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Good Food

Obsessed with Matcha

Eric Gower , a self proclaimed "tea entrepreneur," writes the column The Breakaway Cook in the San Francisco Chronicle. He also owns Breakaway Matcha , which sells its matcha to LA restaurants that include Hinoki and the Bird, Trois Mec and Republique.

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By Evan Kleiman • May 30, 2014 • 1 min read

Eric Gower, a self proclaimed "tea entrepreneur," writes the column The Breakaway Cook in the San Francisco Chronicle. He also owns Breakaway Matcha, which sells its matcha to LA restaurants that include Hinoki and the Bird, Trois Mec and Republique. Lately, he's been writing a lot about matcha, an artisanal product from Japan that is used to make green tea.

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