About Candie Expertise I can answer questions about specific teas and their health benifits including herbals. I can help you find a specific tea or accessories that you are looking to purchase.
Experience I have an online tea store and have done extensive research on the subject for the last few years. I am the editor of the Tea catagory for dmoz and am very familiar with all the other tea sites. I write articles on tea for Suite101 and other publications.
Expert: Candie Date: 5/29/2006 Subject: green tea health benefits
Question Daily I drink a mixture of about one teaspoon of powdered green tea and orange juice. I get the green tea (sencha) at a Japanese grocery store. It is good quality tea. I grind it very fine. I wonder if I am getting the maximum benefit from ingesting the raw tea as opposed to brewing it. Lycopene from tomatoes is purportedly much more abundant in
cooked tomato products as opposed to raw. I believe the same goes for the healthy compound in broccoli. It is much more abundant if the broccoli is cooked some. So how about green tea? Is the greater benefit to be had from ingesting whole raw tea or from brewing it?
Answer Matcha or Green tea powder is a great way to get all of the health benefits from the tea. We sell more Matcha than any other tea because it can be used in so many ways, smoothies, baking, ice cream, brewing or power shots like you are currently doing. Green tea is already either steamed or pan fried so there would be no reason to heat the leafs again to free up anti-oxidants.
