Are you a fan of matcha? BECAUSE WE ARE!
I mean how amazing is this vibrant green powder? It is good for you, and you can even put it in desserts!
But how do you know if your matcha is of good quality? Do you simply buy the most expensive one available in the market? If that’s your strategy, then let me be the first to tell you you’re wrong!
Here’s the right wany to differentiate high quality and low quality matcha:
Well, first you can use your 4 senses, sight, smell, taste and touch to examine the matcha:
+ Taste
I mean if its something you’re drinking then the taste can obviously tell you if its good or bad quality. High quality matcha would taste sweet, creamy and vegetal. Low quality matcha on the other hand has a bitter taste and when you whisk it with water, it has less froth.
+ Texture
Use your fingers to touch your matcha powder, if its soft and silky then you’re good to go, but if it’s rough and you notice how it doesn’t dissolve easily in water then some sold you some bad quality matcha!
+ Colour
Sometimes, you can easily tell good matcha apart from bad matcha easily, is just by looking at it. If your matcha is vibrant and green, then you can happily slurp your high quality matcha. If it’s yellowish or brownish then your matcha is definitely low quality.
+ Smell
Good matcha smells sweet, but sometimes it’s hard to identify the scent you smell is sweet or not. So, maybe this indicator isn’t really the best.
Now, let’s move to the real in-depth way of telling good and bad quality matcha apart:
+ Shading
Matcha tea plants require proper shading 3 weeks before harvesting. Proper shading is what gives it vibrant green chlorophyll-rich tea leaves and produces L-theanine and amino acids.
+ Grounding
Stone grounding is what produces high quality matcha. Stone grounding machines produce very thin matcha powder about 10 microns and that makes it dissolve easily in water.
+ Origin
High quality matcha comes from Japan, not China. That’s because of less pollution and strict farming rules, regulation and process.
