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Hank Murrow on sat 5 apr 08

What is a good source for obtaining 'Matcha'?

On Apr 5, 2008, at 4:28 PM, pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET wrote:

> Hi Hank, and anyone else who may know!
>
>
>
> What is a good source for obtaining high quality Matcha via Mail
> Order?

Dear phil;

Uptons is a reasonable source. Their Yamato Sencha is very good too.
That is what I grind to powder in a Turkish coffee grinder to make
matcha.

Cheers, Hank

pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on sat 5 apr 08

What is a good source for obtaining 'Matcha'?

Hi Hank, and anyone else who may know!



What is a good source for obtaining high quality Matcha via Mail Order?

I have looked in town here and not found any...


Let us know?



Phil
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Hank Murrow"


> Dear Lee;
>
> The figures for Sencha are almost identical to those for Matcha if
> you simply grind the Sencha to powder and brew it as you would for
> Matcha. "Eat the whole Plant!" That is the message in these figures.
> Camelia sinensis..... can't beat it.
>
> Cheers, Hank
>
>
> On Apr 5, 2008, at 12:16 PM, Lee wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Lee wrote:
>>
>>> Matcha stats
>>> You can see some of the stats here:
>>
>>
>> Comparison of Vitamin Content (per 100 grams)
>> Food source / Vitamin A (IU) B1 (mg) B2 (mg)
>> Niacin C (mg)
>>
>> Matcha Green Tea 16,000 0.60 1.35
>> 4.0 60.0
>> Sencha Green Tea 0 0 0.03
>> 0.1
>> 4.0
>> Black Tea 0 0 0.01
>> 0.2 0
>> Oolong Tea 0 0 0.03
>> 0.1 0
>> Coffee 0 0
>> 0.01
>> 0.3 0