MatchaDB

Research

The Global Matcha Research Library

641 papers, trials, theses and preprints that study matcha, gathered from PubMed, OpenAlex and Europe PMC, tagged by study type and topic, and linked back to every source. We keep abstracts and citations; the full text stays with its publisher.

Tip: use "quotes" for an exact phrase, OR between alternatives, and a minus to leave a word out, for example fluoride OR pesticide. Related words are matched too, so “EGCG” also finds “epigallocatechin.”

458 studies match for “pH”

2019Journal articleFree to read

Food from Nowhere: Complicating Cultural Food Colonialism to Understand Matcha as Superfood

Nick Dreher — Graduate Journal of Food Studies

… the attention of the West, matcha's newfound global popularity reflects what philosopher Lisa Heldke calls "cultural food colonialism."However, while many ethnic foods and superfoods are viewed and judged through the lenses of …

Other / not statedAuthenticity and analytical methodsMarket, culture and sustainabilityCognition, mood and stressCited 3×
2025Thesis or dissertation

Le matcha en France : entre héritage, stratégies de marque et circulation des imaginaires du bien-être

Omayma Ben Djemia — INRIA a CCSD electronic archive server

… symbole de sérénité, d’esthétique et de bien-être, il incarne aujourd’hui un phénomène culturel à part entière, nourri par la mondialisation et la médiatisation des pratiques alimentaires. Ce mémoire s’intéresse à la manière dont ce …

Other / not statedAuthenticity and analytical methodsMarket, culture and sustainabilityAroma, flavor and sensory
2025Thesis or dissertation

Matcha mania : anatomie d’un nouveau mythe du bien-être. Étude des marques de thé matcha françaises

Léanne Coste — HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

… esthétisation minutieusement pensée pour l’instagrammabilité. Cette scénographie alimente la viralité du produit et uniformise les expériences. La dernière partie interroge l’émergence de la « matcha girl » comme nouvel archétype, …

Other / not statedMarket, culture and sustainabilitySkin, oral and dental
2015Journal article

PENGARUH MUSIM TERHADAP CHANOYU

Oslan Amril Chairani Yunita, Irma Irma, Oslan Amril — Abstract of Undergraduate Research, Faculty of Humanities, Bung Hatta University

… turned out to be the beginning of tea discovered became an attraction and a phenomenon. Tea was first believed to have been found in China. Tea was discovered by Emperor Shennung. From Chinese tea was brought to Japan in the 8th …

Agronomy / cultivationMarket, culture and sustainabilityCultivation and shadingProcessing, milling and quality

How this library is built

Every record comes from three open scholarly indexes — PubMed, OpenAlex and Europe PMC — searched for the word “matcha.” Records are merged by DOI and PubMed ID so each study appears once. A paper is kept only if matcha appears in its title, abstract, author keywords or subject terms and the text is about tea or food, which filters out the surname Matcha, software called Matcha, and the Scandinavian verb “matcha” (to match).

Study type and topic tags are assigned automatically from each paper's own title, abstract and subject terms using fixed keyword rules — no guesses, and papers without an abstract are marked as unclassified. Automatic tagging is imperfect, so treat tags as a way to narrow a search, not as a verdict on a paper's quality. A study being listed here is not an endorsement of its findings.

Coverage: this is every indexed paper that names matcha, not every study of green tea or its compounds (those are far more numerous). Papers that mention matcha only in passing are hidden by default. Work that never uses the word “matcha,” and publications outside these indexes, are not included. The library was last rebuilt October 20, 2026.

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