Specialty Matcha Podcast
di Sanko Matcha Products
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Zairai, matcha milling, and more with Pau from Tea Nursery
Zairai, matcha milling, and more with Pau from Tea Nursery
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The Specialty Matcha Podcast is hosted by Ryan Ahn and Zongjun Li, cofounders of Sanko Matcha Products. We discuss the growth in popularity of matcha, innovation, and matcha science. We also interview thought leaders, tea merchants, and tea educators to discuss everything from sourcing, processing, blending, milling, storytelling, health claims, and much more.
Sanko Matcha Products is a startup dedicated to using functional design to create contemporary matcha gear and the use of new technology to innovate the matcha milling process.
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- Zairai, matcha milling, and more with Pau from Tea Nursery · 1 h 33 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 17In this episode, cohosts Ryan and Zongjun (Sam) welcome back Pau from Tea Nursey and who works as a tea farmer in Wazuka. Topics range from a Zairai summit in Shizuoka where…
- Interview with Zach Mangan, Kettl · 1 h 25 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 16Ryan and Zongjun (Sam) are in discussion with Zach Mangan, founder of Kettl, to discuss 16 years of sourcing Japanese tea. Topics range from how the art of gogumi (tea blending)…
- Thailand's Advanced Matcha Market · 53 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 15In this episode, cohosts Ryan and Zongjun (Sam) record from Bangkok the day after Thailand Coffee Fest 2026, where around 40 matcha brands exhibited and the Sanko Usu One had to…
- Interview with Lorela Lohan, WanderlusTea · 1 h 5 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 14https://www.wanderlustea.com/ In this episode, Ryan talks with Lorela Lohan, founder of WanderlusTea, a Brussels-based consultancy for specialty tea businesses in Europe. Lorela…
- Largest *Matcha Factory in the World · 41 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 13*If you consider matcha produced from shaded Chinese-grown tencha as matcha. In this episode, cohosts Ryan and Zongjun (Sam) report from Tongren, Guizhou, after touring Guicha…
- Interview with Maren Fichter, Tea Educator and Writer · 1 h 12 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 12In this episode, cohosts Ryan and Zongjun (Sam) talk with Maren Fichter, a tea educator and writer whose Substack Tea & all the rest covers farming, heritage, tourism, and…
- Interview with Jeff Fuchs, Tea Explorer · 1 h 3 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 11https://www.jefffuchs.com/ In this episode, cohosts Ryan and Zongjun (Sam) are joined by Jeff Fuchs, author of The Ancient Tea Horse Road and the first documented westerner to…
- Opinion: Where is all the perspective? · 39 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 10https://open.spotify.com/episode/4uIvpxzwyVbQRTeRrnrlvW?si=KqUfE4DJQFmM0Tw6Cue9Lg Ryan and Zongjun (Sam) discuss the lack of unique perspective in contemporary matcha branding…
- Chinese vs Japanese Narratives about Matcha · 45 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 9In this episode hosts Ryan and Zongjun (Sam) discuss the narrative differences between Chinese and Japanese made matcha. Sam has recently come back from Hubei and Henan, where he…
- The Rise of Chinese Matcha · 47 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 8Recorded: Early May 2026 In this episode, Ryan and Zongjun (Sam) record live from Canton Fair in Guangzhou to map the Chinese matcha scene in 2026. They cover what changed in two…
- Debate: What should Uji matcha be? · 1 h 30 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 7In this episode, Ryan and Zongjun (Sam) close out the Uji matcha series with a debate: can Uji matcha actually be defined? The episode maps the full spectrum of definitions, from…
- "Japanese Tea" GI Granted & Startup Update · 29 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 6Ryan and Sam (Zongjun) discuss the recent GI status granted to Japanese tea, its implications for the industry, and the problems associated with the definition…
- What is and was Uji Matcha? · 1 h 1 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 5In this editorial conversation, Ryan and Zongjun (Sam) interrogate the term "Uji matcha" and its tangled provenance: what it once meant, and how it has quietly changed over the…
- Uji-no-Matcha: The inconvenient truth about Japan's most mythologized tea label · 49 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 4https://open.substack.com/pub/sankomatcha/p/uji-no-matcha-the-inconvenient-truth?r=3mxquk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web It started with the disturbing realization that almost…
- Notes at Origin: Nishio, Aichi · 39 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 3Cohosts Ryan and Zongjun (Sam) discuss their experience in Nishio, Aichi including learning about pest control techniques, unique tana-shelf shading structures of Aichi…
- Notes at Origin: Toyota, Aichi · 58 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 2Cohosts Ryan and Zongjun (Sam) discuss their learning journey hand picking tea for 3 days in Toyota, Aichi. They discuss tencha processing (including a unique withering step this…
- Breaking: Japan Seeks GI for "Japanese Tea" · 44 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 1Ryan and Zongjun discuss the legal, cultural, and economic implications of geographic indications in the tea industry…
- 100th Episode 🎊 : No Easy Answers · 1 h 4 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 25We are very proud to upload our 100th podcast and the end of season 4. https://sankomatcha.com/ https://sankomatcha.substack.com/p/load-bearing-myths
- Mythologizing in Matcha · 55 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 24Accompanying Substack Article: Load-Bearing Myths https://open.substack.com/pub/sankomatcha/p/load-bearing-myths?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Hosts Ryan and…
- Matcha companies we wish existed · 52 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 23Ryan and Zongjun (Sam) explore the evolving landscape of matcha, drawing parallels with the coffee industry, discussing innovation opportunities, and envisioning a future…
