/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>14621121
Never had it but your post made me want to. Gonna look into it.

>>14621121
It's just caffeine. Probably a lower dose that happens to be right for you than a cup of coffee would. Any difference other than that is placebo. The catechins and the antoxidants and all that stuff don't do anything for you that you could possibly detect.
I still find it very pleasant in desserts like ice cream.

>>14621254
I really don't think so. The amount of caffeine in the cup of matcha i drank was about equal the amount in a cup of coffee. And the effects of a cup of coffee are much less enjoyable than that of the cup of matcha

how does one matcha

>>14621121
Yeah I felt that too. I like the citrusy after taste and the light happy feeling after drinking it.

>>14621121
If you think that's good wait until you try gung-fu.

>>14621254
Wrong. My first cup of matcha did the exact same thing for me.

>>14621121
you're gonna lose your shit when you try yerba mate

You're gonna knock your nads when you try wu-long, buddy

>>14621121
I tried matcha for the first time saturday at starbucks and it wasn't really sweet and wasn't that good

>being excited for the japanese version of Nescafé

>>14621121
its called 'tea-drunk'. Look it up.

inb4 you get hooked on gongfu brewing and pu-erhs

>>14621637
interesting, i guess this is what i was experiencing. didn't know it was a thing

>>14621822
yes, and if its very intense you can even sweat. Its the reason why good loose tea can sell as high as hundreds of dollars. (oolong, pu erh, wild purple tea, gyokuro etc)

its like a warm buzz of energy and contentment. Most teas don't have much of it. Certainly not the rubbish bagged kind. Only some loose tend to have it ; generally the more 'raw' and 'primal' ones. Matcha is basically very minimally processed tea ground into dust, so it makes sense why you felt it.

>>14621462
>starbucks

>>14621254
Matcha has a higher dose.

>>14621121
try the top end stuff from ippodo.

>>14621121
where can i get this

>>14622115
https://ippodotea.com/collections/matcha/products/matcha-starter-kit-6

>>14621121
Matcha is based (except Starbucks matcha lattes). I drink it at work instead of coffee and it makes me feel amazing. Coffee just makes my heart go faster while being as tired as before. Two cups of matcha a day and I can go through a rough workweek easily.

>>14621637
I’ve never tried gong fu. Ive always drank Japanese green teas or occasional jasmine favored Chinese tea. But I joined some Facebook group for tea enthusiasts and most of the posts are gong fu, pu-erhs, and drinking tea in forests, on beaches etc. It makes me want to go hiking and bring my tea set with me.

>>14621121
I notice this a lot if I go a few months without tea or coffee or anything and then have a nice strong cup. Seems like a tolerance builds up quickly though because I don't get the same feeling if I have a cup the next day. It's like a moderate caffeine buzz but with a relaxed and happy feeling. Almost like having a bit of beer without that "slow" feeling alcohol can give you.

>>14621254
Tea has L-theanine and other stuff that give it a different feeling, the same amount of caffeine from tea and coffee don't feel the same. It's hard to tell if you haven't gone a while without it, once you build up a tolerance they seem more similar.

>>14621121
its the caffeine

>>14622225
Tea has more psychoactive compounds in it than just caffeine. Even coffee has more than caffeine. Just taking pure caffeine doesn't feel like having a cup of coffee or tea even if it's the same amount. The actual plants are pretty complex and it's not just one thing that gives them psychoactive properties.

is it any matcha powder? looked some up and theres people saying it tastes wrong or there are no effects on all the brands

Bro you think that's good? Wait until you try shenron.

>>14621121
try some mate now m8

>>14621330
>>14622115
>>14623578
op here, i just used bagged stuff off amazon, was like 20 bucks i think and it still produced incredible results

>>14621254
Just let him have his fun anon

>>14621121
It's a slight euphoria called "Tea Drunk", the effect is not well understood, caffeine alone does not do that. It only happened a few times to me.

>>14621254
retard

>>14621129
Don't. It tastes like shit.

feels like 4 bags of green tea at once creates the same effect

>>14625391
prove it

>>14625392
all teas contain catechins which green tea has a lot of. the stuff that makes you tea drunk

>>14625392
feels like i had 4 beers but im not drunk at all just lightheaded and feels great

>>14621121
I feel this with Yerba Mate + cheap green tea brewed the traditional way

>>14621431
>yerba mate
Are you Australian, mate?

>>14621254
"Powerful antioxidants" are dietary rarities..

The most had antioxidant in the US was coffee, though only having an ORAC of ~2,500. Matcha's is supposedly ~138,000. PS: (Obviously) There are huge differences between plants / extracts. Eating ground cloves is "headchange-ing".

>>14627480
Antioxidants are a meme and so is every post you make, tripfag.

>>14622196
>>14627480
The really powerful ORACs are consistent -- Sangre de Grado; astaxanthin.