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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.”

151 studies match for “Humans”

2026Journal articleFree to read

The Path to Matcha Repurchase: Ritual Attractiveness, Self-Congruence, and Preference

Aimee Gabrielle Lochman, Primidya K. M. Soesilo — Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Abstract Rituals are deeply embedded into our culture and society, especially in the way we consume food. However, little literature are found that study rituals through the lense of consumer behavior especially in beverage industry. To…

Observational (human)Food products and applicationsMarket, culture and sustainabilityCognition, mood and stress
2024Journal articleFree to read

การพฒนาผลตภณฑจากกญชง: ภมทศนวฒนธรรมของชาตพนธมง อำเภอพบพระ จงหวดตาก

Walailak Panturee — Pathumthani University Academic Journal

This research is a descriptive study. The purpose of this study was to survey the sweetened beverages consumption behaviours and to define related factors with the sweetened beverages consumption behaviours as well as to find the sweetness…

Observational (human)Food products and applicationsMarket, culture and sustainabilityAroma, flavor and sensory
2025Journal articleFree to read

Cloudscape: a sip of heaven

Ardini Abdul Hatta, Nazirul Mubin Awang Besar, Abdullah Kula Ismail, et al. — UiTM Institutional Repositories (Universiti Teknologi MARA)

Cloudscape is more than just a beverage; it's a sensory experience created to elevate the typical coffee experience to something sublime. Three distinct, dreamy flavors such like the earthy elegance of Matcha, the buttery richness of…

Observational (human)Aroma, flavor and sensoryFood products and applicationsCognition, mood and stress
2025Journal articleFree to read

Marketing Analysis of Guizhou Matcha Industry in the Scenarios of Health-Conscious Consumption

顺 王 — E-Commerce Letters

随着健康消费风潮的兴起,许多对人体有益的商品受到消费者追捧,抹茶凭借自身的抗氧化、富含茶氨酸等优点,逐渐在市场上占据重要地位,消费者对于抹茶的消费日益增多,许多商品如奶茶、蛋糕等加上抹茶成分以后就会获得消费者青睐。有“中国抹茶之都”美称的贵州铜仁,是我国种植抹茶的主产区之一,虽然近些年知名度不断增加,但是仍然有不少消费者对贵州抹茶的认识模糊,加上日本品牌的竞争,贵州抹茶要想面向全世界还需要调整自身的市场营销战略,本文基于SWOT分析,深入分析了贵州抹茶的优势、劣势、机会以及威…

Observational (human)Antioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineMarket, culture and sustainability
2025Thesis or dissertation

Metody zpracování a analýzy bioaktivních látek v potravinách a nápojích

Sali Muriqi — Digitální knihovna Univerzity Pardubice (Univerzity Pardubice)

The main purpose of the research conducted within the framework of this doctoral thesis was to investigate, develop, and optimize innovative techniques to enhance the quality, stability, and bioactivity of food and beverage products. The…

Observational (human)Processing, milling and qualityFood products and applicationsCognition, mood and stress
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×
2019Journal articleFree to read

Stress-reducing effect of cookies containing matcha green tea: essential ratio among theanine, arginine, caffeine and epigallocatechin gallate.

Unno K, Furushima D, Hamamoto S, et al. — Heliyon

… and arginine (CE/TA) ratio of 2 or less. Another aim was to evaluate, in humans, the stress-reducing effect of matcha in cookies using test-matcha (CE/TA = 1.79) or placebo-matcha (CE/TA = 10.64). Participants, who were fifth year …

Clinical trial (non-randomized)Cognition, mood and stressAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineCited 40×
2025Journal articleFree to read

The Impact of Green Tea and Its Bioactive Compounds on Mood Disorder Symptomology and Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Cavanah AM, Robinson LA, Mattingly ML, et al. — Biomedicines

… to determine the effects of natural and non-pharmacological treatments on humans. This study aimed to assess current evidence from published randomized controlled trials testing the effects of green tea, green tea extracts, or its …

ReviewCognition, mood and stressAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineCited 7×
2021Thesis or dissertationFree to read

British Collecting of Ceramics for Tea Gatherings from Meiji Japan: British Museum and Maidstone Museum Collections

Ai Fukunaga — SOAS Research Online (SOAS University of London)

Museum collections of Japanese ceramics in Britain include numerous utensils for whipped tea (matcha) and steeped tea (sencha) gatherings along with diverse vessels for daily and special occasions collected from Meiji Japan. Who collected…

Observational (human)Market, culture and sustainabilityCited 1×
2022Journal articleFree to read

Quality, health efficacy and application researches on Matcha

Fanglan Li, Jiangxiong Zhu, WEI Xinlin, et al. — DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

In recent years, Matcha has attracted more attention from many consumers worldwidely due to its unique flavor. Drinking or eating Matcha has multiple health efficacies. Herein, this paper reviewed the potential effects of Matcha processing…

Observational (human)Processing, milling and qualityCognition, mood and stressAroma, flavor and sensory
2018Journal article

PENGARUH STORYTELLING MARKETING TERHADAP BRAND EQUITY DAN KEPUTUSAN PEMBELIAN (Survei Pada Video Iklan Allure Matcha Latte Story Di Youtube)

Nirakatriena Pravitaswari, Zainul Arifin, Mukhammad Kholid Mawardi

This study aims to examine the effect of Storytelling Marketing on Brand Equity and its impact on Purchase Decision. The survey was conducted on 100 active netizens who had purchased and consumed Allure Matcha Latte products, besides…

Observational (human)Food products and applicationsMarket, culture and sustainabilityCited 5×
2020Journal articleFree to read

Comparison of phenolic content and antioxidant activity of matcha, green leaf and white leaf tea infusions

Maria Sielicka, Eylul Isik, Julia Szulc — Bulgarian Portal for Open Science

Tea infusion, as a valuable source of bioactive compounds, substantially contributes to daily polyphenols intake. Among green teas, matcha, which is grounded Tencha tea grown under shaded conditions, gains popularity not only as an…

Observational (human)Antioxidants and polyphenolsCultivation and shadingFood products and applications
2013Journal article

Developing a System to Assess the Skills of Japanese Way of Tea by Analysing the Forming Sound

Eriko Aiba, Soutatsu Kanazawa, Tomoko Ota, et al. — Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting

The Japanese way of tea is one of the most traditional activities to treat and serve guests with “ matcha tea” The manner to serve and the procedure for making a bowl of matcha tea are assumed to be the art performance and they are called…

Sensory / consumerMarket, culture and sustainabilityAroma, flavor and sensoryCited 8×
2019Thesis or dissertation

Plan de negocios para la producción y comercialización de bebidas naturales frías a base del té de matcha en la ciudad de Quito

Molina Ávila, Ramiro Alexander

The food and beverage industry in Ecuador is one of the most important, as well as the most competitive, due to the variety of products offered by the participants, although these goods mostly have little added value and do not focus on…

Observational (human)Metabolism and weightFood products and applicationsMarket, culture and sustainabilityCited 1×
2026Journal article

Matcha Tea Quality and Functional Effects on Gut Microbiome: A Comprehensive Systematic Review

Athanasios Gerasopoulos, Georgios Gerasopoulos, Evrydiki Giota, et al. — Food Reviews International

… therefore in EGCG level. This systematic review aimed to examine the available humans and animals studies, evaluating the functional effects of MT supplementation on gut microbiome. The findings suggest that MT may affect the gut …

Systematic review / meta-analysisAntioxidants and polyphenolsGut and microbiomeProcessing, milling and qualityCited 1×
2020Thesis or dissertation

Čokolády se zvýšeným obsahem zdraví prospěšných látek

Karolína Nováková — Digital Repository (National Repository of Grey Literature)

The diploma thesis on the subject of Chocolates with an increased content of health beneficial substances was elaborated in the years 2018 to 2020 at the Institute of Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Products at the Faculty of…

Observational (human)Antioxidants and polyphenolsAroma, flavor and sensoryFood products and applications
2021Journal articleFree to read

Matcha Green Tea Powder does not Prevent Diet-Induced Arteriosclerosis in New Zealand White Rabbits Due to Impaired Reverse Cholesterol Transport.

Hunjadi M, Sieder C, Beierfuß A, et al. — Molecular nutrition & food research

… the atherogenic process in an animal model with a strong influence on humans' situation. Methods and results: After a pretreatment phase based on a standard diet, 10 female New Zealand White (NZW) rabbits are fed a high-fat diet …

Animal studyMetabolism and weightCardiovascular and blood pressureProcessing, milling and qualityCited 10×
2026Journal articleFree to read

A CE/TA-stratified systematic review and evidence map of matcha and green tea bioactives in endocrine stress regulation: testosterone, cortisol, and the T:C ratio.

Alanazi A, Alanzi R, Abdo AAA — Frontiers in nutrition

Matcha and green-tea bioactives are widely promoted for stress and hormonal health, yet the evidence is fragmented across chemically dissimilar preparations (whole-leaf matcha, brewed green tea, isolated L-theanine, and concentrated…

Systematic review / meta-analysisCognition, mood and stressAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeine
2016Journal articleFree to read

Właściwości antyoksydacyjne herbaty Matcha

Mateusz Borkowski, Paweł Piszcz, Bronisław K. Głód — RepoS (Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczo-Humanistycznego w Siedlcach)

W ostatnich latach zwiększyło się zainteresowanie antyoksydantami i ich wpływem na organizm człowieka. Antyoksydanty są to związki występujące w małych stężeniach, które posiadają właściwości chroniące przed szkodliwym wpływem rodników.…

Chemical / analyticalAntioxidants and polyphenolsAuthenticity and analytical methods

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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