Japan struggles to fend off a world without enough matcha
a month ago
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- Global demand for matcha put unprecedented strain on Japan’s tea industry last year.
- Kyoto tea companies Ippodo and Marukyu Koyamaen announced purchase limits on matcha for the first time.
- Many stores were completely sold out of certain matcha products.
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