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Japan has been enjoying iced green tea for several years now. It has been a tradition in Japan to consume green tea and the concept of iced tea is fast becoming a unique Japanese tradition too. We...
Green tea is obtained from unfermented leaves. Research has also shown that it reduces your cholesterol level. However, the level of reduction differs from person to person. It lowers the amount...
It is also known as a supreme functional food. By drinking your tea in this powdered form, you consume hundred percent of the nutrients of the leaf. Apart from the nutritional benefits, matcha...
, moisture and any other unstable matter in the environment. Among the types of catechin , Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is the one with the strongest antioxidant, and green tea carries more...
Tea is typically grown in the Shizuoka, Kagoshima and Uji Kyoto regions of Japan. People off-shore often import tea from Japan or buy it at the supermarket or from Asian grocery shops. Factors to...
Many expensive teas you find in the market could end up just being marked up for the “brand” of the store it is sold at. We often have customers that ask if we have a specific brand of...
High quality Japanese tea is hard to come by, and even more so if you do not live in Japan. So, how is Matabay able to offer such high quality tea at such an affordable rate? Quality Tea at a...
In order to understand the tea market, one must understand tea supply and tea demand. Green Tea is produced all over Japan, amounting to roughly 860,000 tons per year. This is roughly 4% of...
If we go back to the beginning of green tea, it may be interesting to know that green tea was not considered to be just a beverage, or even a “beverage” at all for that matter. It was a...
The Horii family, a descendant of the Fujiwara clan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujiwara_clan), was known as a merchant family that crafted, and sold ritual articles for Shinto home shrines for...