Matcha Maya AI Influencer

Editorial note: This is a fictional interview-style story from the MATCHA MAYA AI travel series. The guest and café are created for storytelling. Host: Matcha Maya is a solo traveller who follows matcha culture around the world, one city and one conversation at a time. Guest: Sophie Tan, fictional founder of Green Lane Café, a matcha and brunch café in Melbourne. Location: A narrow Melbourne laneway on a cool morning. The café windows are fogged from the espresso machine, bicycles lean against a brick wall and a bowl of matcha sits beside a flat white. Matcha Maya Lands in Melbourne Melbourne is a city that takes drinks seriously. People talk about coffee here with the focus other cities reserve for wine. They know their favourite roaster, their preferred milk, their regular café and the barista who understands exactly how they like a flat white. So when matcha began appearing beside espresso on Melbourne menus, it had to earn its place. At Green Lane Café, founder Sop...