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5 Surprising Health Benefits of Matcha Tea
And why you should start (or continue) to drink it
As spring and summer fashion have embraced light green tones as voguish colours to wear, health experts have welcomed a brighter green to consume. Matcha green tea has not only benefited the aesthetic of pinterest mood boards; the beverage has benefits that can improve your health. Here is everything you need to know about the up and coming drink.
What is matcha tea and how is it made?
Matcha tea is a powdered green tea essential to Japanese culture. It is served at the Japanese tea ceremony along with the confectionery sweet wagashi (和菓子). What differentiates matcha from other green teas is the process by which it is made. Young tea leaves are ground into a powder, and the powder is then whisked into a hot water. Unlike other green teas in which the leaves are steeped in hot water, matcha is one of the few teas in which the leaves are actually consumed. This allows the drinker to ingest a greater amount of the leaves’ nutrients.
Matcha leaves are commonly grown in shady environments, which augment the leaves’…
