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Matcha Pokemon – Poltchageist

Wonderful news from the world of Pokemon – a new addition joins the ranks: Poltchageist – a ceramic tea container (chaire) possessed by a ghost, armed with a chashaku, a bamboo matcha tea scoop.

Wonderful news from the world of Pokemon – a new addition joins the ranks: Poltchageist – a ceramic tea container (chaire) possessed by a ghost, armed with a chashaku, a bamboo matcha tea scoop.

From the trailer we learn that it can repair ceramics and more using matcha (hello, kintsugi – I wonder if you could actually add matcha in real life), heal with its help, but also attack with matcha – I’m going to assume it uses exclusively Chinese matcha with elevated lead content for its attacks 🙃. Now we just need a chasen Pokemon to complete the set!

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