Top Reason to Start Every Day with Matcha

What are the benefits of drinking matcha?   Is it the healthiest form of tea?  Should you drink matcha daily?

There’s something magical about the sound of water gently boiling in a cast iron kettle and the aroma of freshly sifted matcha in a warm chawan. For our team of tea enthusiasts, the most important reason to whisk a bowl of matcha every morning is simple:

matcha makes us happy!

We believe starting your day with a bowl of matcha offers tangible benefits, such as:

• Focus: for a few moments, you immerse yourself in the simple act of preparing a bowl of tea—focusing on the water, the vibrant green powder, and the whisking motion. It’s a perfect way to set aside distractions like cell phones, social media, and upcoming meetings.
• Sensorial Reward: right after whisking, you're greeted with a wonderful bowl of tea.

Here is a short video explaining how to whisk matcha in 1 minute:

While many new guests at our tea bar often ask about matcha’s health benefits or its antioxidant properties, it’s important to note that none of us here are professional nutritionists, naturopaths, TCM practitioners, or healthcare professionals.

We encourage you to consult a healthcare expert or explore credible resources for more information about the health aspects of matcha. Here are a few places to start:

• Kochman J, Jakubczyk K, Antoniewicz J, Mruk H, Janda K. Health Benefits and Chemical Composition of Matcha Green Tea: A Review. Molecules. 2020 Dec 27;26(1):85. doi: 10.3390/molecules26010085. PMID: 33375458; PMCID: PMC7796401. 

Our interpretation:

Matcha is loaded with a number of anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds. 

• Sokary S, Al-Asmakh M, Zakaria Z, Bawadi H. The therapeutic potential of matcha tea: A critical review on human and animal studies. Curr Res Food Sci. 2022 Nov 23;6:100396. doi: 10.1016/j.crfs.2022.11.015. PMID: 36582446; PMCID: PMC9792400.

Our interpretation:

There is good reason to believe that those anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant compounds have an actual impact on your health.

Note the 81 articles cited by the authors of this paper.

• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Frank Hu, chair of Harvard’s Department of Nutrition, recommends consuming matcha regularly without additives.

• Kurauchi, Yuki, Yuki Ohta, Keigo Matsuda, Wakana Sanematsu, Hari Prasad Devkota, Takahiro Seki, and Hiroshi Katsuki. 2023. "Matcha Tea Powder’s Antidepressant-like Effect through the Activation of the Dopaminergic System in Mice Is Dependent on Social Isolation Stress" Nutrients 14, no. 3:581

Our interpretation:

Matcha seems to have a positive impact in mental state (albeit on mice).

Additional note: it is interesting to learn about the effect of matcha on neural activity… but this particular protocol seems quite cruel towards the mice involved.

 Thank you for reading!  Let us know if you have any questions.