#matcha vs green tea

[acalatea0786]

Best White Tea: Unveiling the Epitome of Elegance

Elevate your tea journey with the Best White Tea. Crafted from delicate young tea leaves and buds, this exquisite brew embodies elegance and subtlety. Savor the soft floral notes and discover why it's cherished by tea aficionados worldwide.

[torrentialtorque]

I tried pixquare since that seems to be recommended over resprite?

[anielskaaniela]

Is Matcha Japanese or Chinese? Unveiling True Origins

In this post, you’ll discover whether matcha originates from Japan or China. In my shop, you will find original, top-quality Japanese teas, directly from Japan. These are true gems among teas that will provide you with an authentic taste experience straight from the Land of the Rising Sun. Matcha is a vibrant green tea powder that has gained immense popularity worldwide for its unique flavor,…

[happilylovingbitch]

Please see tags? Not sure if this really is how this works, but here goes ⬇️

important poll (making the assumption TK and Carlos are tea drinkers - I do strongly believe and I have no basis for it)

[recurring-polynya]

I have been thinking about Minazuki lately for a variety of reasons. One interesting fact about Minazuki is that, while that's the name of both their shikai and bankai, it's spelled differently. Shikai Minazuki is 肉雫唼 (Flesh-Drops' Gorge, per the Bleach Wiki). The Bankai version is 皆尽, All Things' End. (For more translation notes, see this excellent Name Games post from @littleeyesofpallas). However, there is another homonym for Minazuki: 水無月, month of water, aka the old-fashioned name for June. Additionally, there is a wagashi called minazuki wagashi, a triangular rice cake topped with red bean. It is traditionally eaten in June, and according to this Kyoto regional cuisine website, it is used in a Shinto ritual at the end of June "to purify the 'sins and impurities' of the six months from January to June."

What makes this interesting to me is that in Bleach, shinigami are a mixed bag insofar as how open they are about the names and abilities of their zanpakutou, but I think that Unohana's would be among the more commonly known since it's used for healing. But is the spelling common knowledge? It's not like she's going to stand in front of the blackboard on the first day of class and spell it for everyone. (I assume this is how Aizen's obligatory shikai-reveal goes).

Furthermore, the assumption that her zanpakutou uses a slightly archaic/poetic name for a late spring month goes right along with Unohana's whole paragon-of-traditional-womanhood deal. It also would be yet another example of Kubo's love of hiding things in plain sight.

I want to get back to the wagashi, tho! For starters, the idea of "wiping away sins from the first part of the year" to me goes along with both the whole idea of Unohana "turning over a new leaf", so to speak, and maybe also with some of the morning vs. night shift change stuff mentioned in the Name Games post above. Maybe I'm going out on a limb here, but Minazuki's shikai even bears a superficial resemblance to a minazuki, in the sense that Minazuki is a) vaguely triangular, and b) darker colored on top and lighter on the bottom. (This recipe post suggests you can dust your minazuki with matcha powder, if you wanted to make it green).

Unohana already has some associations with tea ceremony, and she publishes a guide to sweet shops in the Seireitei Communication. I guess I just think it would be really funny if everyone thought her zanpakutou was named after a dessert--like if you met some nice, mild-mannered lady with a cute little purse dog named "Cookie", but then, several years later, you find that "Cookie" is short for "Cook My Enemies in the Scorching Hot Oil of Vengeance."

[glassrunner]

Tagged by @eternalergo for the "get to know your mutuals and tag 6 people" game! n_n

Favorite color: green ALWAYS Last song: Make This Right - Furi OST <3 Currently reading: definitely not as much as I should be :^) I started The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes forever ago and just haven't had motivation to finish Currently watching: nothing right now Currently craving: whatever life feels like when I'm not burned out lol Coffee or tea: neither because I'm borderline allergic to caffeine (I always make exceptions for matcha though) Last song I sang out loud: INDUSTRY BABY - Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow Favorite chip flavor: been craving salt & vinegar lately, rather strangely Last book I opened: some novel in a bookstore when I was wandering with my friend Earbuds vs. headphones vs. nothing: nothing when I'm home alone since I'm worried about hearing damage, headphones when I'm gaming Last place I went to other than home: a cosmetic store :3 A color that looks good on me: green thankfully! and deep blue shades Last trailer I saw: the Elden Ring Nightreign AMV but I didn't watch the whole thing because I assumed it was fanmade 💀

I tag (and no pressure of course) @theonyxranger, @chromecore, @erinkeenan, @akhermans, @lxdymaria, @zevrans

[serenadeofastros]

get to know your mutuals game

thank you for the tags! @indigostation

Favorite color(s): Any shade of purple, sage green or deep red

Last song: Lay All Your Love On Me- Mamma Mia Soundtrack

Currently reading: Buzz Words: Poems About Insects by Kimiko Hahn

Smear: Poems For Girls by Greta Bellamacina

Demian by Herman Hesse (re reading it)

James Potter vs. The World by pressedink (Ao3)

Knowing my fate is to be with you by Crocorobin (Ao3)

Currently watching: Queer Eye (season 9)

The last of us (season 2)

You (season 5)

Currently craving: the brownies I’m making tomorrow! The bag of ruffles chips in my pantry, iced coconut matcha, good sleep and some cuddles

Coffee or Tea: any type of tea (coffee I still miss you dearly)

NP tags: @icarian-owl @avenoon @magicalravioli @nells-world @butterli5 @kaboompowkablewy @galaxoshine

[iwantu2behappy]

tagged by @possiblyabug teehee <33

last song:

favorite color: i wear mostly black but i think my favorites are brown, green, and gray...ill pick brown for #1

last tv show: aqua teen hunger force lol

last movie: ......scott pilgrim vs. the world.....my bff had never seen it and didnt get a reference i made so we had to watch the whole thing. honestly i thought it was gonna be cringe but it rly held up for me i still think its funny + roxies outfit is so cute i love the boob window

last book: i cant remember if it was the witching hour (anne rice) or dune..i think dune? i'm not too far into it yet. i started reading it while super sleep deprived on an airplane and i have no idea what happened

favorite flavor: uhhhhhhhhh. idk i like vanilla in coffee and scones....blue raspberry in candy...the white monster is that orange?

tea or coffee: im a coffeehead (ex-barista) but im trying to drink more tea. i love chai but mainly as a latte so that doesnt rly count...fave coffee drink is a caramel macchiato, fave tea is matcha with brown sugar yum yum yum yum YUMM

relationship status: sigh

last thing i googled: "how to spell machiatto"

looking forward to: school starting this summer, ummmm................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

current obsession: umm........................................................ idk. i guess ive been playing a lot of minecraft - my friends and i have a server for the month so im trying to make the best of it in case we dont renew it. we probably will but only 3 of us use it so idk. oh and im watching twin peaks with 2 different friends at 2 different points in the show so ive def been spending a lot of mind power on that one

tysm for the tag i love you, i dont have anyone to tag idk i have nothing and no one @fredfugues @jangling-girl waiut i thought of one more @beastsandsuperbeasts

[gothmessi]

hiii<3 i saw matcha discussion & wanted to say there is totally a chance you won't enjoy it but there are so many ways to make it-- more traditionally like not as a latte, cold vs hot, sweetened/unsweetened.... personally i think the easiest to learn to like if you're unaccustomed is just a cold latte, you don't actually need anything fancy, i have never been able to get the bowl or whisk so i just stir a couple of teaspoons in with some water and pour soy milk in, sometimes with agave, usually with honey. I largely prefer hojicha (roasted green tea) both as lattes and also just as tea... but it's harder to procure. however if you don't like umami teas or anything very very herbal it is totally normal not to enjoy matcha, or other japanese teas like genmaïcha which is also very light and umami. but giving it all a try can be fun! i wouldn't recommend stressing about quality/colour or anything at first esp though it's true that's a factor :))

omg Noa I didn't know about all that stuff woah, yeah you are right I should try it very simply and not worry too much about color etc, like I said I'm veeeery new in the beverage world jeje like yeah I'll do a latte or a hot chocolate, some tea maybe but I do feel like I'm missing out in a lot of stuff, matcha for example, I remember seeing everyone at college with a different drink in hand while I was just having plain coffee lmao, thank you so much for sending this ask! really appreciate it

[healthorganica]

Matcha vs. Green Tea: Which is better for your brain? Green Tea: 6 mg of L-theanine for mild calm. Matcha: 20-40 mg for focused relaxation & 200 mg of catechins for powerful antioxidant support! Matcha for stronger brain protection and healthier aging!

[idontmindifuforgetme]

if you find u dont like matcha vs green tea, it probably either lies in the caffeine content (matcha has higher caffeine levels) or the fact there are different Grades of matcha, and some are more obviously for baking (lower quality, more bitter, but you can buy it in way bigger quantities for less) and dont make great teas, while others are strictly for being made into tea, which i find have a like. higher and lighter taste, idk how to describe it lol

anon I have nothing but love for u. I will try this. but I just wanted you to know this is matcha think piece #6896 in my inbox

[allsadnshit]

Do you have any advice on how to get better at making matcha? My little handheld milk frother does a decent job, but I just can't seem to get the hang of the bamboo whisk (even with thorough sifting and a bunch of whisking I still seem to get some clumps at the bottom...) and I would love to be better at making it the proper way. Also, your cookbook is amazing and I can't wait to see what else you make! Wishing you all the best :)

definitely start with investing in high quality matcha, because the tools can only do their own job but can never make up for the actual tea itself. I personally buy from ippodo tea, but in general just make sure your matcha is sourced in Japan only, and I'd focus on brands that don't have any additives (grocery store matcha often has other things for shelf stability etc), it should always JUST be the green tea milled and nothing more. beyond that, having a proper sift to make sure you don't have clumps even before you start whisking is important, soaking your matcha whisk in warm water for a minute before using it, having a well shaped bowl (whisking in a regular bowl doesn't match a true matcha bowl in my opinion, I HATED using whatever cheap bowls my old work would provide vs the nice bowl I have at home) and whisking should only take about 15 seconds, fast but gentle back and forth, not circles.

I recommend investing in this set, it's the one I use:

it's cheaper in the long run to have a nice kit at home for the best quality drinks rather than getting matcha out anyways. most shops carry Rishi (worst matcha!!!!!) and don't even sift let alone make it right and will still charge you $8 a cup! having a full kit at home and making it yourself is such a beautiful ritual, and I even use my matcha kit to make oolong lattes too with the milled oolong powder I enjoy

[poppyseed-cookie]

POLL ABOUT MY AUs PART TWO!

Votes may encourage me to work on them! But it may also fail! I’m doing my best to motivate myself ok!!!

Feel free to ask me about any of my aus I will for sure want to give an answer even if said au is losing

Anyways I swapped one out for another one. Cuz I realized I forgot that AU I had, and the other one (lost the vote lol) is a fanfiction I’m working on, so I’m unsure how to post about it until it’s actually… written… chapter one taking too long 😭

Tea Beasts AU - Matcha succeeds in putting tea seeds in the Beast’s dough so they must obey her! They have horns and leaves now but that’s not important. How can the Beasts manage to do what they want to do when they have to serve this petty green cookie who just wants everyone who doubted her to suffer?

Silver Tree Adventures AU - I listened to amanda the adventurer fan songs for too long. Inspired heavily by ATA, but not really an ATA au. Basically, instead of just being sealed away in some boring old tree, the Beasts are sealed away in some show/game aimed towards children. Elder Faerie is part of it, trying to keep up the illusion which will hopefully prevent them from causing disaster. The lore is still a big WIP, that’s why I should work on it, but I just wanna do silly (angsty) skits

Failbeasts AU - I called this one Beasts Get Released Without Their Soul Jams AU or something last time. Basically, Dark Enchantress frees the Beasts, immediately binding them to their new bodies and snatching their soul jams. Without the soul jams, the beasts have lost their Virtues. This renders most of them useless and also alters their personalities in ways they aren’t very fond of. How will they escape Faerie Prison and convince Pure Vanilla, Gingerbrave, Wizard, and Strawberry to help them?

RKAWT AU - AU based on my roleplay but works perfectly fine on its own if you ignore Millennial Tree. Millennial Tree uses a time spell to release the Beasts from the Silver Tree, but as kids, to try to raise them right so their powers can help the world once more. Elder Faerie is very mad about this but sort of HAS to help like it’s his JOB to make sure the Beasts don’t cause trouble. Dark Enchantress finds out and goes “dang I should’ve done that. OH WAIT” and does a similar spell on the Ancients to turn them to kids to raise them to use their powers for evil. Evil Young Ancients vs Good Young Beasts. There are many alternate versions of this au (originally the ancients weren’t involved) but currently we are focused on the version where Blueberry Milk, after his powers grow from becoming a teen, learns the truth, that he and the others used to be much older and evil, same with the ancients but reversed, and turns emo and runs away without explaining. Stay tuned for what happens next.

[cozywriter]

🥮 ~ Cozy Corner’s Grand Menu ~ 🥮

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Upon entering its threshold, a soft chime rang through the empty establishment. The scent of fresh bread and coffee wafting through the air. You look around and quickly realize no one is here. Not one customer, barista or baker in sight. You step further into the shop, only to realize you don’t hear the busy clamor of the outside world. No honking cars, no muffled speech from passersby behind the door. Not even shadows crossing the color tainted glass windows. You decide to book it before some psycho pops out from behind the counter, but just as you turn on your heels to run for the door, all you see is white.

In a panic, you stumble backwards, only for the next thing you see to be the mahogany ceiling, a stinging pain making from your bum making itself known. Groaning softly, you sit up, trying to rub the pain away, cussing out some choice words. Slowly rising to your feet, you’re met with a small circular coffee table that seats one, your bag already propped on top of it and leaning against the dirty green walls. Utterly confused and a tad perturbed, you whip your head around, still finding the cafe empty. Hesitantly, you look back and blink twice as you find a leather bound menu, conveniently placed so that the establishment’s brand faces you. 

Figuring that one peak couldn’t hurt, you hesitantly sit down on the wooden stool that had been previously pushed in before opening the menu, reading it over…

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🥮 ~ Legend ~ 🥮

🎂Made to Order = Commissioned Requests

🍡Manager’s Pick = Self Commissioned 

🍓Spicy = Smut

🍨Sweet = Fluff

🍹Strong = Angst

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🥮 ~ Appetizers and Soups ~ 🥮

Green Tea Ochazuke (Bungo Stray Dogs) Ciorba de Burta (Castlevania) Beef Wantons (Lego Monkie Kid)

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🥮 ~ Main Dishes ~ 🥮 Moussaka (EPIC: The Musical)  Fish and Chips (Moriarty the Patriot) Boeuf Bourguignon (The Case Study of Vanitas) Traditional Pepperoni Pizza (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) Deep Fried Arctic Char (Fate/Grand Order)

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🥮 ~ Drinks ~ 🥮

Matcha and Cherry Fizzy Soda (Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign) Bloody Mary Cocktail (Blood Blockade Battlefront) Red Mystic Liquor (Bastard Warrior)

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🥮 ~ Desserts ~ 🥮

Jelly filled Donuts (Trigun: Stampede) Manju (PROGENITOR on YT) Dark Chocolate Pie (Bastards VS Zombies)

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🥮 ~ Manager’s Notes ~ 🥮

~ The Staff have the right to turn down any dish if it makes them uncomfortable to make.  ~ Kindly keep any and all orders relating to politics and religion out of this establishment. This is meant to be a safe space you can unwind and have fun. ~ Other than that, please enjoy your meal!

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Although the cafe’s food choices were… random, at least they had variety, right…? I guess now, all that’s left to do is place an order…

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Botanic Tournament : Main Bracket !

Round 1 Poll TT

(Thistles and 'matcha' green tea leaves)