Our Interview with Ground Up
We are so happy to collaborate with the wonderful ladies at Ground Up for our brand-new Matcha Latte Nut Butter! Their mission (beyond making delicious nut butter) is to employ...
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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...
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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.
Artist Series No. 2: Matcha-grams! Our interview with artist Abbie Tjaden
Recently we had a chance to sit down with Abbie Tjaden of ARTJADEN and ask her a few questions. Abbie is a Portland-based artist, and she is responsible for designing...
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
What is Matcha? Matcha is a fine, powdered version of the same leaf all tea originates from: the Camellia sinensis plant. However, the methods used to make matcha are...
All About Our Organic Genmaicha Tea
Genmaicha is a blend of loose leaf tea, usually bancha, with "genmai." Genmai is commonly brown rice, but our genmaicha is made by roasting white mochi rice, which is crunchier and sweeter...
What is Kyô-bancha tea?
Winter is slowly turning to spring, but here in Portland it's still sweater weather! The cool mornings and evenings have encouraged us to savor the warm, chocolaty notes of our...
New: Dark Wood Chasen
Our beautiful dark wood chasen is made from wild purple bamboo. Artisans look for a hard, thin stalk — usually about 2 to 2.5 centimeters thick, and 9 to 12 cm long. The bamboo must be dried...
Uji Hikari Matcha
We are humbled at the opportunity to work with renowned matcha producer Mr. Kiyoharu Tsuji. Having won countless awards in Japan for his teas, 5th-generation master farmer Tsuji san is responsible for one of the...
Our team picks their favorite matchas of the moment
Every matcha we offer has its own special place in the Mizuba collection, but we recently sat down with our team to learn about their favorite matcha of the moment. Read on to...
Natural Matcha Skincare: An Interview with Heart of Gold
Matcha takes care of us, inside & out. For this upcoming Valentine's season, we're reminded that it's *so* important to take a (matcha)moment for yourself! We hear it all the...
Ever Heard of a Matcha Latte Throwdown?
Check out an inside look at one of specialty coffee's most fun events!
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...
The Word "Matcha" Added to Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Though the tea itself may be shy of 1,000 years old, according to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of the word "matcha" wasn't until 1881. Keep going until Sept. 17th, 2019,...
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