Kuai Tea
筷茶有機抹茶粉
筷茶綠茶粉不澀清純，有海苔味，是來自浙江長裕茶製作公司，出色於覆下茶（kabusecha) ~煎茶，有豐富出口日本經驗，茶園位於章鎮鎮泰山村，是國家級生態村。擁有245畝符合歐盟（EC）和美國（NOP）有機標準茶園面積，并獲得認證。
筷茶綠茶粉用上高級氣流粉碎機，有300-1000目，茶粉已可以懸浮在熱水。研磨度相當精細，能輕易溶在鮮奶、忌簾、乳酪和做各種甜品，效果極佳。
什麼是抹茶粉
抹茶的栽培、製作方法等不同於中國傳統綠茶。主要分別為：
1） 抹茶的原料叫碾茶。碾茶原料的栽培方式必定要采用覆下栽培，茶農在採茶前的20天，先用棚架搭上黑網、稻草或者蘆席等來遮擋陽光，使茶葉催生大量胺基酸和叶绿素。胺基酸中含有令人感到鲜爽美味的茶基酸。當然，採摘來的生葉當天製作。
2） 抹茶殺青方法是蒸汽杀青，茶葉經過蒸製可抑制發酵過程，不是中國式綠茶以超過攝氏200度鍋炒滾動式殺青，主要令茶葉保持清新香氣，泡出來湯色金黃，但在蒸青後乾燥前，必須將蒸青葉以冷風吹散冷卻，去除表面水份，再進行乾燥。
3) 溫度和濕度是抹茶碾磨製作的重點。製作過程中控制溫濕度來減少葉綠素和鮮葉中本身有效成分的散失和轉化，使茶業更天然和健康。
日本用石磨碾磨出的抹茶在显微镜下显示为被撕裂状薄片，只有2～20微米（600目～6000目）。研磨的越細，茶渣越容易入口，為什麼茶渣也要呢？其茶渣仍有高達75％的營養成分無法釋出，當中包括非水溶性的維他命A及E。喝抹茶的意義，其實是把茶葉也吃了，從中吸收更多維他命。既然茶渣也喝到肚子里，有機是必須的，不然，就連農藥也一起喝進去了。
Kuai Tea Organic Matcha Powder
Kuai Tea Matcha Powder comes from Zhejiang Changyu Tea Production Company based in Shaoxing National Eco Village - Taishan. Of the current 245 heatares of tea farm are conformed to EC and American NOP organic standard and being certified.
Kuai Tea Matcha Powder is rendered by air jet milling machine and the particle size is between 680 and 6800 mesh. The pulvers could be floated on hot water and its fineness is perfect for mixing in milk, cream, yogurt. It is wonderful companion for any dessert.
What is Matcha Powder
Matcha tea is powdered from tencha. Tencha is cultivated 20 days prior to picking the tea in Spring. Farmers cover the tea plants with bamboo mats, black mesh scaffolding, straw or reed mats to block the sn. This step increase the chlorophyll content and turns the leaves dark green, as well as creating huge amount of amino acids. It gives matcha its distinct green coloour, and its unique rich taste.
Tencha also need to be laid out flat to dry after picking on the same day. Rather than dry cooking on the hot pan over 200 degree celcius as Chinese green tea, the tea leaves are steam dried for fixation. This helps to seal the aroma and creates the tea's golden colour. After steam fixation, the tea leaves are cooled by coldblowing and surface water is removed. The leaves then go to drying process.
The tencha processing method increase the levels to a 60% chlorophyll and 40% amino acid content. It creates a mellow sweet flvour and dark green colur.
Temperature and humidity are very important in the milling process of matcha. Temperature and humidity control in the production process focus on reducing loss of chlorophyll and nutrition from the fresh leaves, to keep the tea natural and healthy.
Typically in Japan, matcha is stone-ground to a fine powder through the use of specially designed granite stone mills. Matcha is rendered under the microscope for "irregular tear-shapes", with delicate ings of 2 to 20 microns (680-6800 mesh). The finer the pulver, the easier to drink and the better the taste. So why then do we need to drink the tea leaves as well? The reason is up to 75% of the nutritions of the tea, including water insoluble vitamins A and E in the tea leaves. Thus drinking matcha tea ensure we sbsrob vital vitamins. One glass of matcha tea is the equivalkent of 10 glasses of green tea in terms of nutirtional value and antioxidant content. It also means matcha powder must be organic to avoid drinking pesticides.
鑒別抹茶粉
1）看顏色：必須是很綠，翠綠，如果有點黃，就可能不是覆盖蒸青茶做法。如果已經買了，可以拿出一些放在太陽下曬，真的抹茶粉會變黃 （所以買了抹茶粉必須很好的避光），如果沒有變黃，就要小心，因為可能是染上去的翠綠。
2）粉末的細度，當然是越細越好，就是懸浮在熱水 (沖泡抹茶粉的誰不要太熱，約60-75度）上的能力。看打泡的效果。
Quality Check on Matcha Powder
1） Colour: must be very green. A yellowish tinge means the tea could have been milled from Chinese green tea not tencha. Pour out a small amount under the sun, the colour should be changed to yellowish after an hour. If the colour stays, you must be careful because the colour could be artifical.
2) Fineness: the finer the better. The pulver should be floated on hot water (60-75 degree celius water for brewing matcha powder) and could be whisked to very foamy.
Suggested Recipe and Usage/ 建議食譜和用途
抹茶白巧克力Matcha White Chocolate (please click for English Recipe)
先把200克白朱古力切碎，易於溶化，又把約12.5克無鹽牛油切成小塊。先將60毫升鮮奶油放在鍋裡加熱，但不要滾，冒煙已經夠熱了。熱了之後，把牛油和白朱古力放進去溶，不要讓奶太熱出泡泡，可以有需要把火關掉。溶好之後，放進去1湯勺抹茶粉，攪拌均勻。然後，倒進去已經鋪好烤盤蠟紙的器皿中，等它凝固，需要大概4-5個小時。之後拿出來，切塊，再用篩在上面撒上抹茶粉。美味絕倫！
抹茶牛奶Matcha Latte (please click for English Recipe)
篩1茶勺抹茶粉在杯底，加50毫升溫水于抹茶粉拌勻，把150毫升奶（牛奶，豆奶也可以）加熱攪拌，倒進杯裡，可以加蜂蜜再調味！即可!Yummy！
抹茶面膜Matcha Facial Mask (please click for English Recipe)
把這個比例的材料方才碗裡拌勻：抹茶粉（3）；酸奶（5），蜂蜜（2），塗在面上15-20分鐘，用清水洗凈即可。對皮膚有緩和、補濕和清潔的作用。