The $80 Cup of Tea That Will Change Your Whole Day
A new matcha blend promises to impart monklike calm—and reflexes like a samurai.
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Matcha is the new açai. Or it could be, what with all the new matcha places popping up these days.
Generally, if you’re not familiar, matcha is a dried and powdered version of specialized green tea. The Chinese brought it to Japan around 1100, but it’s become popular in the U.S. in the past decade, especially at such health-conscious/sceney places as Urth Caffé in Beverly Hills.