Her obsession with the superfood even led her to Japan in October 2023 ... who has a TikTok account that reviews matcha drinks, paid about $40 for a 40g can of Marukyu Koyamaen Isuzu matcha ...

the shop had run out of the raw materials necessary to create the drink. “Not wasting a single particle of matcha after I heard about the matcha shortage in japan,” posted another TikToker.

Tsukada has since been pursuing how to reproduce the quality taste that can never be ... and pitching a matcha green tea maker, dubbed the Cuzen Matcha, to the Japanese and U.S. markets.