As many of you reading this know, the combination of good matcha and good water, made with some care and love, is one of those sublime and rare experiences that can't be reduced any further. Just two things: matcha, and water. Water quality and water temperature will affect things, to be sure (as wi
We get a lot of calls and emails asking about caffeine and matcha. The short answer is that is has far less caffeine than brewed coffee does — about a quarter as much (roughly 25mg of caffeine for matcha, roughly 100mg or more for coffee, depending on factors such as steeping time, water temperature
It may seem ridiculous to some, but I think of a daily matcha habit as a cross between meditation and medication (with some epicurean fun thrown in to keep things interesting). We’ve covered the meditation part of matcha in these pages here and here, but to recap: great matcha has large quantities o
This week I’ve been rereading Charles Duhigg’s utterly absorbing book, The Power of Habits, and am struck by how increasingly sophisticated the scientific understanding of habits has become — how they’re formed, and how they can be disrupted and changed. For anyone interested in developing excellent
Stress is probably the most pernicious force of our modern age. It diminishes quality of life, and can lead to all kinds of unpleasantries, including depression, auto-immune diseases, anxiety …. ugh, who wants to list them all. And then there’s chronic stress, which *really* wreaks havoc on the immu
The scope and scale of “energy” drinks on the market today never cease to amaze me. They’re everywhere, in local markets, gas station minimarts, supermarket chains, department stores, even in vending machines. Why do people buy these things? They contain so many controversial ingredients — taurine,
Most of us agree that we feel awfully good after drinking a thick cup of matcha. Part of the reason behind feeling good is surely a placebo effect: you have this creamy, electric-green drink made of 100 percent baby green tea leaves and nothing else. It looks delicious and tastes even better. We jus
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