Speaking of matcha, most friends may think of Japan. After all, matcha products in major supermarkets and convenience stores are more or less printed in Japanese that you can't understand, like this: まっちゃ. But in fact, matcha, which is well received by girls, really came from my paradise!
Matcha is called the last tea in ancient China.
According to legend, "tea is used for drinking, which originated from Shennong" is the first time that he chewed up tea and swallowed it, and took the first step for human beings to eat tea, which led to our tea culture that has been passed down to this day. To tell the truth, Shi Huijun worships Shennong and dares to eat anything. ...
Feel the shading treatment before picking matcha.
Why steamed green tea was lost in Ming Dynasty?
In the Ming Dynasty, China people invented the method of "frying green tea", which is much simpler than steaming green tea. Japanese fried tea was returned from China by Japanese monks in the late Ming Dynasty. Are these monks all foodies? ...
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Steamed green tea: that is, broken tea, matcha is refined tea of broken tea.
Tea ordering method: Tea ordering method is to put tea powder into a tea bowl, inject a small amount of boiling water to make it paste, and then inject boiling water, or directly inject boiling water into the tea bowl, while stirring with a teapot, and the tea powder floats to form porridge noodles.
Japanese monks transported tea across the ocean to their hometown, where they planted, picked, produced and innovated, forming a unique Japanese tea culture?
Reminder: Japan's most famous "Uji Matcha", Uji is a place name, located near Kyoto Prefecture, is the birthplace of Japanese tea, not the brand of Matcha!
The matcha process described above makes people feel that matcha is not green tea powder. Obviously not. Why else take two names? Let's look at the difference between matcha and green tea powder.
Before that, you have to understand? The concept of "eyes". "mesh" is the density unit of screen, which is used to measure the thickness of powder particles. The larger the value, the finer the tea powder.
Can the mesh number of matcha be reached? 6000? The sieve hole (2 microns) is above, while the ordinary green tea powder is in? 100 - 300? Look around.
Comparison table of matcha and green tea powder
In Japan, the tea ceremony is very solemn and sacred, and drinking matcha is also an extremely important part, with a sense of ritual precipitated by history. In ancient times, only royalty and samurai were qualified to drink matcha.
Take it gently with a teaspoon? 2? Dip the matcha into a tea bowl, slowly inject hot water (about 80℃), and stir it quickly in a certain direction with a teapot until it bubbles, which is a cup of fragrant matcha.
The brewing of green tea is not so complicated, just inject hot water.
Simply put, drinking matcha means drinking matcha, while green tea is just tea soup. More tea itself, there will definitely be some differences in nutrition, roughly as above:
Matcha is the first difference you need to remember. You will use it in some Japanese tea bars. Matcha suitable for direct drinking is divided into strong tea and weak tea.
It's brewing. Want it? 12cm？ For example, Mi Le tea bowls generally need strong tea? 5? Gram of tea powder, just thin tea? 2? Dick. Strong tea is darker in color and more fragrant than thin tea.
The requirements for tea powder are also different. Thin tea is usually not as good as strong tea. We usually bake it with thin tea and matcha. And there is a worse one, which can't be drunk directly and can only be used for baking.
Classification of matcha Generally speaking: strong tea matcha >; Thin tea matcha > matcha for baking
A watch for picking matcha?
You must be thinking, since matcha is not cheap, why are some matcha snacks so low in price? How do you think it's really matcha?
Knock on the blackboard. Here we go again! Please look at the ingredients list! Ingredients list! Watch!
What's in the ingredient list? "Matcha powder"? It's basically fake! Because matcha itself is very delicate powder, and if there are brackets behind matcha, it means it is not really matcha.
The ingredient list of Japanese products stipulates that the word "matcha" cannot be used indiscriminately. If it says "tea" or "fried tea", it is not matcha, but powdered green tea. And some products will be marked with? "Matcha enters り" refers to powdered green tea added with matcha.
It? It's called Aiya tea, and the more you read it, the more strange it becomes ~
This kind of matcha is produced in Daejeon City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and the output of ground tea (matcha) ranks first in Japan. Fertile soil and fresh air provide excellent conditions for the growth of tea trees.
Open the jar (it needs to be refrigerated after opening), showing emerald matcha. Tea leaves are fragrant and have no taste similar to industrial essence. After the matcha is fully mixed with water, rich bubbles can be seen floating on the tea soup, and the tea soup still reflects the emerald matcha color, not the turbid yellow-green.
Take a sip, the tea fragrance is slightly bitter, but the aftertaste is slightly sweet. Mature matcha production technology ensures that there will be no obvious bitterness.
Have tea with my little sisters on weekends.
? How about a cup of matcha?