🍵 Matcha vs Green Tea 🍃

Compare matcha to sencha, gyokuro, and other green teas. Understand why consuming the whole leaf provides more benefits.

240ml

2g Matcha has 7x more EGCG than 240ml Sencha

Why Matcha Has More Nutrients

Matcha uses the whole tea leaf ground into powder. Green tea steeps leaves, extracting only ~20% of nutrients.

Matcha plants are shaded 3-4 weeks before harvest, boosting chlorophyll and L-theanine by 30-50%.

1 cup matcha ≈ 10-15 cups green tea in antioxidants. The stone-grinding preserves nutrients.

Compound	Matcha (2g)	Sencha (240ml)	Multiplier
Caffeine	64mg	20mg	3.2×
L-Theanine	50mg	6mg	8.3×
EGCG	134mg	25mg	5.4×
ORAC (antioxidants)	1573 μmol	300 μmol	5.2×

• Weiss, D.J., & Anderton, C.R. (2003). Determination of catechins in matcha green tea. J Chromatography A. PubMed
• Unno, K., et al. (2017). Theanine intake improves the shortened lifespan, cognitive dysfunction. Free Radic Biol Med. PubMed

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Catechin antioxidant content

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