Nishio, in Aichi Prefecture, bills itself as “the Matcha City.” Here, 98% of the tea produced is tencha, the raw material for matcha. The mild climate and mist from the Yahagi River enhance the ...
The latest Japanese teahouse to open in Manhattan provides a lesson in ancient matcha rituals. The sensory experience begins with the smell of incense inside Sōrate’s new outpost in the Flatiron ...