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Vous l'avez forcément vu passer sur les réseaux : le cheesecake japonais, ultra rapide et sans prise de tête, devenu viral ! Chez Nōka, on a eu envie de le revisiter à notre sauce, avec du matcha culinaire pour la jolie couleur verte et la note végétale qui change tout. Un gâteau tout en douceur, simple à refaire autant de fois que l'envie vous en prend 🍵

À l'approche de l'hiver, beaucoup d'entre nous pensent à faire le plein de vitamines. Bonne nouvelle, la vitamine C est l'une des plus faciles à trouver dans l'assiette, et elle se marie très bien avec un bol de matcha. Pas...

Just search "matcha menopause" and you'll come across some fairly generous promises, hormonal balance, soothed hot flashes, a preserved figure. Matcha does have real things to offer during this period, but not always the ones you read about most often....

Matcha has a reputation for being tricky to prepare, when really it's mostly a matter of a few habits to pick up. Most beginners make the same small mistakes, almost always the same ones, often without even realizing it, before...

Since the end of September, a report from UFC Que Choisir has been circulating widely, and understandably so, in conversations about matcha: aluminum was detected in all seven references tested, with more than half exceeding the reference value set by...

For the past few months, a small friendly war has been playing out on Instagram and TikTok over matcha: whisking it directly into cold water instead of hot water as tradition calls for, a practice social media has dubbed cold...

You're seeing it more and more on coffee shop menus and in Instagram feeds: hojicha, that reddish-brown Japanese tea with a toasty, comforting flavor reminiscent of coffee or cocoa. It's often pitched as a gentle alternative to matcha, low in...

As soon as the first chill sets in, hot drinks take on a new role: they're no longer just about warming up, they become a small comforting ritual, often spiced, often indulgent. Matcha lends itself particularly well to this, thanks...

These past few weeks, this blog has talked a lot about benefits: catechins, L-theanine, blood sugar, inflammation. Serious topics, which we'll keep covering with the same care. Today, a change of pace: matcha is also a treat, a sweet pleasure,...

Green tea comes up regularly in conversations about blood sugar, and matcha along with it, often presented as an almost miracle ally against blood sugar spikes. The reality is more nuanced, but no less interesting: there is real data on...

It's hard to have missed it over the past few months: the ube latte, with its striking purple color, has spread through countless coffee shops, to the point that some present it as the new matcha latte. But behind a...

A matcha to go before jumping on the bus or starting the day, it's become second nature for a lot of people. Quick, on the way, no need to get the bowl and whisk out at home. But between the...

Cortisol has a bad reputation, often wrongly summed up as simply a stress hormone to get rid of. The reality is more nuanced, and above all more actionable: a nervous system that regularly runs high can learn to return to...

Every fall reset comes with its share of good resolutions, quickly forgotten once the days fill up all at once. Before talking about matcha, it's worth putting a few solid basics back in place first, then seeing where it can...

Over the past few years, one word has come up more and more often around matcha: shortage. Out-of-stock notices at some brands, purchase limits, prices climbing. This isn't a marketing myth, but the fairly logical result of two forces colliding,...

The matcha we drink today, whisked smooth with a bamboo whisk or blended into an iced latte, is the result of a journey spanning more than a thousand years, one that began in China, continued in Japanese Zen monasteries, and...

Anti-inflammatory eating often comes back as long lists of foods to tick off, with no real hierarchy. We wanted to do it differently here: start with matcha, which we know well, then broaden out to four other foods with solid...

Ikigai is everywhere, in bookshops, on social media, in personal development workshops, almost always summed up by the same four-circle diagram. In our article on Japanese wellness traditions, we promised more in-depth articles on each of them. Here's the one...

You already know tencha, the leaf that becomes matcha once ground. Sencha and gyokuro are a different story: two Japanese green teas brewed as loose leaves rather than drunk as powder, one very common and the other rather rare and...

Matcha carries its share of preconceptions, often contradictory ones: too expensive, too long to prepare, tastes like grass, only drinkable as a latte. We wanted to go through them one by one, without pretending everything is perfect, but really explaining...

Matcha, wabi sabi, kintsugi, ikigai, hara hachi bu, ma, misogi, shinrin yoku... at first glance, these are very different concepts, one is about tea, another about broken ceramics, another about a reason for living. But they all share the same...

Matcha doesn't exist as such in nature: it comes from a very specific tea leaf, processed through several steps even before being ground into powder. That leaf has a name: tencha. Understanding what tencha is means understanding what really sets...

Coffee gives an immediate boost, often followed by an energy crash. Matcha, on the other hand, has a reputation for delivering steadier energy, without that famous spike. Is this true, and if so, why? Let's take a closer look at...

Our page dedicated to matcha's benefits gives you the essentials at a glance. Here, we go further: compound by compound, we explain what actually happens in the body, and why. We won't revisit skin, a topic already covered in detail...

Matcha has many benefits, and we cover them in detail on our dedicated page. Here, we're focusing on one specific point that's often oversold on social media: skin. What are the real effects, do you need to drink a lot...

A good matcha can be recognized before the very first sip. The color, the texture of the powder, the way it whisks, all of it gives clues about its real quality, well before the taste. Here are the signs that...

A good matcha is something you choose, but it's also something you need to store properly. Improperly stored, even the best matcha loses its color, its umami, and its freshness within a few weeks. There's a lot of conflicting advice...

On our product pages, you'll notice one word coming up again and again in each matcha's description: umami. It's a precise word, with a real scientific definition, and it's also the key to understanding why some of our matchas taste...

Organic has become an almost automatic reference point when choosing a matcha. But concretely, what does this label actually guarantee on a product imported from Japan? What's its real impact in your cup? And above all, how can you verify...

Chanoyu, chadō, sadō: we all talk about "the Japanese tea ceremony," but rarely about what it actually involves. It isn't just a word for a simple tea tasting, but a ritual codified since the 16th century, in which matcha isn't...

"Matcha," "ceremonial grade," "ceremony quality": these words give the impression of an official ranking, almost a label guaranteed by some outside body. In reality, in most countries, neither the word matcha nor the word ceremonial is protected by law. Any...

Single cultivar, blend, assemblage: these words are showing up more and more on matcha packaging, often carrying an implicit promise — that single cultivar is superior to blend. In our previous article on matcha cultivars and origins, we already untangled...

Shot or latte, there's more than one way to drink matcha. Between the traditional version drunk plain, hot or iced lattes, smoothies, and culinary uses, each format changes the texture, the intensity, and even, in part, what you actually absorb....

Uji, Yabukita, Okumidori, Saemidori... On matcha packaging, these Japanese words often pile up with no explanation at all, as if they were interchangeable. They're not: some refer to a growing region, others to a specific tea plant variety. Two completely...

"I drink matcha every day — is that a good idea or not really?" It's a question we get asked often, and it deserves a real answer rather than a simple reassuring yes. Here's what you need to know to...

For the past few weeks, it's been hard to miss an article or a story mentioning the presence of heavy metals in matcha. Cadmium, lead, arsenic... these technical terms are circulating, and many matcha drinkers are now wondering whether their...