Comments on: What kind of green tea is Maccihairi Konacha?

Question: What kind of green tea is Maccihairi Konacha?

JulianDay — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:38:13 -0800

What kind of green tea is Maccihairi Konacha?

I just bought some green tea and the english translation of the ingredients says GREEN TEA, but above that it says (MACCHAIRI KONACHA).

I figured out that Konacha is ground tea, and it does look a bit finer than other green tea I've bought, but it's not powder. Maccihairi is turning up less results. I also tried Machairi (and found a few more things) but nothing conclusive.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:42:50 -0800

I don't know Japanese but it sounds like Matcha green tea. Matcha == Maccihairi?

By: spec80

spec80 — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:58:06 -0800

Can you upload a picture of the container? It might help if there is Kanji visible.

By: grobstein

grobstein — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:15:07 -0800

I would break it down Matcha + iri. The question then becomes, what is meant by iri in context. Perhaps 炒り, 'roasting?'

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:20:09 -0800

The first possibility that comes to mind is the 'iri' that means 'put something in' -- powdered tea with matcha in it.

By: JulianDay

JulianDay — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:28:21 -0800

Thanks for the answers so far.

Here's an image of the label.

By: mphuie

mphuie — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:35:23 -0800

Konacha are ground teas that are not macha (which is ground tencha). It might be some mixture of the two.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:29:23 -0800

It's 'ground tea made more delicious by the addition of matcha.'

By: No-sword

No-sword — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:31:35 -0800

Yeah, it means "konacha with maccha in it". (抹茶入り粉茶)

By: JulianDay

JulianDay — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:22:55 -0800

Thanks all.