Matcha Green Tea Powder Benefits

Matcha Green Tea Powder is often considered by experienced people as the healthiest green tea to drink. In addition; celebrities like Dr. Oz (who knows a thing or two about health) have revealed that they drink Matcha as well.

This article will point a number of the surprising benefits that make Matcha so popular these days.

Matcha Delivers a Stronger Nutritional ‘Punch’

Matcha tea has traditionally been the only green tea which is stone ground into a powder.
That means we are consuming the whole tea leaf when we drink our tea.

By drinking the whole tea leaf (rather than just ‘steeping’ it in water), we are delivering a good 20-30% more ‘green tea good stuff’ to our bodies!

I’m no rocket scientist; but if I can boost the delivery of the nutrients and medicinal benefits green tea is famous for by 20-30%, I’d be silly to consume my tea in any other manner!

That’s one of the key reasons that our exclusive supplier of green tea (Haraki-Gordon) has made three of their other green tea blends also available as a powder.

Matcha Saves Time

The next good piece of good news about Matcha is that it can be made into a hot or cold beverage instantly!

Although the centuries old Japanese Tea Ceremony uses Matcha tea, and the ceremony can be rather elaborate; there is nothing stopping you from making it super quick.

Many times I simply pour my Matcha tea powder into my water bottle, shake it up, and I’m ready to go! When I want my tea hot I can also make my tea the instant the water is hot enough for my liking.

NOTE: Never use boiling water when making any sort of green tea. Think about it; we often use boiling water to ‘sterilize’ things (which is another way of saying ‘kill whatever is on it’. Boiling water can essentially kill the good nutrients that green tea is trying to deliver. You can allow the water to boil but then turn off the heat and allow the water to cool down some.

Matcha Tea is Super Convenient

Like several of the other teas we carry from Haraki-Gordon, our tea come in a convenient ‘shaker bottle’. We simply take off the cap and pour some of the tea powder into a cup or container and add water. No tea bags to mess with and no loose leaf tea leaves to clean up!

Frankly I’m against the use of tea bags because so many manufacturers use tea bags that have been bleached white. That’s the same type of bleach you use to make your laundry white and it has no place in your body!

Haraki-Gordon’s drive towards making all of their green teas certified organic has taken another leap forward because they now offer an J.A.S. certified organic Matcha Green Tea.

Most people aren’t aware that the standards demanded to become certified organic in Japan is much tougher than here in the states. Although, they have being growing their tea in a organic manner for hundreds of years, it wasn’t till six years ago that they began the six-year process of being sanctioned as ‘certified’ organic.

The organic certification process in Japan also requires an expensive fees which must be every year.

There are several other articles on this site that detail the specific nutritional & medicinal attributes of green tea so I won’t repeat them here.

This article’s purpose was to provide insight on why green tea powders are being appreciated as the smartest way to consume your daily dose of Matcha green tea powder.

If you’d like to read about some of the fascinating history of Matcha green tea powder check out another one of our articles here on the site.