Macha is a suspension of microscopic tea particles, which gave him the idea of manufacturing using a suspension of particles in water, he says.

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"When I was young and first saw these plains, I imagined that if I could reach the end I could touch the sky, " murmured our guide Erasto Macha.

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"I got the idea for how to make the stuff by watching a large pot of macha tea being stirred at a temple in Kyoto, " he says.

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"We feel a special commitment to football in Africa and this is part of our assistance to the continent's preparation for the 2010 World Cup, " German ambassador to Liberia IIse Lindemann-Macha told BBC Sport.

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