We want to share with you a couple of things that not everyone knows, what matcha has to do with Zen? Well, pretty much everything! But let's start from the beginning!
'Matcha' tea made its first appearance 1,000 year ago discovered by a Buddhist monk, Myoan Eisai, who realised that drinking matcha greatly improved his Zen meditations by producing a state of calm alertness. In fact today we know that matcha contains L-theanine which intensified the productions of alpha waves in the human brain.


Simplicity was preached by the monk Murata Junko, founder of the Japanese tea ceremony as we know it today. It was one of his students, Rikyu, who defined the four principles of the Japanese tea ceremony:
Harmony
Respect
Purity
Tranquillity
Since then the consumption of powdered green tea has been the basis of a pure lifestyle, Chado or "Sado" (the way of tea). The Chado is what is today called the green tea ceremony and is inspired by the rituals of Zen Buddhism. The tea ceremony is a true art of living in Japan and matcha is still at the heart of this ceremony today.

We know we've done quite a lot of talking, but now it's definitely no secret how matcha and zen are deeply connected! That's why we believe that matcha can help us cope with the daily life and we are sure that just one a cup a day will bring you more Zen!
And what is Zen for you?
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