Weight Loss With Matcha: Tea Or Powder? (Pt. 2)

June 6, 2023 Ashley 0 Comments

So, you’ve tried the matcha tea bag and it’s not strong enough for you?

You’re in good company, my friend.

After having had both, I found that the best way to combine wakeup and weight loss was with the matcha powder. I felt a good clean energy for hours that somehow also left me feeling appropriately satiated. Most days, I’m craving snacks within an hour or two of eating. That disappears when I time my matcha ingestion just right. (Caveat? Don’t ever get this as the Starbuck’s drink. Even the “no added sugar” version doesn’t account for the ungodly amount of sugar that’s already in their powder mix.) I was a java junkie for years. And, while I still enjoy a good vat mug of joe, my heart will always belong to matcha. The thing is, I’ve kissed a lot of these green toads before I found my powdered prince. So many times, I’ve gotten the type that is so fine that that it won’t dissolve in hot water. Inevitably, it’ll clump at the bottom of my mug, rendering it useless and my money wasted. Sometimes you’ll get one big blob of it (especially if you’re drinking it from a to-go thermos en route to work). Because of the concentration of some brands and the way they’re made, I’d often even feel a little nauseated after drinking them.

Then, I discovered U-Matcha.

This stuff is awesome. It blends beautifully with water, the taste is perfect, and the wakeful buzz is on point. I love it. No clumping. No nausea. No problem. Caveat? Check which tin you’re getting! This brand offers two types. One is a pre-packaged serving. It comes in a little tube you dump into your cup and just add hot agua. This serving size is ideal, you don’t overdo your scoop, and the mess is less. But, every once in a while, I’ll mess up. I’ll get the tin that has one big bag o’ matcha in it. The product is all the same. It’s still good quality, blendable powder. But whenever I do this, I have to sit there and take out my goggles, beakers, scale, Erlenmeyer flasks, and Bunsen burners in the middle of my work desk while my colleagues look on in intrigued disgust, covered in the green dust I had to measure myself with spoon scoops. But the buzz and craving dissipation? Totally worth it… Unlike the tea versus tincture options for kava root (check my tyrd site for sleep teas), I will always choose matcha in powdered form – which is why my final review might surprise you.

Final winner decision?

In the end, I’d say powder wins over the tea – but that’s just for me – a caffeine aficionado.

I say, if you’re a tourist on caffeination planet, looking for wakeful weight loss, try the bag first.

Then work your way up to the hard stuff!

(Click below for more of my reviews on sleep, beauty, anti-aging and weight loss…)