Tea Blog

For centuries, Japanese women have maintained their legendary porcelain complexions through rituals passed down through generations. While the Western world has recently discovered matcha's health benefits, Japan's beauty traditions have long recognized this vibrant green powder as a skincare pow...

The moment you replace your ordinary tea bag with your first loose-leaf green tea, you realize you've been drinking shadows all your life. What you thought was tea was merely a distant echo of the real experience like comparing a photograph of a garden to standing among the flowers themselves. Th...

Where Tropical Paradise Meets Zen Garden Imagine starting your morning with a drink that combines the zen-like focus of traditional Japanese matcha with the tropical sweetness of sun-ripened mangoes. Our Emerald Sunrise smoothie does exactly that by bringing together East and West in a vibrant, n...

The Seasonal Rhythm of Chinese Tea Harvests Have you ever wondered why some Chinese teas are priced ten times higher than others that appear nearly identical? The secret often lies not in what you see, but when it was harvested. Just a few weeks' difference in picking time can dramatically transf...

The Modern Challenge of Maintaining Focus In today's digital world, maintaining sustained concentration has become increasingly challenging. Constant notifications, information overload, and multitasking demands have shortened our attention spans and diminished our ability to focus deeply on task...

The Magic of Peach Oolong Tea When summer peaches meet the mineral complexity of premium oolong tea, something truly magical happens. At ICHA TEA, our Peach Oolong represents this perfect balance with careful blending that celebrates both the sophisticated character of Tie Guan Yin oolong and the...

Finding Balance - How Matcha Green Tea Can Help  Sugar is pretty addictive. It lurks around in so many forms and it's been refined to be even sweeter and more tempting than ever. Like in many areas of our lives, building a balanced relationship, in this case with sweets takes effort and some cre...

The Perfect Storm - The Matcha Crisis  Imagine waking up to discover one of the cornerstones to your morning ritual, your favourite brand of matcha has suddenly become endangered. No, we're not being dramatic. The global matcha shortage is real. It is affecting everyone from casual drinkers to d...

After staring at screens all day, your eyes sore, your head throbs, and stress tightens your shoulders, some modern problems seek ancient solutions. Enter chrysanthemum tea, this golden herbal tea was once treasured by Chinese royalty to help longevity and clear vision. It is a 3,000-year-old rem...