Matcha

Matcha is a kind of fine tea powder, which is made from high-quality fresh tea and processed by steaming, rolling, drying and other technologies. According to textual research, there are records of matcha in the Wei and Jin dynasties. Matcha had become an indispensable mainstream drink in people's daily life in the Tang and Song dynasties. Although matcha was very popular for a time, it gradually disappeared at the end of the Ming Dynasty in China.

Compared with the modern way of brewing tea, the drinking way of matcha takes into account the drinking of tea. And eat tea, all the nutrients in the tea are brought to the human body, because matcha is selected spring tea buds as raw materials, do not copy, using steam green method to ensure that the tea chlorophyll is not lost.

Zhan Luojiu, a professor in the tea department of Anhui Agricultural University, said: "making tea is the water extract from drinking it. Tea cannot be dissolved in hot water. Tea contains amino acids, proteins and other organic ingredients. Matcha eats the whole tea into its stomach."

Matcha is the wisdom crystallization of Chinese ancients, which has a history of 400 years since it disappeared. with the increasingly fierce competition in the tea consumption market, some advanced groups began to pay attention to matcha, an ancient and novel tea project.

Fang Runping, director of the Agricultural Committee of Shitai County, Anhui Province, said: "at present, the competition in the domestic and foreign tea market, especially the consumer market is becoming more and more fierce, including green tea, black tea, yellow tea, white tea, black tea and green tea. Shitai County is the national production base of green food tea raw materials, how to give full play to its resource advantages? At present, ordinary tea on the market can be sold for 50 yuan / kg, while matcha can be sold for 300 yuan / kg. The wide gap in profits made the Shitai county government optimistic about the matcha project. In 2004, Shitai County introduced the first matcha production line, and all the 10 tons of matcha powder produced that year were exported to the United States. Production has increased exponentially for three consecutive years. "

At present, Shitai County has developed a planting area of 667 hectares of matcha, and more than 5000 farmers have provided raw materials for the project. Matcha is highly respected in Europe and the United States, Japan and South Korea. In the domestic market, 10% of matcha is used in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, 20% in beverage production and tea ceremony, and 70% is used as food additives.

The development of matcha has just begun in China and is gradually being recognized and accepted by consumers. Shitai County produces matcha products in response to market demand, which means that Shitai County's deep-processed tea products have their own unique market competitiveness.

Matcha is mainly used as an intermediate product, such as making biscuits and bread, as well as the production of cosmetics, but if it really enters the family and drinks tea, it has not yet begun. With the further understanding of matcha by domestic consumers, matcha will definitely enter the family. Compared with the ancient matcha production process, matcha produced by modern technology is more subtle, it is a kind of ultra-fine powder, can be well dissolved in water, cold boiled water can also be used to drink.

Drinking tea is not uncommon, but it is a little fresh. Shitai County has developed the once forgotten matcha as a project, which can be regarded as a different way. The reappearance of matcha in our country broadens the application field of tea and finds a new way for mountain tea. The reappearance of matcha in our country will also lead to a reform of tea production.