Isosiyete y'icyayi ya Marukyu Koyamaen yavuze ko izina ry'icyayi cyayo kizwi cyane gikozwe mu macupa y'umukara ryakuwe muri icyo kinyobwa. (ABC News: James Orton)
Urebye bwa mbere, iyi matcha isa nkaho ari nyayo, ifite izina rizwi cyane rya Isuzu ndetse n'ibindi biranga ibicuruzwa byayo.
Ifu y'icyayi kibisi mu Buyapani ikunzwe cyane ku buryo uruganda ryubahwa rwa Marukyu Koyamaen rugabanya umubare w'ibyo umukiriya agura kugira ngo hirindwe ko byangirika.
Ariko Matsutsugu Nonomura, wari ushinzwe kugurisha ikigo mpuzamahanga, yari azi ko agacupa k'icyayi cya Isuzu matcha yari afite ari impimbano.
Matcha latte iri kugenda ikundwa cyane bitewe n'ishusho yayo nziza ku mbuga nkoranyambaga. (Wikimedia: Irvan Ary Maulana)
Matcha yarushijeho gukundwa mu myaka ya vuba aha, kandi abahinzi b'Abayapani barimo kugorwa no guhaza ibyifuzo bikomeje kwiyongera.
Ibiti by'icyayi bifata imyaka itanu kugira ngo bikure, kandi inzira yo gukora ifu y'icyayi iragoye cyane. Kugira ngo abahinzi bongere chlorophyll na aside amine, bagomba gukingira ibiti by'icyayi mu gihe cy'ibyumweru bitatu mbere yo gusarura.
Nyuma yo gusarura, amababi ashyushywa mu buryo bushyushye mu masegonda 10, akayumishwa n'umwuka, hanyuma agasya hakoreshejwe icyuma gisanzwe cy'amabuye, agatanga garama 40 gusa ku isaha.
Uburyo icyayi cya Matcha cyanditsweho ibintu buzwi cyane, kandi bamwe mu bahinzi b’Abayapani batinya ko abakora icyayi b’Abashinwa badahuje igitsina barimo kubyaza umusaruro icyifuzo cyo kugurisha icyayi gifite ubuziranenge buciriritse hakoreshejwe icyayi cyitwa "Matcha y’Abayapani".
Nubwo umuntu wese ashobora gukora matcha, abakora bavuga ko hari ibyapa bya matcha cyangwa amapaki babona mu mahanga bikopera ibirango bizwi cyane byo mu Buyapani cyangwa bakabeshya ko icyayi gikomoka mu turere tw’Ubuyapani.
Kimwe n'icyayi kinini, matcha ikorwa mu kimera kimwe—igiti cy'icyayi (Camellia sinensis)—ariko uburyo itunganywamo buratandukanye cyane. (ABC News: James Orton)
Iki kinyobwa giherutse gukundwa cyane ku mbuga nkoranyambaga, aho abakinywa bagishimagiza kubera akamaro kacyo ku buzima, uburyohe bwa umami bwinshi, ndetse n'ikawa yoroheje kurusha ikawa isanzwe.
Matcha ni ubwoko bwihariye bw'icyayi kibisi cyaturutse mu Buyapani kandi gifite amateka yo mu myaka 400 ishize. (ABC News: James Orton)
Iyi nyongeramusaruro ubu irakunze kugaragara mu ma cafe hirya no hino ku isi, igaragara muri latte, keke na ice cream, ariko si ubwa mbere abantu bayisaba biyongereye.
Ibura rya mbere rya matcha ryabaye mu myaka ya 1990, ubwo uruganda rukora ice cream Häagen-Dazs rwashyiraga ice cream mu Buyapani.
Yagize ati: “Numva nishimye cyane kubona umuco w’Abayapani, cyangwa se iyi migenzo y’amateka ihoraho, yemewe n’abantu bo hirya no hino ku isi.”
Umwaka ushize, bitewe n’iterambere ry’imbuga nkoranyambaga, ibyoherezwa mu mahanga by’icyayi kibisi mu Buyapani byiyongereyeho 25% ugereranyije n’umwaka, bigera ku rwego rwo hejuru cyane.
Muri uyu mwaka, ayo majwi yongeye kuvunika: imikino yagurishijwe kuva muri Mutarama kugeza muri Nzeri yarenze igiteranyo cy’ibyagurishijwe mu mwaka wose wa 2024.
Bwana Yamamoto yagize ati: “Tubabajwe cyane no kuba tudashobora guhaza ibyifuzo by’abantu bo hirya no hino ku isi.”
Hari impungenge ko kwiyongera k'umusaruro wa matcha bizagira ingaruka ku isoko ry'ubundi bwoko bw'icyayi kibisi bukomeje gukundwa n'abaguzi b'Abayapani.
I Uji, kamwe mu turere tw’icyayi tuzwi cyane mu Buyapani, hari imirongo miremire y’abakerarugendo bahora bagaragara hanze y’amaduka ya matcha, kandi icyayi kiri ku bigega kigurishwa mu masaha make nyuma yo gufungura.
Kugura ibicuruzwa mu buryo butaziguye ku ruganda biracyari amahitamo yizewe, ariko Bwana Nomura ahangayikishijwe n’ubwiyongere bw’abacuruza ibicuruzwa kuri interineti b’abatekamutwe.
Amwe mu moko y’icyayi cy’Abashinwa agurishwa ku isoko yigana amazina n’amapaki y’ibicuruzwa bizwi cyane byo mu Buyapani, mu gihe andi avuga ko akorerwa mu turere tw’icyayi cy’Abayapani nka Uji.
Yagize ati: “Niba abaguzi baguze ibicuruzwa bibwira ko ari Uji matcha ariko bagasanga bitaryoshye cyane nkuko bari babyiteze, bashobora kureka kubigura.”
“Icyizere cy’uko ibyo bicuruzwa by’impimbano byakwirakwira mu Bushinwa gusa ndetse no ku isi yose cyangiza isoko bikomeye cyane.”
Inzego z’ubuhinzi mu Buyapani zavuze ko uko matcha ikunzwe cyane, ni ko n’umubare w’ibicuruzwa by’impimbano wiyongera, ariko ntibashoboye gutanga imibare yihariye.
Minisiteri y’Ubuhinzi, Amashyamba n’Uburobyi mu Buyapani irashishikariza cyane kwandikisha ibirango nk’ibyo mu mahanga kandi ikeka ko yagize icyo igeraho mu gushishikariza Ubushinwa kurwanya ibicuruzwa biyobya.
Matcha ikorwa hakoreshejwe amababi y’icyayi kibisi yumye, nyuma yo gukuramo imitsi, ikamera nk’ifu nziza. (ABC News: James Orton)
“Tuzi ko, urugero, amasosiyete yo mu Bushinwa adafite aho ahuriye na Uji yasabye kwandikisha ikirango cya 'Uji Matcha' mu Bushinwa,” ibi byavuzwe na Tomoyuki Kawai wo mu ishami ry’icyayi ryo mu ntara.
Ukwiyongera cyane mu gukundwa kwa matcha byatumye habaho ibura ry'iyi fu nziza y'icyayi ku isi. (ABC News: James Orton)
Umubano hagati y’Ubushinwa n’Ubuyapani winjiye mu kaga gakomeye nyuma y’aho Minisitiri w’Intebe w’Ubuyapani Sanae Takaichi agaragarije ko Ubuyapani bushobora kwivanga mu ntambara ya Tayiwani.
ABC yavuganye n'Ikigo cy'Igihugu gishinzwe Umutungo bwite mu Bushinwa ariko ntiyabona igisubizo.
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