Much To Do About Matcha

The wholesome matcha tea leaves are cultivated from the Camellia Sinensis plant, as so are other common teas, green tea unfermented, oolong tea partially fermented and black tea fully fermented.

 Although matcha goes through furthermore intricate preparation processes, once steamed and dried the unfermented tea leaves are then stone ground to the evergreen powder known as matcha tea. 

The Ancient origins of matcha tea leaves reverts back to the latter part of China's Tang Dynasty, 

records of its initial uses as a Chinese medicine can be found documented  as early as the eighth century.

 By the twelfth Century the continuation of matcha's popularity grew and would soon be introduced into Japan. 

By this time it was commonly used in monasteries by buddhist monks as a ceremonial tea combined with the buddhist practices of zen meditation. 

The buddhist monks found that combining the matcha along with zen meditation practices enhanced their abilities to awaken the senses thus keeping them in a more centred and altered state. 

The stimulating effects that had  been documented by buddhist monks were later studied by scientists. 

Studies evidently found that the reports of elevation and feeling of oneness experienced by the buddhist monks as a combination of the chemicals L-Theanine and Caffein, known for their stimulating and calming effects on the brain that trigger alpha waves. 

Subsequently matcha eventually became capitalised intentionally for the wealthy and elite as a means to demonstrate the ritualistic preparation of matcha as an elegant ceremonial display that we all know and enjoy too this day.

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