Matcha green tea powder is a great substitute for coffee. It helps you relax, boosts your memory, and helps you concentrate.It’s also rich in antioxidants and has numerous health benefits. For instance, it boosts fat metabolism, and is thus an ideal drink for anyone looking to shed some pounds.But which product exactly should you search […]

Like so many things in the alternative health industry, we have the East to thank for green tea, specifically China. From China, green tea went to Japan. In Japan, it underwent further honing and optimization. Eventually, it spread to the rest of the world. So both Japan and China gave us matcha and green tea. […]

One of the compounds in green tea is called a phenol which is a very fragrant benzene ring with an attached hydroxyl group. This is why the polyphenols in green tea refer to a substance with many phenol groups. The phenols in green tea function react with free radicals creating potent antioxidants. The bright coloring […]

First off: a warning. If you happen to be a tea purist, you’re probably not going to like this tea. However, if you do enjoy green tea with a bit of a difference, then this one might appeal to your sense of the unusual! Culinary Teas Hojicha Gold Green Tea is certainly not a typical […]

Dragonwater Organic Gunpowder Green Tea is a very good example of a true, high-quality gunpowder tea. It has that distinctive, smooth flavor associated with gunpowder tea, and doesn’t contain any unpleasant bitterness. If you’re not familiar with gunpowder tea, it’s a variety of green tea from the famous Chinese tea-producing area of Zhejiang, its name […]

China is the birthplace of green tea, and the beverage continues to enjoy an important position in the Chinese culture. Chinese tea culture is interwoven with everyday life, and has many different aspects, with each situation having its own clearly defined and strictly adhered to set of rules. Green tea is treated with extreme reverence […]

There are seven necessities of life, according to the Chinese. Sauce, salt, rice, firewood, oil, vinegar… and tea. Yes, tea is that important in China! It’s to be found at every single meal, where the Chinese drink it for health reasons as well as for their enjoyment of the refreshing taste. Tea is a big […]