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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.”

89 studies match for “Japanese tea”

2025Journal article

Comparative Analysis of Physiological, Growth, and Biochemical Traits in Tea Cultivars for Shaded Environments

The Korean Tea Society, Doobo Shim, Changhyun Sung, et al.

This study collected and propagated genetic resources for a native Korean tea plant to select cultivars suitable for shaded environments. The Cv_24 cultivar was compared with the Japanese Yabukida cultivar (Cv_01) and the Korean Chamnok …

Agronomy / cultivationL-theanine and caffeineCultivation and shadingProcessing, milling and quality
2019Journal articleFree to read

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

Nick Dreher — Graduate Journal of Food Studies

health-conscious eaters abstract | Matcha has served as the focal point of the Japanese tea ceremony, chanoyu, for hundreds of years.More recently, this powdered green tea has arrived on the shores of North America as one of the latest …

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

« L’esthétique Matcha Girl » : quand les réseaux sociaux façonnent un archétype féminin et redéfinissent les normes et pratiques de consommation du matcha

Maëlle Féréroles — HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Ce mémoire explore comment les réseaux sociaux ont transformé le matcha en un objet symbolique incarné par la figure de la Matcha Girl. Plus qu’une boisson, le matcha devient ici le signe d’un style de vie idéalisé, féminin et esthétisé,…

Other / not statedMarket, culture and sustainability
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

Né au Japon, le matcha s’est progressivement imposé bien au-delà de sa fonction de boisson. Devenu symbole de sérénité, d’esthétique et de bien-être, il incarne aujourd’hui un phénomène culturel à part entière, nourri par la mondialisation…

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)

Ce mémoire explore le glissement du thé matcha, de tradition millénaire japonaise à boisson tendance réappropriée par les marques occidentales, devenue symbole d’un mode de vie sain. La première partie retrace l’ancrage ancestral du matcha…

Other / not statedMarket, culture and sustainabilitySkin, oral and dental
2018Journal articleFree to read

Effect of powdered green tea matcha on biofilm formation by mutans Streptococci

Mochamad Fahlevi Rizal, Noboru Kaneko, Hiroshi Ogawa — STOMATOLOGY EDU JOURNAL

… that is made from the leaves of Camellia sinensis and widely consumed by Japanese and Asian people.This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of matcha in suppressing biofilm formation by mutans streptococci, typical cariogenic …

Food science / processingInflammation and immunitySkin, oral and dentalProcessing, milling and quality
2025Journal article

Matcha intake enhances systemic oxidative stress resistance and activates detoxification pathways in Drosophila melanogaster.

Tsuda M — Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry

Matcha, a Japanese powdered green tea, enhances Drosophila resistance to oxidative stress. Transcriptome analysis shows activation of detoxification and antioxidant pathways, likely driven by caffeine-catechin synergy. Unlike green tea …

Other / not statedCognition, mood and stressAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeine
2024Journal articleFree to read

Matcha Does Not Affect Electroencephalography during Sleep but May Enhance Mental Well-Being: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial.

Baba Y, Takihara T, Okamura N — Nutrients

… in matcha improves sleep quality and cognitive function, the caffeine in green tea is thought to worsen sleep quality. Therefore, this study investigated the factors behind the observed improvements in subjective sleep quality in matcha. …

Randomized controlled trialCognition, mood and stressAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineCited 8×
2026Journal articleFree to read

FROM CAFFEINE TO CATECHINS: A NARRATIVE REVIEW OF THE COMPARATIVE AND SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS OF COFFEE AND MATCHA ON HUMAN HEALTH

Małgorzata Cherek, Natalia Marzec, Natalia Krupa, et al. — International Journal of Innovative Technologies in Social Science

… and benefits of consuming two of the most popular hot beverages: matcha tea and coffee. Both of them have been consumed for centuries and are embedded in cultural, societal, and dietary practices worldwide. They contain various …

Systematic review / meta-analysisCognition, mood and stressMetabolism and weightAntioxidants and polyphenols
2026Journal article

Fenomena Konsumsi Minuman Jepang di Indonesia: Kajian Budaya Jepang terhadap Ketertarikan Konsumen

Felicia Nafftali Primastito, Rezki Fatimah, Fitri Alfarisy — DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

This study aims to analyze how Japanese culture shapes Indonesian consumers’ interest in Japanese beverages. The growing popularity of beverages such as matcha, hojicha, genmaicha, ramune, and Japanese milk tea in Indonesia indicates that …

ReviewMarket, culture and sustainabilityFood products and applications
2015Journal article

PENGARUH MUSIM TERHADAP CHANOYU

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

… the results of research that the author find 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 …

Agronomy / cultivationMarket, culture and sustainabilityCultivation and shadingProcessing, milling and quality
2013Journal articleFree to read

Objective Evaluation of Astringent and Umami Taste Intensities of Matcha using a Taste Sensor System

Tomomi Ujihara, Nobuyuki Hayashi, Hidekazu Ikezaki — Food Science and Technology Research

Matcha is a kind of Japanese green tea that is traditionally used for the Japanese tea ceremony, Sado, and has, in recent years, also been used as a food ingredient. In addition, Sado and food items containing matcha are becoming popular …

Observational (human)Antioxidants and polyphenolsAroma, flavor and sensoryProcessing, milling and qualityCited 29×

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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