Matcha tea - questions & answers

Matcha is a very high quality green tea that has been ground into a very fine powder. It is mainly grown in Japan. Find out more here .

The production of matcha involves shading the tea plants, harvesting the young leaves, steaming, drying, removing the stems and veins and finally grinding into fine powder.

In contrast to normal green tea, Matcha consumes the whole tea leaves, resulting in a more intense aroma and nutrient concentration.

The taste is similar to normal green tea, but, depending on the quality and preparation, it tastes slightly grassy, ​​sweet and hardly bitter.

In our blog entry you will find everything you need to know about Matcha preparation

Our matcha comes from Japan, from the prefecture
Kagoshima and from Uji.

Matcha is grown by only a few tea farmers in Japan
. The manufacturing process is very complex and the tea is only harvested once a year. For example, for 30g of matcha, the tea leaves must be ground in special granite mills for one hour. Furthermore, only about 4% of Japan's total annual harvest is exported.

No, the prefectures in which our matcha is grown are 700km or 1600km away. Every delivery is strictly controlled.

Yes, and these differences are very serious:

With Matcha from Japan, the most tender top sprouts are harvested
picked and gently steamed as quickly as possible and then gently
dried. This is the case with matcha from Thailand, Taiwan, Korea or China
similar, only there the tea leaves are not gently steamed
Fermentation stops, but the tea leaves are transferred to large pans
heated by fire. For the most part, this procedure destroys all the important ones
Ingredients.

Matcha from Japan is traditionally made from the green tea varieties Tencha and
partly also obtained from Gyokuro through further processing. During further processing
Only the leaf parts are used and not the stems or veins. Tea,
which was not obtained from Tencha is called Konacha (Japanese 粉茶,
powder tea). Tencha (Japanese: 点茶 whipped tea) is usually the case
about young tea shaded about three to six weeks before harvest. As in
other shade teas, more caffeine develops in the plant,
Amino acids and certain bitter substances. With matcha from Thailand, Taiwan, Korea
or China it is usually Micro Cha. This is “Matcha” made whole
Tea leaves (i.e. with stems and veins), from (unshaded) Sencha, or from
(semi-shaded) Kabusecha. Strictly speaking, this isn't real matcha.
but tea powder.

With Matcha from Japan, the Tencha is used in the subsequent processing step
Granite or stone mills grind gently and slowly to prevent
the temperature does not rise above 30C° (otherwise the important ingredients
destroyed) until a very fine and bright light green powder is formed.
This step takes a lot of time - about only 30g in an hour
(!) –  and also explains part of the high manufacturing costs. Matcha
from Thailand, Taiwan, Korea or China is mostly used in industrial mills
Ground from metal, these become too hot and destroy other ingredients.

According to
EU law, we are not allowed to provide information about health effects. Please find out more about this.

Yes, our Nespresso® capsules fit any Nespresso® machine that uses normal Nespresso capsules. They do NOT fit in a Nespresso Vertuo machine! We recommend letting it run through once after making coffee (without a capsule ). This allows the taste of the tea capsule to develop optimally.

Yes, the Nespresso® machine brews at around 80 degrees. Ideal for our Matcha Caps!

Yes. The capsules can be opened without hesitation (unscrew the capsule) and the contents can either be opened or added to a drink. For example, some customers put the capsules including the capsule skin into the smoothie blender. The capsule dissolves in liquid and
can be drunk.

You can find information about our shipping and payment conditions here.

Yes! When entering the address, please enter the DHL Packstation XY under "Street" and enter the postal number under "House number".

If you have placed your products in the shopping cart and then click on "safe checkout", you will be taken to the page where you can enter your customer information. On the right side you will find a field at the top that says "Discount". Enter the code there and click “Apply”.

You will receive the voucher with the confirmation email for your registration. Please confirm your registration in the first step, then you will receive a confirmation email with the voucher.

You can find the invoice in our shipping notification email. There is a link where the PDF invoice can be downloaded.

In principle, each voucher or discount code can be redeemed once and cannot be combined with other vouchers or codes.

Unopened goods can be returned within 14 days of ordering. Send us an email to info(at)matcha-magic.de and we will inform you about how to proceed.

The address for returns is: Matcha Magic Retoure c/o Murrmann GmbH, Hans-Böckler-Str. 8, 95326 Kulmbach

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