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Chota Tingrai and Matcha Assamica in the news, in India and around the world.
The Indian Express · Feature
A decades-old friendship, two tea families and the making of India's first commercial matcha
How the Jalan and Hara families, and a friendship across Assam and Japan, led to Matcha Assamica.
27 August 2026 · Read the feature →Hindustan Times
A powder move: India is now growing its own matcha
India's first home-grown matcha, and the collaboration behind it.
12 September 2026 · Read article →The Straits TimesMatcha, with a twist of Assam: India enters the global matcha production line
Singapore's paper of record on India's entry into global matcha production.
24 August 2026 · Read article →The archive
All coverage
2026
- Fresh CupHow an Assam tea estate produced India's first homegrown matcha
- AssamInfoAssam becomes first state in India to commercially produce matcha tea
- Hindustan TimesA powder move: India is now growing its own matcha
- The Indian ExpressA decades-old friendship, two tea families and the making of India's first commercial matcha
- InquirerMatcha, with a twist of Assam: India enters global matcha production
- The Straits TimesMatcha, with a twist of Assam: India enters the global matcha production line
- The TeaconomistAn Assam estate sells India's first batch of matcha
- SlurrpIs this Assam tea estate about to change how the world drinks matcha?
- WIONAssam brews India's bold entry into global matcha market
- EastMojoIndia-Japan ties brew success as Assam's matcha makes historic auction debut
- The Times of IndiaAssam tea estate becomes India's first to commercially produce matcha
- The Indian ExpressMatcha tea, now from India: Assam estate sells first India-made batch
- NDTVAssam 1st in India to commercially produce matcha tea, sold for Rs 3,000 a kg
- ETV BharatAssam scripts history: Chota Tingrai launches India's first commercially produced matcha
- Northeast NowAssam's Chota Tingrai Tea Estate produces country's first commercial matcha tea
- WebIndia123Assam tea estate launches India's first commercially produced matcha tea
- The SentinelAssam creates history in tea industry with India's first commercial matcha tea
- Pratidin TimeAssam: Chota Tingrai produces India's first commercial matcha
- NewKeralaAssam launches India's first commercially produced matcha tea
- Free Press JournalFrom Assam to the world: India's first commercial matcha tea production begins
- Fresh CupIndia's first homegrown matcha sold for $34/kg. But will anyone want it?
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