Matcha tea has taken over our local cafés, and is currently marketed as something that “can support our gut microbiome“. But this claim is often oversimplified. At ThessMatcha, we recently examined this in our published paper, exploring how matcha’s composition and quality influence its interaction with the gut microbiome (and whether matcha tea indeed promotes

Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world, after water. Some people drink it plain with hot water, while others prefer it with milk (like a matcha latte or milk tea). This has led to a very common question: Is milk tea better than plain tea, or does milk reduce tea’s health benefits?