{"id":424,"date":"2017-06-27T11:34:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T15:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crave-columbus.com\/?p=424"},"modified":"2017-06-27T11:38:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T15:38:47","slug":"what-the-matcha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crave-columbus.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/27\/what-the-matcha\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Matcha?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please note this is a sponsored post but all opinions and ideas are my own.<\/p>\n

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To be completely honest with you all, the first time I heard someone mention \u201cmatcha\u201d I thought I caught the tail-end of their sneeze and I almost said \u201cbless you\u201d. Guess I should probably stay more up to date on the latest health fads? Needless to say, I dug a little deeper into all of the buzz on matcha and I was pleased with what I found!<\/p>\n

To start from the beginning, matcha is powdered green tea leaves. The difference between this powder and your average cup of green tea, however, is that the entire tea leaf is ground into powder, rather than just parts of it. Because you\u2019re not consuming the entire leaf with regular green tea, here are the things you\u2019re missing out on:<\/p>\n