boba

Genmaicha milk tea three ways: water steeped, milk steeped and iced with boba. Metric measures, a brew timer, how to stop bitterness, a cold brew c...

A Teafy Ceremonial matcha can beside a pale bowl of foamed green matcha, a bamboo whisk and a scoop on an oak table

Matcha11 min read

Matcha explained: shade, tencha, the mill and the bowl

Matcha is shaded, steamed, dried flat and milled, then whisked and drunk whole. What makes it matcha, what shade does to the leaf, the grades, caff...

Loose leaf12 min read

Japanese tea explained: one plant, a few decisions, every cup

Japanese tea is one plant and a handful of decisions: steam or fire, sun or shade, roll or lay flat, roast or mill. The whole family, the harvest, ...

A stack of fluffy bright green matcha pancakes topped with whipped cream and fresh strawberries

Recipes5 min read

Matcha Pancakes Recipe: Fluffy, Bright Green, Plus Soufflé and Vegan

Fluffy matcha pancakes that stay bright green: exact grams, how much matcha to use, why pancakes turn khaki and how to stop it, a serves scaler, pl...

Health7 min read

Is Matcha Good for You? Matcha Benefits, Graded by the Evidence

Is matcha good for you? What the human evidence says about matcha and green tea benefits, heart health, weight, focus and colds, graded from strong...

Teafy Asamushi and Fukamushi sencha pouches on a pale oak table, with a glass of clear pale green asamushi and a glass of cloudy jade fukamushi in front

Loose leaf13 min read

Sencha explained: asamushi vs fukamushi, and the seconds in the steam

Every sencha is steamed, and how long decides the cup. How sencha is made, asamushi vs fukamushi, caffeine, how Japan's tea judges score it and how...

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