Actually, good matcha is not bitter ‼ or even sweet!

Many people think matcha is bitter, and even think that the more bitter it is, the better matcha it is !
On the contrary, in the matcha world, whether it is bitter or not is the key to judge the quality of a matcha!
Many businesses on the market in order to reduce costs, directly with green tea ground into powder, this green tea powder tastes bitter, in fact, the equivalent of eating green tea directly, of course, will be very bitter, judge this "fake matcha" the best way is to drink, as well as look at the list of ingredients, be sure to choose the matcha tea powder or steamed green tea!
The flavour of matcha may seem subtle, but in fact there is a science to follow, and you can drink it in the mouth to find out if it's real or fake!

Two key flavours to determine matcha:
1.Seaweed aroma: If you can drink a seaweed flavour, sea flavour, because the tea leaves have been grown in shade, retaining more theanine, and the chemical structure of theanine is very close to that of glutamic acid (a constituent of seaweed), so authentic matcha tea will have a faint seaweed aroma.
2.Bitter: Authentic matcha is not bitter! If the tea plant is grown under direct sunlight, the theanine will be converted into catechins (bitter), but shade-grown tea leaves are rarely converted, so the sweet theanine is retained, and the bitter catechins are reduced, making the matcha taste sweet and not bitter.

The best way to taste matcha is to not add anything: brew it directly with warm water, stir it to melt it, then add water and stir it to the consistency you like, and drink it.

Drinking straight is the most direct way to test the tea, and you will know whether it is good or not!