Matcha (抹茶) ; is a finely ground powder of specially grown and processed green tea leaves that originated in China. Later, the green color exhibited in most modern matcha was developed in Japan, where most matcha is produced today. In the 12th century at the latest, Chinese compressed tea, the raw material for matcha, was introduced to Japan. When the production of compressed tea was banned in China in 1391, matcha was abandoned in China and developed in Japan thereafter.
Matcha
A cup of matcha tea
Various compressed teas
Niǎn, an artifact from Famen Temple.
Green tea is a type of tea that is made from Camellia sinensis leaves and buds that have not undergone the same withering and oxidation process which is used to make oolong teas and black teas. Green tea originated in China, and since then its production and manufacture has spread to other countries in East Asia.
The appearance of green tea in three different stages (from left to right): the infused leaves, the dry leaves, and the liquid.
Longjing, a green tea from Zhejiang, China
Tea field in Boseong, South Korea
The tea fields in the foothills of Gorreana, Azores Islands, Portugal: the only European region other than Georgia to support green tea production.
