What kind of tea is matcha

Now matcha is an online celebrity product, which is loved by many young men and women, and matcha is added to many foods. If you eat matcha every day, do you know what matcha is?

What kind of tea is matcha?

Matcha originated in the Sui and Tang dynasties in China. The tender leaves of spring tea were killed with steam and made into cake tea (group tea) for preservation. Bake and dry again on the fire before eating, and grind it into powder with a natural stone mill.

Now the production technology of matcha is mainly concentrated in Japan, in order to ensure the freshness and freshness of the tea, shading treatment is carried out for the first time after the tea leaves grow one bud and two leaves in spring. After the tea leaves grow to a bud of four or five leaves, the tea is picked and steamed, that is, it is killed with steam on the picking day, then it goes through many processes such as cooling, baking, screening and so on, and finally it is ground with stone at a speed of 60 revolutions per minute at a constant temperature of 19 ℃, the emerald green powder slowly coming out is matcha.

Second, the nutritional value of matcha

In recent decades, people's understanding of tea has been greatly deepened, and the material nature of tea function has also been deeply understood. Today, when the toxic and side effects of antibiotics and growth hormone are increasingly questioned, tea polyphenols are getting deeper and deeper into people's diet life because of their unique biological function and "green" nature.

Although ordinary tea contains very high nutrients, only 35% of the tea is really soluble in water, and a large number of water-insoluble active ingredients are thrown away as tea dregs. Experiments have shown that eating tea can absorb more nutrients than drinking tea, and there are more than 30 cups of ordinary green tea in a bowl of matcha, so almost all Japanese tea ceremony teachers live a long life. Changing from drinking tea to eating tea is not only a reform of eating habits, but also to meet the needs of fast-paced modern life.

Matcha is a very healthy kind of tea, but at present, there are many green tea powders pretending to be matcha. When eating it, you must read it carefully. It is not recommended to buy fake matcha products.