Journal

There’s more to green tea than just matcha powder. Green tea as a category has at least a handful of popular types, including: tencha leaf, sencha leaves, gyokuro, and roasted green teas like hojicha (also spelled houjicha). Each form of tea is host to unique expressions of general flavor, and...

Matcha tea and fine Japanese loose-leaf teas may be giving the idea that “two heads are better than one” a run for its money. A prominent study cited throughout the last year measured the brain health of tea drinkers is some of the latest evidence suggesting cognitive benefits and mental...

When we first released this article, we were smack-dab in the middle of our 30-day Matcha Challenge, something that many of us are still following more than half a year later. To summarize the challenge in six words: “Drink matcha twice daily, feel amazing.” Anyway – as 2020 has had...

Matcha might be the newest addition to the Starbucks® and Dunkin'® (Dunkin' Donuts®) line-up, but the growing popularity doesn’t mean that you’re getting real matcha powder. In fact, it could often mean quite the opposite. As we’ll discuss here, only a fraction of the producers of fine matcha tea remain...

Have you been drinking your daily L-theanine?  It’s good for you after all – or at least, usually, that is. The cutting-edge of coffee brands and even nootropic supplement companies have likely dosed you with L-theanine more than once. Whether to your knowledge or not, the gist is that L-theanine is...