CAPE TOWN - Social media loves Matcha. Viral videos of products with the Green Tea powder have fuelled a global matcha craze, leading to an unexpected shortage in Tokyo, as Japan struggles to meet ...

Now, it's everywhere, loved by celebrities like Serena Williams and Lady Gaga, and in everything, from pancakes to lattes and bubble tea. Matcha has been used for centuries, originally by Zen ...

For our taste test we asked shoppers at Top Ryde Shopping Centre in NSW to try a selection of 21 bubble tea samples and then vote for their favourite. We had about 15 public taste testers test each ...

Bubble tea originated ... include jasmine, matcha and brown sugar; fruit staples include passion fruit and mango; while peach, lychee and honeydew are popular slush and smoothie options.

The government is considering measures to prompt Japanese green tea farmers to shift more production to tencha leaves that can be ground into matcha powder, from sencha, commonly consumed in Japan, to ...