Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Marukyu Koyamaen Tea Company ua kope ʻia ka inoa o kāna kī ʻeleʻele kaulana mai ka mea inu. (ABC News: James Orton)
I ka nānā mua ʻana, me he mea lā he ʻoiaʻiʻo kēia kini matcha, me ka inoa kaulana ʻo Isuzu a me nā ʻano huahana ʻē aʻe.
Ua kaulana loa ka pauka kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo Kepani a ua kaupalena ka mea hana kaulana ʻo Marukyu Koyamaen i ka helu o nā kūʻai no kēlā me kēia mea kūʻai e pale aku i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana.
Akā, ua ʻike ʻo Matsutsugu Nonomura, ka mea nāna i mālama i ke kūʻai aku ʻana o ka hui ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, he mea hoʻopunipuni ka kini kī Isuzu matcha āna e paʻa nei.
Ke kaulana nei ʻo Matcha latte ma muli o kona kiʻi hoihoi ma nā pāpili kaiapili. (Wikimedia: Irvan Ary Maulana)
Ua lilo ʻo Matcha i mea kaulana loa i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, a ke hakakā nei nā mahiʻai Kepanī e hoʻokō i ke koi e ulu nei.
ʻElima mau makahiki ka ulu ʻana o nā lāʻau kī, a he paʻakikī loa ke kaʻina hana o ka hana ʻana i ka pauka kī. No ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka nui o ka chlorophyll a me nā waikawa amino, pono nā mahiʻai e hoʻomalu i nā lāʻau kī no ʻekolu pule ma mua o ka ʻohi ʻana.
Ma hope o ka ʻohi ʻana, hoʻomoʻa ʻia nā lau no 10 kekona, hoʻomaloʻo ʻia i ka ea, a laila wili ʻia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wili pōhaku kuʻuna, e loaʻa ana he 40 grams wale nō i kēlā me kēia hola.
ʻAʻole i hoʻoponopono nui ʻia ka lepili kī Matcha, a makaʻu kekahi mau mea hana Kepanī e hoʻohana pono ana nā mea hana Kina i ka hoʻonui ʻana o ke koi e kūʻai aku i nā huahana kī haʻahaʻa ma lalo o ka lepili "Japanese matcha".
ʻOiai hiki i kekahi ke hana i ka matcha, ʻōlelo nā mea hana he kope kekahi mau lepili matcha a i ʻole nā mea hoʻopili a lākou e ʻike ai ma nā ʻāina ʻē i nā lama Kepani kaulana a i ʻole e hoʻopunipuni ana ua hele mai ke kī mai nā ʻāina Kepani mai.
E like me ka hapa nui o nā kī, hana ʻia ka matcha mai ka mea kanu like—ʻo ke kumu kī (Camellia sinensis)—akā ʻokoʻa loa ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana. (Nūhou ABC: James Orton)
Ua lilo ka mea inu i mea kaulana i kēia manawa ma ka pāpili kaiapili, me nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻomaikaʻi nei iā ia no kona mau pono olakino, ka ʻono umami momona, a me ka caffeine ʻoluʻolu ma mua o ke kofe maʻamau.
He ʻano kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo kūikawā ʻo Matcha i hoʻomaka ma Iapana a he moʻolelo kona no 400 mau makahiki ma ka liʻiliʻi. (Nūhou ABC: James Orton)
Ua lilo ka mea hoʻohui i mea maʻamau i nā hale ʻaina a puni ka honua, e ʻike ʻia ana i nā lattes, nā keke, a me ka ice cream, akā ʻaʻole kēia ka manawa mua i piʻi ai ke koi no ia.
ʻO ka hemahema mua o ka matcha i hana ʻia i nā makahiki 1990, i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ai ka mea hana ʻaikalima ʻo Häagen-Dazs i ka ʻaikalima ʻono kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma Iapana.
"Ke hauʻoli nui nei au i ka ʻike ʻana ua ʻike ʻia ka moʻomeheu Kepanī, a i ʻole kēia mau kuʻuna mōʻaukala mau loa, e nā kānaka a puni ka honua," wahi āna.
I ka makahiki i hala, mahalo i ka piʻi ʻana o ka pāpili kaiapili, ua ulu ka hoʻokuʻu aku ʻana o ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo a Iapana ma 25% i kēlā me kēia makahiki, a hiki i kahi kiʻekiʻe loa.
I kēia makahiki, ua haki hou ʻia kēlā mau moʻolelo: ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kūʻai aku ʻana o nā pāʻani mai Ianuali a Kepakemapa ma mua o ka huina o nā kūʻai aku no ka makahiki 2024 holoʻokoʻa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Yamamoto: "Ke mihi nui nei mākou ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokō i nā pono o ka poʻe a puni ka honua."
Aia nā hopohopo e pili ana ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka hana matcha i ka lako o nā ʻano kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻē aʻe e kaulana mau nei me nā mea kūʻai Kepanī.
Ma Uji, kekahi o nā wahi kī kaulana loa o Iapana, kū mau nā laina lōʻihi o nā mākaʻikaʻi ma waho o nā hale kūʻai matcha, a kūʻai ʻia aku ke kī ma nā papa i loko o nā hola o ka wehe ʻana.
ʻO ke kūʻai pololei ʻana mai ka mea hana he koho hilinaʻi mau ia, akā ua hopohopo ʻo Mr. Nomura e pili ana i ka piʻi ʻana o nā mea hoʻolaha pūnaewele pono ʻole.
Hoʻohālike kekahi mau ʻano matcha Kina i kūʻai ʻia ma ka mākeke i nā inoa a me ka hoʻopili ʻana o nā huahana Kepani kaulana, aʻo kekahi poʻe e wahaheʻe nei e hana ʻia ana ma nā wahi kī Kepani e like me Uji.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Inā kūʻai nā mea kūʻai aku i kahi huahana me ka manaʻo he Uji matcha akā ʻike lākou ʻaʻole ia he ʻono e like me kā lākou i manaʻo ai, e hoʻōki paha lākou i ke kūʻai ʻana."
"ʻO ka manaʻolana e laha aku ana kēlā mau huahana hoʻopunipuni ʻaʻole wale ma Kina akā ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa e hoʻopilikia nui loa i ka mākeke."
Ua ʻōlelo nā luna mahiʻai Kepani, i ka ulu ʻana o ke kaulana o ka matcha, pēlā nō ka nui o nā huahana hoʻopunipuni, akā ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i nā helu kikoʻī.
Ke paipai ikaika nei ke Kuhina Mahiʻai, Ululāʻau, a me ka Lawaiʻa o Iapana i ke kākau inoa ʻana o ia mau hōʻailona kālepa ma nā ʻāina ʻē a manaʻoʻiʻo ua loaʻa iā ia kekahi holomua i ka lobbying Kina e hakakā i nā huahana hoʻopunipuni.
Hana ʻia ʻo Matcha ma ka wili ʻana i nā lau kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo maloʻo, ma hope o ka wehe ʻana i nā aʻa, a lilo i pauka maikaʻi. (Nūhou ABC: James Orton)
"Ua ʻike mākou, no ka laʻana, ua noi nā ʻoihana Kina i pili ʻole iā Uji e hoʻopaʻa inoa i ka hōʻailona kālepa 'Uji Matcha' ma Kina," wahi a Tomoyuki Kawai o ka ʻoihana kī panalāʻau.
ʻO ka piʻi wikiwiki ʻana o ke kaulana o ka matcha ua alakaʻi i ka nele honua o kēia pauka kī kiʻekiʻe. (ABC News: James Orton)
Ua komo ka pilina Sino-Kepanī i loko o kahi pōʻai ʻino ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana o ke Kuhina Nui o Kepanī ʻo Sanae Takaichi i ka hiki ke komo ʻana o Kepanī i ke kaua ma Taiwan.
Ua hoʻokaʻaʻike aku ʻo ABC i ka ʻAha Hoʻokele Waiwai Noʻeau o Kina akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa kahi pane.
Aia paha i loko o kēia lawelawe nā ʻike mai AFP, APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN a me BBC World Service i pale ʻia e ke kuleana kope a ʻaʻole hiki ke kope ʻia.
Ke hoʻomaopopo nei mākou ʻo nā kānaka ʻōiwi o ʻAukekulelia a me nā kānaka o ka mokupuni ʻo Torres Strait nā kamaʻāina mua o ʻAukekulelia a ʻo lākou nā kahu kuʻuna o ka ʻāina a mākou e noho nei, aʻo ai a hana ai.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Dec-17-2025