
Tea Insights
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Best Matcha Grades
Ceremonial, everyday and culinary matcha differ in taste, color and best use. Ceremonial is the highest grade, made to drink on its own; culinary is made for cooking and baking; everyday sits in between.
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Benefits of Green Tea
What is in green tea, from catechins and EGCG to L-theanine and caffeine, and what the research does and doesn't show so far, plus how matcha, sencha, hojicha and gyokuro compare.
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Decaf Matcha Guide
Does decaf matcha exist? Yes. Ours starts as the same shade-grown tencha as our regular matcha, is decaffeinated with water and CO₂ while the leaf is still whole, and tests at about 6 mg of caffeine a serving while keeping 86% of its EGCG and most of its L-theanine (from our most recent batch testing; results vary by lot and packaging).