# How to prepare powdered green tea?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 11, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-prepare-powdered-green-tea/441032 "2008-03-11T22:54:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-prepare-powdered-green-tea/441032/1 "2008-03-11T22:54:52Z")

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My younger roommate’s Japanese-born mother recently returned from a trip to Japan, and she brought him back a box of green tea. Unfortunately, he’s not sure what to do with it. The tea itself is powdered, rather than the usual “shredded” loose tea, so it won’t work in a tea ball. The text on the packaging is all in Japanese, which my roommate doesn’t read.

So how is this powdered stuff prepared? I’m pretty sure his mom wouldn’t bring “instant” tea all the way from Japan 😉 Also, I’d like to try some of this tea myself. I figure that genuine Japanese green tea has got to be better than the stuff I get at the supermarket.

If it’s helpful, I could probably snap and post a few photos of the package.

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**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-prepare-powdered-green-tea/441032/2 "2008-03-11T23:00:17Z")

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It may be matcha tea. Here are some suggested methods.

> **[How to Prepare Matcha Green Tea | Matcha Source](https://matchasource.com/how-to-prepare-matcha-green-tea/)**
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> Learn how to prepare matcha using a whisk and a tea bowl. Follow our simple instructions to prepare matcha tea at home using everyday objects

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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-prepare-powdered-green-tea/441032/3 "2008-03-12T00:17:38Z")

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[QUOTE=cher3]  
It may be matcha tea. Here are some suggested methods.

> **[How to Prepare Matcha Green Tea | Matcha Source](https://matchasource.com/how-to-prepare-matcha-green-tea/)**
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> Learn how to prepare matcha using a whisk and a tea bowl. Follow our simple instructions to prepare matcha tea at home using everyday objects

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Thanks! We’ll give that a try.