As the old saying goes, those who are near Mexico are black, and those who are near Zhu Zhechi are! I have never loved sweets before, but since I met my wife, I have eaten a lot of sweets, such as Snow Maid, Matcha Cake, Puffs, macaroon and so on. This macaroon, in particular, always feels that this is not the sandwich biscuit I ate when I was a child. A few dollars a bag, boy, now at least one 1 yuan!

However, while enjoying many desserts with my wife, what interests me most is matcha! Because matcha is a substance, its color looks green and quite eye-catching. Secondly, although the entrance is bitter, it can make people feel a refreshing breath, which is very pleasant!

Lao Yu also found that matcha can be incorporated into almost any food, such as cakes made by matcha, ice cream made by matcha, coffee made by matcha, drinks made by matcha and so on. It can be said that every food made by matcha can make people like it at a glance! I believe that many friends, like me, are first attracted by the color of matcha and then fascinated by the taste of matcha.

So, the question is, what is matcha made of? Why is it called matcha again? To tell the truth, Lao Yu also ate matcha for so many years, and then he understood! Let's talk about it in detail today!

When it comes to matcha, many friends will first think that it is a Japanese food. In fact, matcha originated in our ancient Tang and Song Dynasties. Before the Tang Dynasty, people crushed tea leaves, then added onion, ginger, orange peel, salt and other ingredients to cook and drink together.

Since the Tang Dynasty, people have invented another drinking method, that is, grinding tea leaves into powder and washing them with water into paste, just like black sesame paste now. Because it is mushy, it is also called eating tea! And this kind of ground tea is matcha!

to put it bluntly, matcha is actually made by grinding tea leaves; The reason why it is called matcha is also taken from the process of grinding tea leaves! Therefore, when you eat matcha food again in the future, don't forget that matcha originated in our country and was invented by our country. At the same time, the matcha eaten in your mouth is the last product of tea grinding!

I believe that when I see my friends here, almost everyone will think that since matcha is ground by tea, matcha powder and green tea powder are the same! After all, only green tea can match this color in tea! In fact, matcha is indeed ground from green tea, but it is different from green tea powder. If merchants sell green tea powder as matcha powder to us, then we will suffer a big loss!

Matcha powder is not green tea powder, which is quite different!

Although matcha powder is the ground end of green tea, a series of processes from picking to final grinding are different! First of all, matcha has extremely high requirements for the time of tea picking and the size of tea leaves!

Generally speaking, the only tea that can be used to make matcha is the tea that grows between April and May every year. Besides, the size of tea should be as uniform as possible, and it should not be too big or too small. The most important thing is that only the tea picked for the first time can be used as raw materials for making matcha! In other words, a tea garden can only be picked once to make matcha!

Secondly, before picking tea leaves, you must set up a sun screen over the tea trees one month in advance, or set up a sunshade such as a bamboo curtain to block the sun.

The reason for this is that during the shading period, the tea leaves grow slowly, and the bitter taste in the tea leaves can be effectively reduced. The most important thing is to increase the contents of chlorophyll, amino acids and other substances in the tea leaves, so that the matcha will be more green in color and fresh in taste!

nowadays, more and more friends like to make some delicious food by themselves, even if the taste is not as good as that made by other chefs, at least the ingredients can be guaranteed. So, let's talk about how to buy real high-quality matcha powder!

1. Look at the color! High-quality matcha powder is dark green or dark green, if it is yellow-green or khaki, it is either inferior or fake matcha powder;

2. Look at the hardships! High-quality matcha powder, first bitter and then fragrant; On the other hand, if it is bitter matcha powder, it must be inferior or green tea powder pretending;

I want to stress once again that the matcha powder is the best made in China and has the highest quality! Nowadays, whether it is online shopping or buying matcha in a physical store, many merchants will show off that their matcha is made in Japan! In fact, think about how much tea will be grown in Japan. How much tea will be taken out to make matcha? It's not that people don't have high-quality matcha, at least it can't reach the quantity we need!