What is Matcha?

Matcha, or Maccha, is a powder of green tea, mainly grown and made in Japan. It can be part of the Japanese tea ceremony, or it can be added to certain foods to provide color and taste. Soba noodles can get green color from this powder and are also used to flavor green tea ice cream. The leaves then decompose on the ground to dry. Once dried, they are called tencha .

Thin can then be made in stone. Only tea that is the first thin can become a mother. Konacha is the name for other powder teas that are not made of thin.

There are different signs of this tea. The highest grades are very sweet and intensively flavored. This is due to a significant amount of amino acids in tea. A cheaper version can have somewhat less intense taste and sometimes it can be bitter.

Matcha used in the tea ceremony produces a strong drinkOJ called koich . This is an expensive and highly valued part of the tea ceremony. In general, powder is mixed in a ratio of 6 teaspoons (about 30 cubic mm) to 6 ounces (0.17 liters) of water. Thinner tea called usucha is produced with a much lower ratio of powder to the water. Although Matcha is considered sweet, coicha still has bitterness and can be served with a small candy to cut a bitter taste.

This powder is used in many other Japanese foods and is particularly welcome as an aroma in desserts such as Monaco . Monaco has a whiskey cheesecake or in other versions of ice cream, inserted between two biscuits similar to wafers. Matcha is also a popular additive to soy or milk milk in which it is sweetened with sugar.

It has been great that N tea has antioxidant properties, Matcha has become popular in the US as a health supplement or as an ingredient in smoothies or other foods. Any possible benefits of green tea are usually negated if they are takenwith calcium found in milk. Calcium tends to neutralize antioxidants. Thus, the ice cream of green tea or smoothie matcha may be excellent, but may not be as healthy as many assume.