The Matcha Problem
March 22, 2026
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as posted by the channelThe explosive rise in demand for matcha around the globe has transformed a deliberately slow-moving Japanese ceremonial tradition into a trendy crash-free caffeine hit—and things have gotten weird for the matcha market as a result, Ellen Cushing writes.
She explores the consequences of the matcha shortage and what it reflects about our “context-collapsed, free-associative, flavormaxxed culinary era” of food trends.
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