Kamfanin Shayi na Marukyu Koyamaen ya yi ikirarin cewa an kwafi sunan shahararren shayin da aka yi da baƙar gwangwani daga cikin abin shan. (ABC News: James Orton)
Da farko kallo, wannan matcha zai iya zama kamar na gaske, yana ɗauke da sanannen sunan kamfanin Isuzu da sauran halayensa.
Garin shayin kore na ƙasar Japan yana da matuƙar shahara har ma kamfanin Marukyu Koyamaen mai suna ya takaita yawan sayayya ga kowane abokin ciniki don hana tara kaya.
Amma Matsutsugu Nonomura, wanda ke kula da tallace-tallacen kamfanin a ƙasashen waje, ya san cewa gwangwanin shayin matcha na Isuzu da yake riƙe da shi na jabu ne.
Matcha latte yana samun karbuwa saboda kyawun hotonsa a shafukan sada zumunta. (Wikimedia: Irvan Ary Maulana)
Matcha ya zama ruwan dare a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, kuma manoman Japan suna fama da matsalar biyan buƙatar da ke ƙaruwa.
Bishiyoyin shayi suna ɗaukar kimanin shekaru biyar kafin su girma, kuma tsarin samar da garin shayi yana da matuƙar rikitarwa. Domin ƙara yawan sinadarin chlorophyll da amino acid, manoma dole ne su yi wa bishiyoyin shayin inuwa na tsawon makonni uku kafin a girbe su.
Bayan an girbe, ana dafa ganyen na tsawon daƙiƙa 10, a busar da shi ta iska, sannan a niƙa ta amfani da injin niƙa dutse na gargajiya, wanda ke samar da gram 40 kacal a kowace awa.
Lakabin shayin Matcha galibi ba shi da tsari, kuma wasu masu samar da shayin Japan suna fargabar cewa masana'antun kasar Sin marasa mutunci suna amfani da karuwar bukatar sayar da kayayyakin shayi marasa inganci a karkashin lakabin "matcha na Japan".
Duk da cewa kowa zai iya yin matcha, masu samar da kayan sun yi iƙirarin cewa wasu lakabin matcha ko marufi da suke gani a ƙasashen waje suna kwafi sanannun samfuran Japan ko kuma suna da'awar cewa shayin ya samo asali ne daga yankunan Japan.
Kamar yawancin shayi, ana yin matcha daga shuka ɗaya—itacen shayi (Camellia sinensis)—amma yadda ake sarrafa shi ya bambanta sosai. (ABC News: James Orton)
An yi amfani da wannan abin sha a shafukan sada zumunta kwanan nan, inda masu amfani da shi ke yaba masa saboda fa'idodinsa ga lafiya, dandanon umami mai daɗi, da kuma ɗanɗanon kafeyin da ya fi kofi na yau da kullun.
Matcha wani nau'in shayi ne na musamman wanda ya samo asali daga Japan kuma yana da tarihi tun kimanin shekaru 400. (ABC News: James Orton)
Karin abincin ya zama ruwan dare a gidajen cin abinci a duk faɗin duniya, yana fitowa a cikin lattes, kek, da ice cream, amma wannan ba shine karo na farko da ake buƙatarsa ya ƙaru ba.
Rashin matcha na farko ya faru ne a shekarun 1990, lokacin da kamfanin yin ice cream Häagen-Dazs ya ƙaddamar da ice cream mai ɗanɗanon shayi kore a Japan.
"Ina jin matukar gamsuwa da ganin cewa al'adun Japan, ko kuma waɗannan al'adun tarihi masu ɗorewa, mutane a duk faɗin duniya sun amince da su," in ji shi.
A bara, godiya ga karuwar da aka samu a shafukan sada zumunta, fitar da shayin kore a Japan ya karu da kashi 25% duk shekara, wanda ya kai matsayi mafi girma.
A wannan shekarar, an sake karya tarihin waɗannan wasannin: tallace-tallacen wasanni daga Janairu zuwa Satumba sun zarce jimillar tallace-tallacen da aka samu a duka shekarar 2024.
Mista Yamamoto ya ce: "Muna matukar bakin ciki da ba za mu iya biyan bukatun mutane a duk duniya ba."
Akwai fargabar cewa karuwar samar da matcha zai shafi samar da wasu nau'ikan shayin kore waɗanda har yanzu suna da farin jini ga masu amfani da shayin Japan.
A Uji, ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun yankunan shayi na Japan, dogayen layukan masu yawon buɗe ido koyaushe suna fitowa a wajen shagunan matcha, kuma shayin da ke kan shiryayye yana sayarwa cikin sa'o'i kaɗan bayan buɗewa.
Siyan kai tsaye daga masana'anta ya kasance zaɓi mai inganci, amma Mr. Nomura yana damuwa game da karuwar masu rarrabawa ta yanar gizo marasa kunya.
Wasu nau'ikan matcha na kasar Sin da ake sayarwa a kasuwa suna kwaikwayon sunaye da marufi na sanannun kayayyakin Japan, yayin da wasu kuma ke da'awar cewa an samar da su ne a yankunan shayi na Japan kamar Uji.
Ya ce: "Idan masu sayayya suka sayi wani samfuri suna tunanin cewa Uji matcha ne amma suka ga bai yi daɗi kamar yadda suke tsammani ba, to akwai yiwuwar su daina siyan sa."
"Yayin da irin waɗannan kayayyakin jabu ke yaɗuwa ba wai kawai a China ba, har ma a duk faɗin duniya, zai haifar da mummunar illa ga kasuwa."
Hukumomin noma na Japan sun ce yayin da shaharar matcha ke ƙaruwa, haka nan adadin kayayyakin jabu ke ƙaruwa, amma ba su iya bayar da takamaiman alkaluma ba.
Ma'aikatar Noma, Dazuzzuka da Kamun Kifi ta Japan tana fafutukar tallata irin waɗannan alamun kasuwanci a ƙasashen waje kuma tana da yakinin cewa ta sami ɗan nasara wajen yin kira ga China ta yaƙi da kayayyakin da ba su dace ba.
Ana yin Matcha ta hanyar niƙa busasshen ganyen shayi kore, bayan cire jijiyoyin, zuwa foda mai laushi. (Labaran ABC: James Orton)
"Mun san cewa, misali, kamfanonin China da ba su da alaƙa da Uji sun nemi yin rijistar alamar kasuwancin 'Uji Matcha' a China," in ji Tomoyuki Kawai na sashen shayi na lardin.
Saurin karuwar shaharar matcha ya haifar da ƙarancin wannan foda mai inganci a duniya. (Labaran ABC: James Orton)
Dangantaka tsakanin Sin da Japan ta shiga cikin wani mummunan yanayi bayan da Firayim Ministan Japan Sanae Takaichi ya nuna alamun yiwuwar tsoma baki a rikicin Taiwan.
ABC ta tuntubi Hukumar Kula da Kadarorin Fasaha ta Ƙasa ta China amma ba ta sami amsa ba.
Wannan sabis ɗin na iya ƙunsar abubuwan da suka shafi AFP, APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN da BBC World Service waɗanda haƙƙin mallaka ne ke da kariya kuma ba za a iya sake buga su ba.
Mun fahimci cewa 'yan asalin ƙasar Ostiraliya da mutanen Tsibirin Torres Strait su ne mazaunan farko na Ostiraliya kuma masu kula da ƙasar da muke zama, muke koyo da kuma aiki a kai.
Lokacin Saƙo: Disamba-17-2025