Most tea can be found either in tea bag or loose leaf form. Occasionally, it can also be fermented and sold as a tea brick. However, many people don’t know that tea can also be sold as a powder, which is traditionally whisked and served with a bit of froth. This is true for Matcha, a Japanese green tea. There are many health benefits of Matcha tea.
What Is Matcha Tea?
Matcha is produced using pure Gyokuro leaves, a variety of Camellia Sinensis that is shaded beneath special mats for 3 weeks before plucking. The shading forces the plants to produce a higher chlorophyll content, thus increasing its nutritional value and giving the leaves a rich green color.
In fact, steeped Matcha contains nearly 10 times the polyphenols and antioxidants of regular teas, 2 times the antioxidants of a glass of red wine, approximately 9 times the beta-carotene of spinach, and 4 times that of carrots.
Matcha Tea Benefits
Here are just a few reasons you should make the switch from tea bags to tea powder.
1. Fights Cancer
Matcha is said to have 100x more epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) than other teas (1). EGCG Is the most effective cancer Chemopreventive Polyphenol in green tea (2). Studies show that it’s effective against breast, ovarian, prostate and lung cancer as well as many other varieties of the disease (3).
2. Boosts Metabolism
