If we go to a tea shop and we find ourselves with the option of choosing between green tea or matcha tea, perhaps doubts assail us. Before blocking ourselves, we are going to try to offer a little more light with this article 😉
The three main types of tea
Tea is one of the most consumed beverages in the world, second only to water, and has been used for centuries as medicine. It is native to China and is widely cultivated in Asia and the countries of central Africa. It is prepared with Camellia sinensis leaves.
Black Tea
Black tea is a tea that is oxidized to a greater degree than the varieties of green tea and oolong tea. Black tea generally has a stronger aroma and contains more caffeine than other teas with lower levels of oxidation.
Oolong Tea
Oolog is a traditional Chinese tea that is between green and black in oxidation, which gives it a characteristic bluish tone. Oolong tastes more like green tea than black tea. It does not have the sweet, pinkish aroma of black tea nor the strong herbal notes that characterize green tea.
Green Tea
Green tea is the non-fermented type of tea. The best known varieties are Gyokuro, Sencha, Kabusecha, Genmaicha, Hojicha and Matcha. Green tea is fresh and aromatic, with a slightly bitter or in some cases toasted flavor, with herbal notes and the infusion obtained is light green in color.
Green tea or matcha tea. Main differences:
So, if the matcha It is a type of Green Tea, ¿what are the differences? Both green teas, with multiple health benefits and both delicious. Let's see the characteristics of each one and their most important differences.
Production process
One of the differences is in the way green tea and matcha are grown.
In the case of Green Tea leaves grown in the sun They are collected and steamed or cooked by hot air. After several processes which do not alter their chemical composition, they are left to dry and packaged.
In the case of matcha tea, is grown similarly to conventional green tea, but with some differences. The tea bushes are covered to give shadow to the leaves during most of the growing period (hence its intense green color). After that, the young leaves are selected and steamed. The whole leaves HE grind in mills until obtaining a very fine powder.
Consumption of leaves or infusion
A Green Tea HE infuses, Meanwhile he matcha simply it dissolves.
To prepare a cup of green tea, you infuse the tea leaves in water. Hot water extracts the flavor, color, catechins, caffeine, L-theanine and other compounds, and then we remove the leaves or the bag before drinking it.
With matcha, you mix the powder with water completely until it is completely dissolved and drink it all. And when we say everything, it is everything, since the powder comes from the ground leaf in its entirety.
Antioxidant content
1 gram of matcha contains 1384 pcs ORAC, 137 times more antioxidants than conventional green tea, 53 times more than spinach, 14 times more than blueberries and 5 times more than Goji Berries.
While with a green tea infusion you consume between 10% and 20% of the nutrients, drinking matcha tea you consume 100% of the nutrients.
Color, flavor and texture
A matcha tea has a color Shining green, flavor very intense and one creamy texture, Meanwhile he Green Tea It is characterized by a color light green, a variety of flavors and aromas further soft, depending on the variety of tea and a water-like texture.
Green tea or matcha tea? Now you have a little more information, we opted for matcha, obviously 😅
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