Matcha you may see it passing by more and more often on social media or it is served in coffee shops, think for example of a delicious matcha latte. Matcha is often used as a coffee substitute. But doesn't matcha also contain caffeine? 

Back to the origins of Matcha

Matcha is a Chinese powder so it has been a well-known tea in China for centuries. Japanese monks brought matcha tea from China to Japan, where its popularity grew rapidly. Subsequently, this unique tea spread all over the world and nowadays it is an integral part of our healthy lifestyle. 

Matcha has several types of health benefits it includes

packed with antioxidants and it provides an energy boost In this blog you can read more about this.

Is Matcha a good substitute for coffee?

A cup of coffee can vary in caffeine content this just depends on how strong your coffee is. A cup of coffee can contain between 20-30 and more than 1500 mg of caffeine per cup. An average cup of coffee contains about 80 mg of caffeine.

What is true of coffee is also true of tea. Some teas naturally contain less or more caffeine. For a cup of matcha use about 1 gram, 1 gram of matcha contains a maximum of 45 mg of caffeine. The maximum amount of caffeine you are allowed per day is 320 mg. So with a cup of matcha you are well below this.

So a cup of matcha contains less caffeine than a cup of coffee and you could drink it as a substitute for your coffee. But because it does contain some caffeine, we recommend that you prefer to drink your matcha during the day. Stick to 1 to 2 cups a day.