Wellness Wednesday - Macha Green Tea

I have been hearing a lot of buzz about Macha Green Tea… the amazing flavour and health benefits so I decided to purchase some from Teavana and replace my beloved cappuccino every day for two weeks to see how I would feel!

Here are some of the benefits of Macha Green Tea:

• Delicious flavour

• Improves cholesterol

• Boosts immune system

• Increases metabolism and energy

• High in antioxidants, contains Catechin and EGCg

• Detoxifies the body

• Boosts memory, concentration and has a calming effect

Macha Green Tea is said to be better for you than regular green tea because you are not just infusing the tea leaves in water but you are actually ingesting the whole tea leaf which is ground into a very fine powder!

I purchased a small container from Teavana for $25.00 plus tax (this stuff is not cheap!), which I am told should last me for about a month if I use a teaspoon a day! The larger size was $44 dollars and last about two months. Since I wasn’t sure how I would like the tea I decided to buy the small size. The store clerk also recommend I purchase a special whisk (see picture below) for an additional 13 dollars so I could properly mix the tea and avoid clumps (since clumpiness is one of the reasons people stop using the tea). I decided to forgo the whisk and try to blend the tea myself the first couple of times I used it!

The first day I decided to start off with a Macha Green Tea latte, I also added a teaspoon of Teavana Belgian Rock Sugar, an unrefined, slow crystalized natural beet sugar, to sweeten it up (a bag of the sugar will cost you an additional $5.50 but it’s well worth it!). OMG I was very very pleasantly surprised, it was delicious as a latte however, I am not sure I would drink it without the sugar and milk! It was creamy and smooth… so far I didn’t need the whisk to mix the tea. I instead used a spoon to mix one teaspoon of tea and 2 ounces of water until it was smooth and it seemed to work okay until I got to the last gulp or two… then it definitely was a bit grainy and much less pleasant!

I was a bit tired on the second day of my tea experiment, but I am not sure if that's because my daughter has been under the weather and keeping me up for the last few nights or if it was the lack of coffee in my system?? But so far no caffeine withdrawals or headaches that sometimes happen when I give up coffee!!

After the third day I almost got sucked into my old coffee habit after another long night, but I stuck to my Macha Green Tea experiment and it definitely perked me up!

After the first week of use… I don’t know that I feel more or less energized but I am definitely not missing my daily cup of coffee. I actually look forward to my Macha Green Tea latte in the morning. It feels somehow lighter to drink then my go to cappuccino. I love the flavour and the creamy texture it seems to have. Yeah... I didn’t expect a tea to have such a smooth creamy flavour and texture but this tea really does have it!!

I am not saying I am going to completely give up my java entirely but this Macha Green Tea definitely has a place in my cup now! lol. I might even invest in that fancy whisk that was recommended because the salespeople knew what they were taking about, even after two weeks of consistent use I could not avoid the graininess toward the end of my cup of tea. And since you won’t want to waste any of this good stuff you might want to invest in the proper tools too!

I am also told you can add this tea to your smoothies or yogurt or anything really. And because it has so many wonderful health benefits to it I might just try that out too.

I am definitely giving Teavana Organic Macha Green Tea two thumbs up and I am going to be purchasing a new jar soon!

If you get yourself added to Teavana's email list you will receive a $10 off coupon which can help you with your first tea purchase!

Happy sipping…

Simply Truly Jenny…