False news stories are published almost daily that try to scare people into taking action on climate change by claiming some luxury product they enjoy is disappearing because of it. What’s true of those stories is true of this one as well. There is plenty to be skeptical about claims that matcha is being threatened by climate change. Temperature does impact the taste of tea,  but warming has not been extreme in Japan, and modern agriculture technology offers a workaround. Yields and production of green tea and tea in general have increased amid modest warming, with no warming induced production slowdown in evidence.