TIMESINDONESIA, JAKARTA – Matcha has become a very popular product to be added in anything including your make up recently. Matcha powder will gives a greenish colour if its added in to your food or any product you use. What about green tea?
Well, some people sometimes consider these two things as the same. Little did they know both are different in use. Matcha and green tea are derived from the same plant called Camellia Sinensis.
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However, these two are largely different in use. Matcha will came in powder whereas green tea usually came in a tea bag. Still, there are lit more difference between those two. Taken from several trusted source, here are the differences.
1. The process
Before the leaves harvested, to make a matcha, the leaves must be covered for 20 to 30 days. It prevent the leaves from getting the sunrise which make the leaves has a darker color.
During this time the amino acid in the leaves will be increased. After being harvested, the leaves will be directly crushed traditionally using stone grinder.
Whereas green tea has more complicated process just like when they process any common tea. It needs to be sun dried, and packed in tea bag.
2. Taste
Green tea has slightly lighter creamy taste than matcha. But both has a grassy undertones taste.
3. The benefits to your health
Green tea and matcha share the same health benefits, however Matcha has 10 times the nutritional value of regular green tea and up to 137 times the amount antioxidants.
Matcha is full of antioxidants which are known to help fight free radicals. Matcha also has 130 times more calcium than normal green tea and 172 times the amount of protein.
4. Color
Matcha will have creamy green when its soaked in the water, but green tea will have yellowish green clear water when its added with a hot water.
5. Price
Matcha slightly more expensive compared to green tea. This is because matcha known to have more nutrients than green tea. If you happened to order green tea in a cafe and a cup of matcha you will see how its difference. The taste and the price
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| Editor | : Khodijah Siti |
| Publisher | : Adhitya Hendra |
| Sumber | : TIMES Jakarta |
