Green tea a matcha made in heaven

'Must know' tips to getting the best from your teas!

You may be thoroughly enjoying your green or white tea, or indulging in some matcha, awesome! But… there’s a couple of simple tips you should know so you get the best from your tea tipple. Just tiny tweaks can increase the uptake of some of those fantastic antioxidants by as much as 80%.  Green, black, white tea… they are all generally from the same plant, where they differ is in processing. Matcha (this is the bright green tea powder used in tea ceremonies) is easily confused as simple powdered green tea, however in true Japanese style there is far more to this delicacy. Matcha tea is grown in specific conditions, and only the leaves are used, this goes to creating a tea with higher levels of a number of compounds. In modern japan and globally matcha is also used to flavour (and colour) many foods including noodles, mochi (a rice starch product, its super yummy), icecream and so on.

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