Today I attended the World Tea Expo East- conveniently held in Philadelphia, only 10 minutes from my house! I tasted my way through the entire expo and was most intrigued by the Matcha. While my store has never sold Matcha I have been putting it in the smoothies I make at home for the last 2 years because of the high antioxidant content. I picked up a nutritional guide about Matcha at the expo and was surprised to find that 2g of Matcha (with 3oz hot water) has 172% more protein and 94% more potassium than a 3g Sencha teabag (with 3oz hot water)- source: Standard Tables of Food Composition. Also, in 2006 the Toyama University Medicine Research Institute announced that Matcha contains components that help lower blood sugar levels because the key ingredients in the tea leaves are not steeped out of the tea as the entire tea leaf is consumed- source: Hokkoku News, 3/2006.
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Is the Expo an industry event? I love tea and wondered if it will be back to Philly next year.
Hi! Sorry it took me so long to answer. The expo was an industry event but you can google "World Tea Expo" & check their website to see if you can obtain tickets. This was the first year they had an "East" expo; usually the big event is in Las Vegas every June.
Did they speak about the Teas from Japan?
I love tea but I never tried to go to an expo. Hopefully I can in the near future.
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In terms of matcha, do you think it is better to just put in cold water and mix or even smoothies in comparision to exposing the matcha to hot water. Just wondering your thoughts?
Nice post. Thank you
for taking the time to publish this information very useful! I’m still waiting
for some interesting thoughts from your side in your next post thanks!
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