What Is Matcha

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Match is a high quality Japanese fine ground green tea with a centuries-old history. It originates from the evergreen plant Camellia Sinensis. History tells us that it appeared more than 800 years ago, when a Buddhist monk brought the elixir of life from China and planted a tree called Matcha. Literally translated, Mat-cha means tea powder.

Unlike ordinary tea, Matcha is grown in a special way and most attention is paid to its harvest. It is important, just before harvesting, to "shade" so that large amounts of chlorophyll can accumulate in its leaves.

The leaves of the tea tree, once collected, are ground entirely by hand with large granite stones. This is an extremely labor-intensive job and for this reason its price is high. For one hour of manual work on the leaves are prepared only 40 g of powder. Interestingly, this process of work has not changed to this day.

Green tea has been known for many years for its health benefits in humans, but Matcha tea provides such benefits in times more, up to 10 times more useful ingredients.

Matcha leaves contain a high concentration of catechins, chlorophyll and others, and they, in turn, contribute to energizing, speeding up metabolism and overall increase vital functions in humans.

Matcha tea is a natural panacea with its amino acids and natural fiber, strengthens the immune system, makes us feel energized, full of energy, helps reduce body weight, lowers cholesterol.

Every sip of Matcha aromatic tea brings us sea breath, mountain freshness. It is no coincidence that it is called the elixir of Life.

There is a procedure for making Matcha tea, and it includes several points:

1. Pour the water 90-100 degrees into the traditional porcelain bowl for Matcha, called chavan, and place the traditional spoon, stirrer, called chasana. Allow the water to stand for a few minutes. In this way the bowl is heated and the pores of the porcelain are opened.

2. Remove the chasna and chavana, remove the water from the bowl and dry with a cotton cloth.

3. Pour 2 g of tea into the bowl, this is 2 teaspoons.

4. Pour 70-80 ml of water with a temperature of 80-85 degrees into the pot, it is important that the water is not boiling.

5. With the hourglass begins to stir in zigzag movements until the tea powder is completely broken.

6. Enjoy this unique tea!

Of course, this is a tea ceremony and could hardly be performed outside of Japan, so it is quite possible to prepare it in a much easier way, as the only important thing is to observe the water degrees.