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JAS Certified Organic, Premium Quality, 100% Natural Pure matcha powder

Country of Origin: Shizuoka, Japan

Organic matcha produce for organic food making, blending with your organic favorite drinks etc. There are a lot of benefits of matcha powder. Besides, our organic matcha is strictly grown following the JAS (Japan Agricultural Standard) organic standard.

Health Benefits of Matcha
The Japanese Matcha Tea is natural organic tea with a bright emerald-green color. Matcha is made from high-quality young leaves of the tencha tree and kept away from light and oxygen to preserve its color and health benefits. Matcha beverage has survived this long because of the many health benefits it has to offer. Given that it is loaded with vitamin A, E, C and B-complex amongst many other crucial nutrients.



Differentiate High Grade from Low Grade Matcha
Our matcha are all pure high quality matcha. There are many green tea powder (made with low grade tea leaf) in the market labelled as matcha, only powder made from Tencha can be labelled as matcha. We recommend always buy from reputable seller if you are looking for real matcha. There are few ways to know whether the matcha you bought is either high quality or low quality:

1) Colour
Matcha is made from shaded-grown tea leaf. Shaded-grown tea leaf is high in chlorophyll which give matcha the vibrant green colour. Older tea leaf has lower density of chlorophyll which give matcha yellowish colour. High grade matcha has a vibrant green colour, while low grade matcha has yellowish or brownish colour.



2) Origin
There are mainly 3 countries that produce matcha: Japan, China and Taiwan. Higher quality matcha produced in Japan.

3) Fineness
Try take some matcha and rubbed between your fingers, high grade matcha is very fine and silky. While low grade matcha has a coarser feel. High grade matcha has very fine particle size

4) Taste
High grade matcha has high level of L-theanine which give matcha sweetness. A real good matcha has low bitterness. High grade matcha has a mellow and smooth aroma.

How to serve matcha powder
There are a lot of uses of matcha powder. You can use it to prepare the matcha spread for bread, matcha latte, bakery products or drink it as a tea. For making tea, you can put 3-5g of matcha powder and mix with water for consumption.


How to store matcha powder
Matcha is a very fine and delicate, it has mellow aroma and pleasant sweetness. On the other hand, it's quite "fragile" and will degrade over time. Matcha does not "spoilt" or "expired", it will only degrade and the taste become bitter and color turn brown, but you still can consume it. There are five important points for you to remember when store the matcha powder: Away from heat, Low humidity, In air tight container, No exposure to light and Away from strong smell.

Ingredients: 100% Organic Superior Shizuoka Pure Matcha Powder