ISO/TC 34/SC 8/WG 13 - Matcha tea
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ISO/TC 34/SC 8/WG 13 is a Subcommittee within the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It is named "Matcha tea". This committee has published 1 standards.
ISO/TC 34/SC 8/WG 13 develops ISO standards in the area of Information technology. Currently, there are 1 published standards from this subcommittee.
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A Subcommittee (SC) in ISO operates under a Technical Committee and focuses on a specific subset of the TC's scope. Subcommittees develop standards and technical specifications in their specialized area, reporting to their parent Technical Committee. They may also have working groups for detailed technical work.
This document contains information regarding the tea cultivation, manufacture (including processing and grinding) and sensory analysis of the tea referred to as “matcha tea” in international trade. It provides an internationally agreed definition of matcha tea based on the plant source, cultivation and production methods used. These are important for the physical, chemical and sensory characteristics of matcha tea. It does not apply to flavoured matcha tea, blended matcha tea, or decaffeinated or soluble extracts of matcha tea. NOTE Images of matcha tea and the tencha tea leaf are given in Annex A. Images of the cultivation and processing of the tencha tea leaf are given in Annex B.
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