Matcha: The green superfood with up to 15x more nutrients than green tea

Matcha is not just tea – it is a real superfood. Unlike conventional green tea, the whole leaf of matcha is ground and consumed. As a result, it contains up to 15 times more nutrients and antioxidants than a watery tea extract.

A look at the ORAC value (antioxidant capacity per 100 g) shows the extraordinary effect:

• Matcha tea: around 138,000
• Goji berries: around 25,300
• Dark chocolate: around 20,816
• Blueberries: around 4,669
• Broccoli: around 3,083

But be careful: not all matcha is the same. There are big differences in quality – not only in taste, but also in purity. Many cheap matchas are contaminated with heavy metals, for example because they come from less controlled cultivation areas.

How to recognize real matcha: the streak test
Put some powder on a white sheet of paper and draw a line with your finger: industrially processed powder leaves an interrupted, sandy trace, often with a brownish or yellowish tinge. Original matcha produces a straight, velvety line with an intense, rich green hue – no brown, no gray, no yellow. The smell and taste also reveal a lot: high-quality matcha smells fresh like green tea, not musty or bitter.

To the organic matcha powder from kingnature