I-tencha iyinto eyisisekelo se-matcha: amaqabunga e-Camellia sinensis akhuliswa emthunzini izinsuku ezingu-20 kuya kwezingu-30 ngaphambi kokuvunwa, afuthwe ngomusi ukuze kumiswe ukugqwala komoyampilo, bese ehlukaniswa nezinhlanga nemithambo. Umthunzi uphoqa isitshalo ukuba sikhiqize i-chlorophyll ne-L-theanine eyengeziwe, okunika i-matcha umbala wayo oluhlaza ocwebezelayo nokunambitheka kwe-umami. I-tencha ayilokothi igoqwe njengamanye amatiye aseJapane: yomiswa iyisicaba futhi igcinwe iyiqabunga eliphelele kuze kufike isikhathi sokugaya.