Matcha

Stressed plant

Camellia sinensis (tencha)

shade-grown · stone-ground · JAS-certified

Ground whole-leaf green tea with highest EGCG concentration of any tea form — 3x standard green tea. Shade-growing (20+ days before harvest) forces chlorophyll and L-theanine production and concentrates catechins. Must be stone-ground from tencha leaf.

Compounds in this food

Growers

No growers listed yet

Know a farm that grows Matcha? Add them to the directory.

Submit a grower

Research citations

Determination of catechins in matcha green tea

Weiss DJ, Anderton CR · Journal of Chromatography A · 2003

peer-reviewedDOI →

Not medical advice. Virisource is not affiliated with any cited authors or institutions.