Pure Organic Matcha Green Tea Powder

Matcha is premium green tea powder from Japan used for drinking as tea or as an ingredient in recipes. Only where local farmers cultivate it by traditional methods, from growing to grinding.

In Japan, green tea is so popular is it commonly referred to as just "tea" - or ocha, in Japanese. Matcha is green tea leaves that have been ground into a fine powder, hence the literal translation, "ground tea". Various regions of Japan produce green tea for use as matcha by growing rows of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis) and shading them with bamboo a few weeks prior to harvest. The shade forces the plants to increase production of chlorophyll, which helps the leaves adjust to and absorb the dim light. It also increases the level of amino acids, the most notable of which is l-theanine, known for promoting mental and physical relaxation, decreasing stress and anxiety, and counteracting some of the nervous agitation associated with caffeine.

The chlorophyll-rich leaves are then harvested, steamed, and dried. Veins, stems, and impurities are then removed, leaving only a small amount (about 10% of the original harvest) of what is called tencha. The tencha is ground, often in a stone mill, to produce the bright green powder known as matcha. Grinding by stone is a slow and expensive process, taking about an hour to produce one ounce of matcha - which can sell for as much as 100 dollars - and is now used only for the highest grades of matcha, which generally remain in Japan for exclusively for use in tea ceremonies. Modern grinding techniques involve the used of sophisticated machines, which greatly decrease the time and cost associated with stone grinding, producing a more affordable matcha and increasing its availability outside of Japan.

Green tea powder beauty and has good efficacy: Green tea could make woman more beautiful ! Because it has three beautiful factors : 1.the anti-allergic convergence: the catechin has the function of antibacterial antiphlogistic,it is the excellent component for fondling skin; 2. Whiten skin: green tea contains a lot of vitamin C, which can fade skin's pigmentation, make your skin white and tender ;3. Antioxidant : the function of green tea's antioxidation is 20 times as vitamin E, effectively protect your skin, reduce the radicals that occured because of ultraviolet ray and pollution .

Green tea powder's seven functions:
1. Anti-Ageing
Green tea contains antioxidants which help anti-ageing . Because of the metabolism process by body , if peroxidization, it will produce a large amount of free radicals, it is easy ageing, also could cause your cells be injured. SOD (super oxide dismutation) is the scavenging for free radical , can effectively remove excess free radicals, prevent the damage that free radical occured to human body. The tea catechins in green tea can significantly improve the activity of SOD, scavenging free radicals.
2. Anti-Bacterial
Research shows that the catechins has the effect of inhibitory that cause human body pathogenic, at the same time it won't hurt good intestinal bacteria's breed, therefore green tea has the function of care intestine.
3. Reduce Blood- Fat
The animal experiments done by scientists showed that the catechin in green tea can reduce plasma's total cholesterol, free cholesterol,low density lipoprotein cholesterol and the amount of triglyceride ,at the same time it could increase high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. The experiments to human body showed that it would inhibit platelet's aggregation, reduce arteriosclerosis incidence. Green tea contains flavonoids alcohols, could antioxidation, which also can prevent blood clots and platelet formed, reduce cardiovascular disease.
4. Fitness
Green tea contains theophylline and caffeine, can via lots of roles to activate protein kinase and triglyceride lipase, reduce the accumulation of adipose cell , so that achieve the effection.
5. Prevent caries and eliminate halitosis
Green tea contains fluoride, the catechin has the function of inhibitting caries produced, reducing dental plaque and periodontitis happened. The tannic acid that green tea contained, has the function of antiseptic , can prevent food residue and breed bacteria, that's why it can effectively prevent halitosis.  
6. Whiten and anti-ultraviolet function
Through animal experiments experts found that the catechins could resists UV - B which would cause skin cancer.
7. Meliorable indigestion situation
Recent research report shows that green tea can help improve indigestion situations, such as the acute diarrhea caused by bacteria , at this time you could drink some green tea to reduce the state of illness.

Matcha for Cooking?

How do you do matcha?Add to Green Tea Smoothies, make a Starbucks matcha green tea latte! Delicious matcha cakes and sweet matcha green tea ice cream, matcha chocolate or even matcha cupcakes! Drink as a tea, Matcha Tea Smoothies, or green tea protein shakes.

This matcha is made of 100% green tea leaves. The color of green tea leaves varies according to the harvested seasons, amount of rainfall and the temperature. With this reason, the color of this matcha may have little difference with the color on photos, but the quality is exactly same. Please confirm the difference of color is acceptable before purchase.