Matcha Nutritional Facts

Matcha Tea is literally “turbo charged” green tea, containing exponentially higher concentrations of key nutrional ingredients than regular green tea.

This is due to the fact that matcha green tea powder is actually the ENTIRE green tea leaves ground to a super-fine consitency, resulting in  extremely high concentrations of the health promoting constituents of green tea. 

Below is a short nutritional breakdown of some of the key ingredients in matcha tea:

One serving of matcha green tea (approx.1g per serving) yields the following nutrients naturally[1]:

In Summary

• Matcha green tea contains over 10 to 15 times the overall nutrients when compared to traditional green, white, black, rooibos and yerba mate teas as well as when compared to popular fruits and vegetables
• Matcha green tea is one of the healthiest natural beverage on the planet!
• Matcha green tea actually contains more antioxidants than blueberries!

A Note on “Organic” Matcha:

The agricultural practices in Japan with respect to growing and harvesting green tea have been traditionally “pure” for centuries.  Due to the fact that matcha tea must be carefully grown, shaded, hand-picked and then ground, it is a very hands-on process much like making wine.  The volume of matcha that is produced in Japan is small, and this unique crop is delicate and requires constant attention and care.  Because the entire leaf is ingested, great care is taken to ensure that the plants, especially the top 2-3 leaves used for making matcha tea, are clean and pesticide/chemical free.

As a result, there really hasn’t been a “need” for organic matcha producers in Japan as the process is so inherently clean.  It is only recently, due to the “organic” market demand from the U.S. that Japanese matcha tea suppliers are getting certified as organic.  There is some redundancy in this however, as the crops and the process is already “organic” by many worldwide standards.

For example, all our ZenMatcha tea is grown COMPLETELY PESTICIDE FREE!  There is a small amount of fertilzer added to the soil for 4 weeks before picking due to the fact that the tea plant is shaded, and so requires some extra nutrients.

We are proud to be able to present such a clean and pure product to the marketplace.

We have decided not to opt for “organic” certification, as this is an extremely costly procedure and in order to incur this additional expense, the price of our ZenMatcha would increase.  We are determined to adhere to our mandate of offering the very best authentic Japanese matcha tea at the very best prices anywhere!

On a final note, due to the small production scale of matcha in Japan, it is particularly susceptible to weather, infestations etc., therefore many of the certified “organic” matcha producers are now having a challenge maintaining quality and consistency of product.  All in all, we believe that good, high quality matcha from a trusted source is the most reliable and cost effective product to buy.