Has Bio Matcha Tea Harmony won any awards?

Yes, Bio Matcha Tea Harmony is the most popular matcha on the Czech market, which was decided by our customers! In 2016 became Bio Matcha Tea Harmony the winner of the Product of the Year award in the tea category on Heureka.cz portal. It also won the same award in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. The Product of the Year award is a competition among the most popular products based on the customer interests. 

We owe the success of Bio Matcha Tea Harmony to you, our beloved customers. Thank you so much! 

Where is Bio Matcha Tea Harmony grown?

Tea for Harmony is harvested in Shizuoka and Aichi areas. Shizuoka has been the Japanese top spot for growing matcha for centuries. The climate is perfect for the best matcha possible. 

Only Japan is the home of the real matcha

Can I drink Bio Matcha Tea Harmony instead of coffee?

Of course, for some of us, switching from coffee to matcha can be very good for our body. Matcha contains theophylline, the tea form of caffeine that is released gradually for 3-6 hours. Caffeine in coffee of soda drinks has a very quick onset but just as quick crash.

Regular caffeine often causes:

• nervousness,
• palpitations,
• inability to concentrate.

Theophylline in matcha has no such side effects and is gentler to our organism.  

How to combine coffee and matcha?

These two types of caffeine have different effect on our body. That is why we recommend drinking them separately, not quickly one after the other. The best option is for example a portion of matcha in the morning and a cup of coffee after lunch, or vice versa.  

How much matcha is enough?

The recommended daily dose in adult is 4-6 grams matcha (2 to 3 portions of  Harmony). Pregnant, nursing, and children only 2 grams per day. 

Can I use Bio Matcha Tea Harmony for cooking?

You can add Bio Matcha Tea Harmony as an ingredient to custards, creams, porridges, sweet or salty batter, raw, vegan, low carb recipes, milkshakes, smoothies, or alcoholic drinks. Its specific umami taste adds colour to any food. You can find some inspiration in our recipes section. The only limit for using matcha in cooking is your imagination! 

TIP: For cooking, use our culinary grade of matcha – Bio Matcha Tea Chef 😉

How is Bio Matcha Tea Harmony packed?

Especially developed sachet protects matcha from air and light, its biggest enemies and initiators of matcha’s degradation. You can store the tea anywhere out of the direct sunshine. Our wrapper, together with the protective atmosphere, guarantees high quality and freshness of our matcha. 

The freshness of matcha fundamentally changes your experience

Two-gram sachets have been developed because bigger bags, such as one-hundred-gram bag, are very difficult to protect from air and light. Buying such bag may not pay off to a regular customer because the tea starts losing its:

• colour,
• taste
• aroma

in just days after opening.

If possible, we choose materials that are less harmful to the environment. 

That is why we use paper boxes certified by FSC.

Does Bio Matcha Tea Harmony contain any allergens? Are some risks related with drinking matcha?

There have never been found any allergens. However, we do not recommend drinking the tea on an empty stomach. Matcha is a very strong tea and could cause nausea if drunk when you are hungry. 

How can I prepare Bio Matcha Tea Harmony?

The best helper is a Matcha Tea shaker, glass or any other bottle with a cap. Open one of the Bio Matcha Tea Harmony sachets according to the instructions on the wrapper and pour the contents into the bottle of your choice. Add 3 dl of water. Shake thoroughly and you are ready to serve! 

Winter or summer?

If you want to enjoy matcha as a refreshing drink in summer, use cold water. If you want to make yourself warm in winter, use hot water up to 70 °C (if the temperature was higher, it would burn the tea’s benefits and taste). You can find some recipes here!

Tastes of the entire world? No problem!

If you decide to make matcha more interesting or you are not a fan of its natural taste, you can flavour your tea with what you love the most. Summer drinks can be livened up with a few drops of lime, lemon, or a fruit syrup. In winter, we recommend adding honey, ginger, or using milk instead of water, or its vegan alternative, and a pinch of cinnamon. 

Nutrition values per 100 g

Why is the box material interesting?

We pack our sachets into a paper box that comes from sustainable resources of wood. You can find the FSC certificate logo on the bottom of the box.

Can I be sure that Bio Matcha Tea Harmony is regularly tested?

Certainly. Each freshly supplied batch of Bio Matcha Tea Harmony is sent to an independent institute where they test it for pesticides, mould, e. coli bacteria, and heavy metals, such as lead. These tests are always published on our website.

Ask for Matcha Tea tests

If you are interested, we can send you the tests results via e-mail. Let us know in which batch of tea you are interested (tereza.zemanova@matchatea.cz). You can find the batch number on the bottom of the box of Bio Matcha Tea Harmony. The last batch passed with flying colours – see for yourself here.