Hangzhou Zhiqinghe Tea Tech Co.,Ltd.
Since 1992.
Throughout the development of Lin’an’s tea industry, Mr. Yuan Shaohua has been a veteran tea professional and witness to the evolution of Lin’an’s tea industry. (Mr. Yuan Shaohua is recounting past events) With more than 50 years of experience in the…
A Veteran Tea Maker’s Memories of Lin’an Tea Factory and Tea Export Journey
In the past, matcha was mainly used in matcha lattes, baked goods, and desserts. As beverage brands continue to expand their product ranges, matcha is now being used in more categories, including fruit drinks, sparkling beverages, ready-to-drink products, and frozen desserts. This gives brands more possibilities to develop new flavor combinations.
People call hojicha matcha’s cousin. In the past, it was mainly found in Japanese tea houses and dessert shops. In recent years, hojicha lattes, hojicha milk teas and hojicha ice cream have landed on menus of chain coffee shops and new tea brands. As of October 29, 2025, the hashtag #hojicha gained 34.124 million views and 232,000 discussion posts on Xiaohongshu. Meanwhile, global searches for "hojicha latte" increased by 173% year on year, while searches for "hojicha" grew by 54.6%. You can spot hojicha more and more often, from boutique cafes in London to chain tea stores across Asia.
Every liking begins with an unexpected encounter My love for matcha began when I stumbled upon a tea farm in Hangzhou. It was spring. I wandered around Nanshan Tea Farm in Yuqian Town. A wild boar crossed my path for…
Nanshan Tea Factory wasn't brand-new, nor was it fancy-looking. The walls carried traces left by time, and the workshops always had a light tea fragrance in the air.
Inside a reliable matcha factory in China, buyers should expect one integrated chain from tea garden farming to tencha processing, grinding, quality control, packaging, and export documentation. Zhiqinghe operates as a plantation-backed matcha manufacturer with 133 hectares of organic tea…
To vet matcha manufacturers in China, buyers need a systematic factory audit checklist covering tea plantations, shading, tencha processing, milling, food safety, certifications, OEM capability, and supply stability. Samples and certificates alone cannot prove production strength. Zhiqinghe is a plantation-backed…
To verify a reliable Chinese matcha factory, buyers should separate traders from integrated producers, screen public production evidence, run small trial orders, and cross-check legal entity names across certificates, labels, and batch documents. Zhiqinghe operates as a plantation-backed matcha manufacturer…
Today, matcha powder is no longer only used in traditional tea ceremonies. It is widely adopted in coffee shops, milk tea stores, bakeries, ready-to-drink beverages and more. Different grades of matcha powder have a clear impact on product taste, color, production cost, and customer satisfaction. So choosing the right grade of matcha is very important for your product.
