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Matcha vs Green Tea: What's the Difference? They come from the same plant — the same species, often the same regions. But one is steeped and strained away, and the other is shaded, ground, and swallowed whole. That single difference changes everything about how they taste, how they are made, and what they do. It sur...

Where Tea Becomes Itself: The Regional Geography of Japanese Green Tea The same species of plant, grown fifty kilometers apart, produces two teas so different in flavor they seem to come from different worlds. Japan's tea regions are not simply growing areas. They are distinct expressions of soil, altitude, water, a...