What Does Matcha Taste Like?

The subject of Matcha Green Tea is becoming a big interest among health enthusiasts across the world today.

The many wonderful benefits that it provides has been well documented in scientific studies and made available to anyone desiring more understanding of this amazing Tea.

We know about the power of its green leaves where all of the healing properties are stored.

We know that each leaf of the matcha tea plant is jam packed with Polyphenols, Flavonoids, Epigallocatechin Gallet and Catechins.

And we know that all of these amazing compounds are capable of preventing heart disease and fighting against cancer.  But what about the taste? What does Matcha taste like?

The TOP Ten Teas: Their Taste, Their Origin and Their Health Benefits! In No Particular Order

1. EARL GREY- BLACK TEA     

-Taste** Earthy and Slightly Sweet

-Origin**England

-Health Benefits**Rich in Antioxidants, Boosts Metabolism and Enhances Concentration and Mental Focus.  The Twinings Earl Grey Black Tea K-Cup pods makes excellent Tea in any Keurig K-Cup Coffee Machine and has a 5 Star Rating on Amazon**6911 Customer reviews.  6000 units have sold in the last 30 days.

 

2.OOLONG TEA 

-Taste**Smooth and Slightly Fruity.

-Origin**China

-Health Benefits**Known to promote Weight Loss and Improve Heart Health.  Organic Oolong Tea comes in Eco-conscious tea bags**Free of dyes, adhesives, glue and bleach.  100% Organic, Non-GMO Certified ingredients.**Amazon’s Choice and a Best Seller**120,000 Customer 4.5 Star Rating.

 

3. What Does CHAMOMILE TEA Taste Like?

-Chamomile Tea has a Floral and Slightly Sweet taste to it.  I’ve never eaten flowers before, but when you drink this tea, you just know that it taste like flowers.  It starts with the aroma.  The moment that you add hot water to the teabag, the smell of flowers hit the air.  And it’s a beautiful soothing and relaxing aroma which sets the stage for a flavorful experience.

-Origin**Europe and Asia

-Health Benefits**Helps with Relaxation, Sleep and has Anti-Inflammatory Properties.

4.What Does Matcha Taste Like

Because of its many wonderful health benefits, drinking matcha green tea is  more than just about taste, it’s about feeling.

It’s about that great feeling that saturates every fiber of your being after that first sip.

It’s about that smooth energy level and gentle alertness you experience after that 2nd and 3rd longer sip.

After that full cup of matcha tea, it’s about that heavenly cellular regeneration feeling that last the entire day.

For me personally, this feel-good feeling is a Big part of the taste of Matcha Green Tea.  I feel like a brand-new person each time I drink it.

Maybe I’m biased when it comes to drinking tea.

I never was a tea drinker until recently when I began doing research on Matcha Green Tea.

There are so many benefits to drinking matcha that it’s not even funny.  I would have to write a whole new article to list them all, and I have.

Most people do not understand what polyphenols or flavonoids are, nor do they know how they work together with catechins to help prevent heart disease, lower blood pressure, fight against cancer and burn calories.

Matcha green tea has all of these elements and much more.  (For a detailed explanation of the health benefits of Matcha, and 10 Delicious Match Green Tea Recipes, read my article “What’s In a Green Tea Shot- Healthy Recipe.”) Or click the Red Heart and link below.

Polyphenols, Flavonoids and Catechins Prevents Heart Disease

After doing the research on matcha and seeing all of these wonderful things, I decided to try it for myself.  Wow, my first thought was, it’s actually better than what the research says.  It’s much better than what I anticipated.

For me, matcha green tea is like a re-setter.  It resets my whole entire being physically and mentally.  It doesn’t matter when I drink it, it gives me that same great feeling every time.

I drink it in the morning, I drink it in the middle of the day, and I drink it before a workout.

It gives me a mental focus and cool calmness at the same time.

This is all a part of my personal hands-on experience of what matcha taste like.

The feeling is so great, and the benefits are so mind-blowing that it bypasses or overshadows the actual taste.

I am hooked for life and I can now say with full confidence, that “Matcha is Truly The King of All Teas”.

But what does matcha green tea really taste like?

The 4 Complex Tastes of Matcha

Matcha green tea is truly a unique experience for the tastebuds.  Its taste is so complex that it has to be broken down into 4 levels to fully describe it.

So without further ado, let us dive into the vivid descriptions you’ve been waiting for.

The Unique Richness**of Chlorophyll Green Tea 

Matcha is made from the leaves of the Camillia Sinensis plant which is a species of evergreen shrub.  The plants are grown and carefully tended to in order to produce the highest quality of leaves.

The plants are grown in shaded areas which increases the levels of chlorophyll and stimulates the production of the amino acid L-Theanine.

This growth process is what gives Matcha its deep rich green color, almost a pure and perfect green.

The green color is basically 100% pure authentic chlorophyll.

Pure chlorophyll is the first thing you taste.  And because chlorophyll is jampacked with so many micro-nutrients, you instantly feel the benefits of that rich unique taste.

So, the taste of Matcha as I describe it, is very unique and robust.  It has a full-bodied flavor that cannot be compared to any other tea or beverage.  It is slightly sweet, but ever so slightly sweet.

Basically, Matcha is the taste of chlorophyll, so much so that it can be called “Chlorophyll Green Tea” instead of Matcha Green Tea, in my opinion.  The taste of Matcha Green Tea is truly a one-of-a-kind taste.

Non-Bitter** 

When describing tea or any beverage as non-bitter, it typically means that it lacks the sharp unpleasant taste associated sourness or bitterness.

Bitterness in teas comes from three natural compounds found in the tea leaves.  They are tannins, caffeine and catechins.

Matcha green tea has all three of these compounds, however, for whatever reason, these compounds have little to no bearing on the overall taste of matcha.

With the presence of these three bitter compounds, matcha green tea should have an overwhelming taste of bitterness.  Surprisingly, however matcha is quite the opposite, smooth and mellow to the pallet.

This cancellation of bitterness is most likely due to the result of the dominant presence of chlorophyll in the leaves, which is slightly sweet to the taste.

Though the bitter taste of these compounds are removed, the compounds themselves are not.

They are very present and are quickly absorbed through the taste buds and the mucus membrane of our mouth.

Matcha is loaded with the antioxidant compounds of catechins and tannins.  The moment these compounds hits your taste buds, you can instantly feel their wonderful effects.

Like I said earlier, the taste is more about the feeling rather than the flavor.

It’s a smooth, mild, non-evasive taste of bitter compounds (catechins, tannins and caffeine) without the bitterness, creating a balanced enjoyable drinking experience.

Hense a Non-Bitter Taste!

Earthy** 

When describing the taste of matcha green tea, “earthy” is a fitting flavor profile due to the unique way it is grown and processed.

Matcha tea plants are intentionally grown in shaded areas which leads to an increase chlorophyll production in its leaves.

This chlorophyll gives matcha its signature flavor, reminiscent of fresh grass or seaweed.  This flavor is also described as robust, grounding similar to the way freshly turned soil might smell.

The earthy taste of matcha green tea can vary in intensity depending on the quality of the tea leaves, the methods used to process them and the region they were grown.

This earthy taste of matcha can evoke a connection to mother nature and the natural world which gives you that feel-good feeling that I describe earlier.

These earthy undertones provide a sense of depth and richness adding to the overall experience of enjoying this wonderful Japanese tea.

Umami** 

One of the great pleasures of life is the ability to taste food.

Ain’t God Good that He took the time and effort to install tastebuds within our human digestive system?

I can’t even imagine what it would be like without the ability to taste a juicy watermelon or a delicious T-bone steak dinner with bake potato.

What would be the purpose of looking at delicious food and not being able to taste it?

We can live without hearing.  We can manage to get by without sight.  There are many aids and gadgets to assist us when we can’t see or hear.

But how can a person make it without the sense of smell or taste?  He wouldn’t be able to function at all.

There would be little to no motivation to do anything worth while in life.

Without taste all business would cease to exist.

Farmers would not know what to plant or what crops to grow because there would be no demand to guide him.

How would he know what to plant when no one really cares about what they eat?

We would all be eating grass like an ox or like insects.

I honestly believe that life cannot exist without taste.

When we’re eating food, how would we know whether or not it’s food we’re eating?

We could be eating straight up poison and not even know it until we’re throwing up our guts or until we die.

There’s some delicious looking food out there that is straight up poison, but how would we know that without the sense of taste or smell?

Without taste, life as we know it would cease to exist.  We’d all be dead within a few short years.

I believe taste has something to do with our emotions.

 

It affects our level of happiness and joy.  Take taste away from us and we would all experience a deep level of sadness.

Each and every one of us would go into a deep level of depression.

This depression would lead to sickness and sickness would lead to disease and death.  Because no one would know what was good for them in order to survive.

Lack of taste would lead to total ignorance and stupidity in the world.

We would all turn into zombie-like creatures wandering aimlessly through the night with absolutely no drive or ambition.

Lack of taste would be form of torture, a form of Hell on Earth.

But Ain’t GOD GOOD that HE afforded each one of us the ability to taste His wonderful creation of Life-Giving Food?

This is why we ought to give GOD All the Glory and Thanks in The Name of His Son Jesus Christ for each meal we receive from Him daily.  Amen!

May we all be Thankful for our sense of taste and smell.  Amen!

You Taste With Your Tongue.  You Absorb with Your Mucus Membrane!

A fun fact that most people don’t know about the tongue is that our tastebuds are actually tiny little organs.

And though tastebuds are capable of sending taste signals to the brain, they are not capable of absorbing nutrients into the bloodstream.

The mucus membrane, which is the super thin lining of skin inside our mouth and underneath the tongue, is responsible for absorption of all nutrients and compounds we receive from food.

The tongue is divided up into 6 basic areas of taste.  Sweet, sour, salty and tangy are four of the taste.  Can you guess the other 2?  Yes, bitter and tart.

“That Sure Hit The Spot” That 7th Yummy Flavor Spot!

There is another section of flavor on the tongue known as the seventh flavor.  The technical name of this taste is “Umami”.  The nick name is the “Yummy” flavor.

“Umami” is a Japanese term that translates to a “pleasant savory taste”.  It’s the spot on your tongue that when a certain food or drink crosses its path, it sends a signal to your brain that says “Yummy”.

Umami is a flavor that adds depth and complexity to dishes, describing a rich, savory sensation to the brain.

Umami is often associated with a mouthwatering satisfying experience that after tasting such delicious food or beverage it makes you say, “Wow, That Sure Hit The Spot”.  Yep, that Spot is Called the “Umami’ or the “Yummy Spot”.

It’s the spot that’ll make you sit back sit back and imagine you were on a beautiful island somewhere staring at the crystal blue skies and the tropical green trees.

It’s that spot that’ll take you back to your childhood days where you were sipping on your favorite flavored ice-cold pop after a long hot day swimming in the sun.

Overall, Matcha Green Tea offers a harmonious blend of these four elements, unique, non-bitter, earthy and “yummy hit the spot umami”, creating a rich and nuanced taste that delights the senses, tingles the tastebuds and leaves a long-lasting satisfying impression.

So, enjoy your next cup of Matcha like I do and savor these intricate flavors with each and every sip!

The Origin of Matcha Green Tea

While most people believe Matcha originated in China, Matcha Green Tea has had a long rich history dating all the way back to ancient Japan.

Matcha green tea was first introduced to Japan by Buddhist monks back in the 12th century. 

It became an important part of Japanese tea ceremonies due to its ceremonial significance and health benefits.

The Health Benefits of Matcha Green Tea