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Why Matcha Doesn't Fully Dissolve in Water?
When you first try preparing your own matcha tea or matcha latte, you may notice that there are some lumps that not able to dissolve in water. B...
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Matcha Powder vs Green Tea Powder
We've been getting lof of quesions from customers asking what is the different between matcha and green tea powder that normally found in the marke...
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Japan vs China Matcha Comparison
Note: There are many Matcha from China has green color similar to culinary grade Japanese Matcha too. But the taste profile is very much different....
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Matcha Misconceptions - Do You Really Know Matcha ?
If you read most of our blog articles, you may now have a clear idea what matcha is, how it's produced and its benefits etc. But we realize that mo...
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First Flush vs Second Flush Matcha
If you are a frequent tea drinker, you probably have come-across word "first-flush", "second flush" (ichibancha or nibancha), and the price of firs...
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Why Drink Matcha Instead of Coffee
Coffee has become one of the most popular drink in the world, it's mainly because of the great taste as well as the health benefits. But when compa...
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What is Umami
Do you remember the last time you had difficultiy describing a taste? Most likely you are trying to describe umami.
Umami is the fifth taste be...
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How to Store Matcha
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....
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Japanese Matcha Growing and Processing
Growing
Matcha is made from Tencha leaf. The growing method of Tencha, is similar to Gyokuro (the finest tea in Japanese green tea).
When close...
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Japanese Matcha Testing and Comparison
During our products selection process, we tasted many matcha from different region. This post is about the selection process and the compariso...
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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...
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Matcha Thick Tea (Koi-cha) and Thin Tea (Usu-cha)
This article is about preparing matcha tea in traditional way as in Japanese Tea Ceremony, if you want to prepare matcha latte, please read our pos...
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