Superfood Spotlight: Matcha Green Tea

Matcha is a fine ground, powdered, high quality green tea and not the same as green tea or green tea powder.  It’s nutritional value (1 cup of Matcha) is equivalent to ten cups of brewed green tea.  Matcha powder is made from shade-grown tea leaves also used to make gyokuro.

How to consume: It tastes great on it’s own simply as tea, make a latte with a bit of unsweetened almond milk, or use it to boost up shakes and recipes.  You can add liquid stevia or a bit of agave to sweeten as you would any other tea or coffee.

Where to find it: In your health food store or “Whole Foods” type grocery store, order online from Amazon. It’s a tiny bit more expensive in the stores (isn’t everything?) than online, approximately $10-15 per 50g

Health Benefits:

• Matcha is high in antioxidant properties that increase resistance, as well as help to ward off diseases such as cancer.


• Increased energy– yet no jitters or stress on the adrenal glandes


• Improves concentration and mood


• Has a calming effect due to the high levels of theanine


• Matcha boosts metabolic rate by 35-40% with regular consumption which facilitates maintaining a healthy weight


• It reduces both mental and physical stress


• Lowers blood pressure


• Minimizes symptoms of PMS


• Repairs and rebuilds cellular damage


• Powerful anti-biotic and anti-viral activity


• Strong blood cleanser and alkalyzer due to high chlorophyll content.


• Coffee drinkers, try switching for a week, you’ll get the alertness and energy and way more!!

**Amino acids (building blocks of proteins)