Matcha is a delicious and healthy drink from Japan that’s taken the world by storm. Instead of tea leaves, matcha is always in powdered form, and its bright green colour might be a bit shocking to first-timers. There are in fact no additives or food colouring in pure matcha, it is made entirely from green tea leaves, ground so fine that they don’t resemble tea leaves at all. In this article, we explore how matcha is made, from how its grown to how it becomes the powder we all can’t get enough of.