Coffee and espresso drinks are quite common in Japan, but green tea will always have a special place in Japanese hearts, as evidenced by the availability of green tea flavored\u00a0doughnuts<\/a>,\u00a0ice bars<\/a>,\u00a0beer<\/a>\u00a0and even\u00a0curry<\/a>. Now, Sharp has announced\u00a0a new machine for home use that makes perfect matcha<\/strong>\u00a0(green tea made from powdered tea leaves). They are calling it the Healsio Ocha-presso (or Healthy-o Tea-presso, if you prefer).<\/p>\n The Ocha-presso\u00a0mills whole tea leaves, boils water and blends it together all in one machine. It was modeled on home espresso machines, but designed\u00a0to reflect\u00a0the essential parts of the tea ceremony (represented in the graphic below).<\/p>\n Continue reading\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n More from RocketNews24<\/strong><\/p>\n Posted by\u00a0Michelle Lynn Dinh\u00a0(Shimane-ken,\u00a0Chibu-mura,\u00a02010\u201313),\u00a0editor and writer for\u00a0RocketNews24.\u00a0The following article was written by\u00a0Angelina Lucienne, a writer and translator for\u00a0RocketNews24,\u00a0a Japan-based site dedicated to bringing fun and quirky news from Asia to English speaking audiences. Coffee and espresso drinks are quite common in Japan, but green tea will always have a special place in Japanese hearts, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[987,1260,1116],"class_list":["post-34913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articlejournalism","category-writers","tag-matcha","tag-ocha","tag-rocketnews24"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"Sharp\u2019s](\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sharp\u2019s-Ocha-presso-brings-traditional-Japanese-flavor-to-your-kitchen2.jpg\")
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