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Green gruel? Pea soup? What Westerners thought of matcha when they tried it for the first time

  • Written by Rebecca Corbett, Japanese Studies Librarian and Senior Lecturer in History, University of Southern California
Green gruel? Pea soup? What Westerners thought of matcha when they tried it for the first timeMatcha lattes are prepared at a cafe in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles in May 2025.Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

“Matcha mania” shows no signs of slowing, with global demand pushing “supply chains to the brink,” as Australia’s ABC News reported in July 2025.

The powdered drink retains a massive...

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