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.”

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2 studies match for “customer needs”

2025Journal articleFree to read

Development of Matcha-Based Beverage Product Packaging Based on Consumer Needs Attributes using Quality Function Deployment Method

Maulana Naafi Aga Pranata, Wahyu Supartono, Megita Ryanjani Tanuputri — IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science

… Progo, Yogyakarta tries to produce matcha. The development of matcha certainly needs to be supported by designing packaging that was appropriate with consumer desires. Packaging is one of the important aspects of beverage products, so the …

Observational (human)Processing, milling and qualityFood products and applicationsMarket, culture and sustainability
2025Journal articleFree to read

Penerapan Metode Quality Function Deployment dalam Pengembangan Produk Minuman “Matcha Boy”

Ivan Abraham, Rifky Maulana, Samuel Kevin Sihombing, et al. — Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Humaniora.

… method serves as a strategic approach to ensure alignment between consumer needs and the technical characteristics of the “Matcha Boy” beverage product, playing a crucial role in translating the voice of the customer (VoC) into …

Observational (human)Processing, milling and qualityFood products and applicationsAroma, flavor and sensory

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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