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Healthy Home Economist / Archives / Recipes / Drink Recipes / Beverage Recipes / How to Blend Matcha with No Clumps

How to Blend Matcha with No Clumps

by Sarah Pope / Affiliate Links ✔

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  • Possible Contaminants in Matcha
  • Clean Brands
  • No-Clump Matcha Tea

matcha on a counter

“Better to be deprived of food for three days, than tea for one.” This ancient Chinese proverb clearly states how important tea, especially green tea, is within traditional Asian cultures. And, when it comes to tea, matcha green tea is indisputably the best of the best. (1)

One of the best and most concentrated sources of antioxidants in the world, not all matcha is created equal…despite labeling to that effect!

Skip the trendy matcha tea bags that are little better than plain green tea, containing only a tiny percentage of true matcha. Worse, the tea bags are likely toxic especially considering they sit in boiling hot water for several minutes before removal.

Culinary grades are not worth the price, in my view. They add the taste of green tea but few health benefits.

Even if the matcha powder is an authentic ceremonial grade, be very choosy.

The most potent and beneficial matcha, a traditional beverage in Buddhist monasteries, is a bright green powder and extremely concentrated. It heightens alertness without any jitters.

Consuming it involves ingesting the tea leaves themselves rather than brewing them; thus, it must be 100% pure for safety.

Possible Contaminants in Matcha

Tea leaves have a propensity for absorbing toxins from the dirt, air, and water used to grown them. Hence, you really must only patronize brands that are free of the following contaminants:

  • Pesticides. Carbamates, organochlorine, organonitrogen, and organophosphorus.
  • Fluoride
  • Heavy Metals. Arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury.
  • Radiation.

The safest, most nutrient-rich matcha is certified organic, ceremonial grade, and grown in Japan using the following specialized techniques:

  1. Shade-grown for 3-4 weeks prior to harvest. This significantly boosts the nutrient content.
  2. Selectively picked, with stems and veins removed to improve texture and taste.
  3. Stoneground into an ultrafine powder. This keeps delicate nutrients intact.
  4. Hand packed into airtight, high-grade packaging. This prevents oxidation from air and UV light

Avoid literally any matcha grown or processed elsewhere.

Clean Brands

Brands that meet the criteria above are few and far between. Recently, the brand I’ve been buying for a long time experienced supply issues, so I had to research more brands to find ones I felt safe consuming. I didn’t find many!

  • Jade Leaf Matcha (the brand I’m currently using)
  • Royal Matcha (excellent, but currently unavailable)

No-Clump Matcha Tea

Once you have obtained quality, ceremonial grade matcha, the next biggest problem is how to brew it!

Because matcha consists of very finely stone-ground tea leaves, dissolving in hot water completely is very difficult.

The only matcha I feel that is worth consuming costs about 75 cents to $1 per cup. Hence, the last thing you want is a bunch of clumps that don’t dissolve that end up going down the drain when you wash the mug!

With that, let me show you how to blend a no-clump cup of matcha every time. Trust me, I learned the hard way about how to do it right!

matcha tea with no clumps

Clump-Free Matcha Tea
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Clump-Free Matcha Tea

How to prepare a cup of matcha tea that is free from clumps to the very last sip!

Course Drinks
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword clump-free, smooth
Prep Time 2 minutes
Total Time 2 minutes
Servings 4 ounces
Author Sarah Pope

Ingredients

  • 1/2 tsp matcha powder
  • 4 oz boiling water

Equipment

  • 1 mini strainer
  • 1 mini whisk
  • 1 small mug

Instructions

  1. Measure out 1/2 teaspoon matcha powder and place it in the mini strainer placed over the top of the mug.

    serving of matcha powder
  2. Use a small bamboo knife or other nonmetal/nonplastic implement to gently scrape the tea against the mesh of the strainer to sieve it into the mug.

    how to sift matcha
  3. Once all the tea is sifted through the strainer into the mug, add the hot water and quickly whisk to fully dissolve.

    blending matcha tea
  4. Enjoy! Notice how no clumps remain at the bottom of the mug once consumed.

    matcha with no unblended chunks

Recipe Notes

One-half cup of matcha tea contains 6 calories.

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Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope MGA has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2002. She is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics from Furman University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is the author of three books: Amazon #1 bestseller Get Your Fats Straight, Traditional Remedies for Modern Families, and Living Green in an Artificial World.

Her four eBooks Good Diet…Bad Diet, Real Food Fermentation, Ketonomics, and Ancestrally Inspired Dairy-Free Recipes are available for complimentary download via Healthy Home Plus.

Her mission is dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. She is a sought after lecturer around the world for conferences, summits, and podcasts.

Sarah was awarded Activist of the Year in 2010 at the International Wise Traditions Conference, subsequently serving on the Board of Directors of the nutrition nonprofit the Weston A. Price Foundation for seven years.

Her work has been covered by numerous independent and major media including USA Today, ABC, and NBC among many others.

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Comments (9)

  1. Julia

    Nov 2, 2019 at 5:09 pm

    I’ve been using Pure Synergy’s organic matcha powder. Do you know offhand if this one passes the test? Radiant Life carries it.

    Reply
    • Sarah Pope MGA

      Nov 3, 2019 at 9:28 am

      Just checked it out … this brand looks good, but seems VERY expensive for what you get. Perhaps you are getting a better deal at the health food store or some other online souce I don’t know about?

    • Julia

      Nov 4, 2019 at 3:41 pm

      Hi Sarah,

      Pure Synergy matcha from Radiant Life is $29.95 for 2.1 oz. The Amazon link you provided to Jade Leaf matcha has it at $24.95 for 1 oz. So actually the Pure Synergy matcha is a better deal (especially is Radiant Life is running a sale). Do you have a source that is selling the Jade Leaf cheaper? 🙂

    • Sarah Pope MGA

      Nov 4, 2019 at 3:54 pm

      It says 90 capsules in the picture I’m seeing? The hassle of opening capsules would be inconvenient I think and you would get far less.

      And yes, here is 3.5 ounces of Jade Leaf for a very good price. https://amzn.to/2JQPUiJ

    • Julia

      Nov 4, 2019 at 10:27 pm

      Hi Sarah,

      Radiant Life also sells the Pure Synergy matcha powder in a bottle without the capsules. That is what I have been buying. Thanks so much for the info on Jade Leaf! Always good to have options. 🙂

  2. Linda

    Oct 31, 2019 at 8:07 am

    Matchaful is an excellent matcha, organic, sustainably grown, small batch from a single farm in Japan. I highly recommend it.

    Reply
  3. Maria T

    Oct 30, 2019 at 10:42 am

    Hi Sarah,
    Would you please share which brand of matcha tea you’ve been buying for a long time and is experiencing supply issues? I’d like to keep an eye out too.

    Thanks,
    Maria

    Reply
    • Sarah Pope MGA

      Oct 30, 2019 at 10:44 am

      Royal Matcha … it’s linked in the article above. https://amzn.to/2PpXVi3

  4. Vesa Juvonen Juvonen

    Oct 30, 2019 at 6:49 am

    5 stars
    I use “Milk Frother – Coffee Frother Electric Whisk – Powerful Latte Cappuccino Frother Wand” kind of electric whish and that works very well and fast.

    Reply
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