Matcha: World's thirst for the tea swallows global supplies

a year ago by sabreW4K3 to c/tea

Surging demand, smaller tea crops due to heatwaves and US tariffs on Japan are pushing up matcha prices.
Eq0 4 points a year ago

I found the current price point of matcha oddly low considering its difficult production and limited output… I was wondering how it was sustainable and the reason is “sucking Japanese evening allows for high value export with low price point” :/

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Tiuku 3 points a year ago

I usually make one order per year. A lot of stuff was admittedly sold out :/

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