When Gaijin’s chef-partner Anand Morwani was on a long trip to Japan in 2024, he noticed that the best matcha — the kind used ...

Top Japanese tea brand Ito En's latest push to win over health-conscious U.S. customers with its traditional unsweetened brew ...

Preparation: Take the Wagyu meat out of the fridge and let it rest at room temperature for 45 minutes to get some structure. Then it's time to portion: after the sinewy ends have been removed with ...

Starbucks loves to experiment with creative new menu offerings in Japan, and now the chain has set tongues wagging again, with the announcement that it’ll be offering a special afternoon tea ...

Japanese tea ceremonies didn’t always look this way. Prior to the 16th century in Japan, tea ceremonies were often displays of wealth and abundance by Japanese rulers and the warrior class .

Matcha is the new drink of choice at hip cafes worldwide, but Japanese producers are struggling to keep up with soaring ...

Megumi Kanaike, manager of Simply Native, a tea shop in Sydney said that producers of the highest-quality matcha in Kyoto, Japan, recently increased prices by up to 40 per cent, which is the first ...

FAIRHAVEN — After opening his Yozakura Japanese Kitchen in 2022, William Foley is now onto a new venture offering a slice of Japan at the Hanami Tea House “Hanami is essentially a kissaten ...

A $35 afternoon tea set served at the British pavilion at the Osaka Expo has left Japanese social media aghast at its perfunctory paper cups, sending Britain's embassy into damage-control mode ...

Japan's green tea exports had surged nearly ninefold to a record 29.2 billion yen ($185 million) over the 15 years through 2023, lifted mainly by matcha on the back of the increased popularity for ...