Much like India, Japan is also a tea nation. Unlike us, who drink milk-based, sugar-loaded concoctions, Japanese people prefer herbal tea, especially after meals, to aid digestion. In many restaurants ...

This tea plantation stretches across rolling hills, where perfectly trimmed green bushes follow the natural curves of the land. Narrow walking paths wind through the fields, guiding the eye toward ...

TOKYO – Japan’s exports of green tea, including matcha, reached a record high of more than 10,000 tonnes in 2025, according to trade statistics released by the Finance Ministry. Green tea is expected ...

Sri Lanka’s Up Country is a landscape of forested peaks and rolling hills, their slopes striped with tea plantations and dotted with picket-fenced railway stations and colonial-era resorts. Sri ...

Established in 1880, Cannavarella Estate stands among the most historically significant plantations in Sri Lanka, carrying a legacy that intertwines agricultural heritage, colonial transitions and ...

This article by Arthur Bizimana, first published on Ibihe.org on November 25, 2025, is part of a series of four investigations conducted with support from the Pulitzer Center. Global Voices ...

An Ito En spokesperson. The impact of rising tea leaf prices is already rippling through the consumer market. In December 2025, major beverage makers announced a new round of price increases for their ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal--Coffee hasn’t always been an easy sell in Nepal. The Himalayan country is a major tea producer, as well as a major consumer. When people greet each other in the morning, they don’t ...

It is a little-known irony that one of the poorest and least developed nations of the world, namely the East African country called The Repub | In this installment of our African tea series, World Tea ...

At Turtle Matcha in Indiranagar, they do not aim to ape Japanese tea shops, but instead look to them for inspiration.