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- DoMatcha - Organic Ceremonial Matcha Tea - 1 oz. (30 g.)DoMatcha Organic Ceremonial Matcha Tea is the purest and most sustainable way to enjoy the ancient Matcha tradition. With DoMatcha Ceremonial grade, only the finest leaves are selected to guarantee the highest nutritional value, as well as a sweet and pleasant flavor. The Way of Matcha Do (pronounced ‘doh’) is the Japanese symbol for ‘way’ or ‘journey’. DoMatcha means ‘The Way of Matcha’. Discovering the way of Matcha is a journey well worth taking; a journey that brings people together in celebration of health and the simple beauty of life. DoMatcha invites you to share in their journey and discover DoMatcha! Tea is the second most popular beverage in the world (the most popular is water). But despite the fact that all teas come from the same plant (Camellia sinensis), the world of tea is deliciously complex and rich with history. Legend has it that the ancient Chinese emperor and inventor of Chinese medicine, Shennong, was the first to discover the pleasant flavor and medicinal properties of green tea. One day, as he was boiling water over a fire, a breeze swept a few leaves of a nearby tea bush into his kettle. Shennong not only enjoyed the newly ‘invented’ beverage, but would also go on to study the health promoting properties of his accidental discovery. This legend reflects what has been part of the Chinese culture for almost 5000 years: Tea is so precious that it could only be of royal origins and it promotes health in mind and body. A new powdered form of tea emerged during the Song Dynasty (960-1279). Freshly picked tea-leaves were steamed to preserve color and freshness, then dried and ground into a fine powder called ‘tea mud’. The tea mud was placed in moulds, then pressed and left to harden. Later it was dried in the sun and then baked to prevent rotting. These ‘tea cakes’ were easy to store and transport. To make a cup of tea one would break off a little piece of the tea-cake and then whisk the tea powder up in a drinking bowl. This way of processing and preparing tea was eventually abandoned in China. But in the early 8th century traveling Zen monks from Japan had begun to bring tea and tea seeds back with them and started growing tea plants in Japan. Soon the Japanese Zen priests began their own tradition of cultivating, processing and preparing powdered green tea – and thus Matcha was born. It was in the 11th century that the Zen priest Esai initiated the cultivation of tea in Japan. His famous book about tea opens with the sentence: “Tea is the ultimate mental and medical remedy and has the ability to make one’s life more full and complete.” In saying that, Esai was referring to Matcha, later to become Japan’s most treasured kind of green tea and the only tea to be used in the traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony (Sado). Sado (‘The Way of Tea’) in its modern form was developed by Zen monks over the course of the 15th century and became popular with the Samurai society, royalty and Japan’s upper class. The teachings of the monk Sen-no Rikyu were the most influential, basing Sado on the four principles of harmony, purity, tranquility and respect. In fact, DoMatcha was created to honor this sacred tradition. Today Japan only exports about 4% of its precious matcha. It is not only a highly treasured specialty green tea, but also used frequently in Japanese cooking and baking, in health foods and western style beverage creations, like Matcha lattes and smoothies. History DoMatcha is 100% authentic Japanese matcha green tea now grown in the southwestern corner of Japan in Kagoshima. DoMatcha works very closely with their partners who have collectively been in the tea industry for over 700 years, Shohokuen one of DoMatcha's producers, and also the famous Japanese tea master Mr. Kazu Handa, whose family’s knowledge and expertise has been handed down generation after generation for over 300 years. Quality DoMatcha is cultivated, harvested and processed very carefull
- UPC # 775088013302
- Size/Form 1 oz.
Suggested Use: Directions: Place 1/2 or 1 tsp. DoMatcha into bowl. Add 2 to 3 oz. pre-boiling water (175 degrees F) to DoMatcha. Using bamboo whisk, briskly whisk in W motion until froth forms on top or make paste using spoon. Add more water to taste (up to 8 oz.). INGREDIENTS Organic Matcha Green Tea - Product of Japan
