: a green powder made from ground green tea leaves that is used to make tea and other beverages and as a flavoring agent
Our meal began with matcha, the traditional green tea of the tea ceremony. The powder is spooned into a ceramic bowl, hot water added and the mixture whisked to a frothy jade. Alan Brown
Walk into a coffee shop or peruse Instagram and you're sure to have seen a matcha latte. Alysha Witwicki
also: tea made from matcha
At the time, he often experienced midafternoon malaise and began drinking hot matcha on his brother's recommendation. Jill Radsken
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Japanese, from mat-, form in compounding of matsu "to rub, daub, paint" + cha "tea"