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August 7, 2023
Is Green Tea Good for Breastfeeding? – Green Tea Quiz
There are so many foods breastfeeding moms cannot consume, but is green tea one of them? Let's find out!
Breastfeeding provides babies with food and nutrition, especially for the first six months, and mothers will do their best to eat and stay healthy. However, we know that green tea provides many health benefits, and overconsumption will lead to side effects. Lactating moms can drink green tea, but there must be no added herbs in the tea because we usually don't know what effect those herbs wil...
July 26, 2023
What to do with leftover tea leaves - 9 ways to use leftover tea leaves and powder
What to do with leftover tea leaves - 9 ways to use leftover tea leaves and powder
While tea leaves or tea powders are essentially steeped and consumed as a drink with health benefits, this is not the only way they could be used. In fact, even the boiled tea leaves for consumption as a healthy drink are not to be put to waste and still have lots of benefits for everyday use. Here are just some of the countless uses of used tea leaves or tea powders after being steeped and consumed as a healthy ...
July 18, 2023
How to Cold Brew Matcha: Your Comprehensive Guide
Matcha tea makes a deliciously creamy hot beverage. But did you know that it tastes just as good as an iced drink? Sure, you could make a simple glass of iced matcha by cooling down a cup of hot matcha with a few ice cubes. But cold brew matcha creates an even richer, smoother, more flavorful experience.
Plus, if you're new to matcha and still getting used to its rich, earthy flavor, preparing it in cold water can minimize some of the bitter taste sometimes found when the tea is prepared in hot ...
July 10, 2023
Should you drink your tea before or after you eat? – Green Tea Quiz
It is refreshing to drink either cold or hot tea, especially during snack time. But for absorbing all the health benefits and having a nutritious meal, is it better to drink tea before, during, or after eating?
Let's explore the tea-drinking time, and let's sip our teas!
We feel relieved when we drink tea, especially after eating Japanese or Chinese food. We think our tummies become light, and our digestive system absorbs the nutrients. Green tea contains catechins, antioxidants that repair cell...
June 26, 2023
Delectable Hojicha Brownie Recipe: A Perfect Blend of Rich Chocolate and Roasted Green Tea
Ingredients:
4 tbsp Hojicha Powder½ cup All Purpose Flour¼ tsp Salt¼ tsp Baking Powder¾ cup Unsalted Butter, room temperature½ cup Brown Sugar2 Eggs1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract½ cup Pecans, crushedDirections:
Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a 6-inch (or 8-inch) square cake pan.Sift flour into a mixing bowl. Add hojicha powder, salt, and baking powder and whisk together.Place softened butter and sugar into a mixing bowl and mix until light and fluffy. Add the eg...10 Ingredients to add to Sencha Green Tea
10 Ingredients to add to Sencha Green Tea
Sencha is the most famous and commonly used Japanese green tea in Japan and around the world. Tea is brewed by infusing whole, loose leaves in hot water for a limited time. People around the world drink it for its health benefits, as it helps strengthen the immune system and increase metabolism.
While many enjoy sencha the basic way, which is simply brewed with no added ingredients, people are starting to mix some other ingredients with green tea to ...
June 24, 2023
Japanese Green Tea Co. Starts Free Shipping to German Customers
Japanese Green Tea Co. is proud to offer free shipping to everyone in Germany!
We have made ready to ship our popular items.
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June 12, 2023
Japanese Tea and Meditation
Asia is credited with the origins of both green tea and Zen meditation. While these two entities technically had their beginnings in China, they managed to intertwine their paths thanks to a 12th-century Japanese Zen monk named Eisai Zenji.
Like many Zen practitioners at that time, Eisai Zenji traveled to China; however, he stood out as the one who was responsible for bringing Camellia sinensis, or tea plant seeds, to Japan and adding this distinct element to Japanese culture.
Today, we recogniz...
May 29, 2023
Yuzu Sencha Available Now - Thank you for your help! - Survey Results and What Happened
Thank you very much for helping us to create this new product, Yuzu Sencha.
After all the work (see below) and excitement, the product is finally ready for you.
Click here to be the first to try this Yuzu Sencha.
(It is only available on Amazon for now.)
I want to express my sincere gratitude for your unwavering support in bringing this new product to fruition. Your assistance throughout the four-month process has been invaluable and greatly appreciated.
Pl...
Gluten-Free Hojicha Cookies
Rice flour is quickly gaining ground in the market as more and more people gravitate toward it in order to avoid wheat flour. Although the idea of using it is a fresh concept for some people, especially in terms of health trends, rice flour has actually been around for a long time. It has been used in many traditional dishes and confections in Asian countries where rice is a staple.
For instance, rice flour is pretty much inherent to Japanese cuisine. “Mochiko,” or cooked glutinous rice flour, ...
