Matcha Tea & Natural Blueberry Flavor
 
Your breakfast blueberry muffin deserves the best accompaniment to start your morning, Matcha Blueberry Tea made with the subtle fruitiness of blueberries and a premier Japanese matcha, ground to a fine powder from the chlorophyll-rich green leaves of the prize Gyokuro tea leaves. Add hot water, whisk to a froth, and this delectable beverage will seem like a second confection, but has fewer than 30 calories. Mix it with your favorite milk instead of water, and it’s a creamy blueberry cup of yummy goodness. Make the muffins yourself? Add a little of the powdered blueberry flavor for extra oomph!
 
Matcha, the focal point of the Japanese Tea Ceremony, is a fine powder made by grinding green tea leaves. Only the finest, young, shade-grown gyokuro tea leaves are used to create matcha. The leaves are plucked and laid out flat to dry. Veins are removed and the leaves, now called tencha, are carefully ground in granite mills until they become the precious powder.
 
Easy preparation is achieved by placing 1 teaspoon of matcha per cup (or to taste) in a cup, adding a few drops of hot water (160-180F) and stirring with a spoon until a paste forms. Add the rest of the water and stir. Our matcha comes from Uji, Kyoto, Japan, and is a first harvest, spring tea. A Samidori cultivar, it is considered a high grade for everyday consumption.
 
This tea contains a high level of caffeine | Steep at 170° for 2 minutes.