kongichua konga manki deska hi guys how are you it's kandas kumai welcome to the wabi sabbi podcast this is episode

number 190 we have not been together for a while i uh i've been out on the field working at

matcha master class making everything shiny and new. I have some

really exciting updates for all of you. We are definitely pursuing more on Macha Masterclass out into

the world. So look out for more events coming up in person and also I did write a very detailed

history on macha and what's going on with the matcha shortage in this world as well as

an outlook on matcha from a Japanese Americans perspective, the daughter of a Japanese-born

mother and the daughter of a Japanese-born mother, and the niece of a

great-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-saint who studied at Ura Sanke School out in Japan.

That is a very well-known tea school.

I heard from some of you that you really enjoyed the importance of matcha from a Japanese-American school. I heard from some of you that you really enjoyed the importance of matcha from a Japanese

American. So here we are again because I've been asked about the shortage over and over. The

obliteration of macha has certainly begun. If anything, we're just getting started on it.

So after teaching this last Mata Masterclass at Soho in Malibu,

the Soho House in Malibu, a members club,

I felt I wanted to give a little offering to the public as well to each of you

so you can learn more.

And then you can take little tidbits of this podcast and apply

them to Native American culture to black culture to your friends who are Latino or Hispanic

to your friends who are marginalized to your friends that are Middle Eastern, Muslim, etc.

I think it's really good to learn from marginalized voices because this is firsthand life experience that you would never be able to know.

For example, my friend Barry teaches me, I would never know what it's like to be a pregnant woman,

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