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The 2025 Matcha Shortage: What’s Really Happening in Japan?

If you’ve had trouble finding your favorite matcha lately, you're not imagining things — the 2025 matcha shortage is real. At Mizuba, we believe education is a core part of...

New Organic Signature Matcha

Our 100g organic matcha has a brand new look!

The 2025 Matcha Shortage: What’s Really Happening in Japan?

If you’ve had trouble finding your favorite matcha lately, you're not imagining things — the 2025 matcha shortage is real. At Mizuba, we believe education is a core part of...

Mizuba Tea’s Matcha Mastery - Santa Barbara Independent

Our favorite hometown press, The Santa Barbara Independent, recently caught up with Mizuba's founder, Lauren, to chat about Mizuba Tea's ethos in working with our farm partners in Japan.

Mizuba Matcha on The Manual

What Is Matcha? A Guide to the Green Tea with Mizuba Tea Co.’s Lauren Purvis By Chelsea Batten November 21, 2019 Doesn’t it seem like ages ago that American culture, so...

Mizuba's Commitment to Diversity

Tea is meant for sharing and we truly hope you’ve always found Mizuba as an inclusive, joyful place to enjoy a #matchamoment.

Happy Earth Day!

Just as we make decisions to mindfully lessen our impact on the Earth in our personal lives, as a family-run small business, we take the same approach with how we...

Learn About Mizuba: The Basics

Is Mizuba's Matcha High-Quality Matcha? Matcha is a fine, powdered version of the same leaf from which all tea originates from: the Camellia sinensis plant. However, the methods used to...

Happy New Year's Eve!

What's next for Mizuba in 2020? Our little company started six years ago with a single relationship with one matcha producer... who we work with to this day! In the years since we've...

Four Loose Leaf Tea Questions with Lauren

In the same way sharing traditional Uji matcha with you helps preserve the heritage of such an iconic cultural art, I’m hoping our little loose leaf collection helps preserve Japan’s...

Announcing Mizuba's Heritage Japanese Loose Leaf Teas

Welcome to the Mizuba Tea Co. loose leaf collection! True — we've been solely focused on being one of America's premier matcha companies for years. But, as you can imagine... exceptional...

Mizuba Tea Co. Video Guides

Watch how to make matcha with our 3 easy to follow Mizuba video guides!! 1) Traditional Matcha guide 2) To-go matcha guide 3) Matcha latte guide!

A Note from our Founder on Mizuba's 5th Birthday!

A thank you note for each and every amazing Mizuba #MatchaMoment we've had the past 5 years with you all!

Mizuba Tea Co. on "The Natural" Podcast by Schmidt's!

We Tried Wellness, a podcast run by the amazing folks behind Schmidt's Naturals, interviews Mizuba about what makes true, quality, and authentic Japanese matcha green tea. Give it a listen!

What is the difference between ceremonial and culinary matcha?

What is the Difference Between Ceremonial Grade and Culinary Grade Matcha?

Ever wonder what the terms ceremonial or culinary matcha actually mean? What should you buy? Do the terms make a difference in quality? What makes a quality matcha, anyway? Learn...