What is the difference between green tea powder and　matcha powder?

What is Matcha Powder?
Matcha is made from “tencha” tea leaves, which are grown in a way that shields them from sunlight and ground using a millstone, etc. It is rich in umami ingredients and has a bright green color.

Ingredients
Tencha, tea leaves cultivated by blocking out sunlight, are used as the raw material. This cultivation method results in a high content of theanine, a component of umami.

Manufacturing Process
Matcha: Tencha is ground into a powder using a millstone. This is a time-consuming and expensive process.

Taste and Color
Matcha: Strong umami taste and bright green color.

Uses
It is widely used in tea ceremonies, Japanese and Western confectionery, and cooking. Matcha is a high-end product produced using special cultivation and manufacturing methods, and is characterized by its umami taste and bright green color.

What is green tea powder?
Green tea powder is a powdered form of the common “sencha” tea, which has an astringent taste and is duller in color than matcha. It is made from sencha (sencha). Sencha grows in full sunlight and therefore contains more catechins.

Manufacturing Process
Sencha is ground into a powder. Because it is ground by machine, it is less expensive than matcha.

Taste and Color
It is more astringent and duller in color than matcha.

Uses
It is also used for tea at home, tea in the office, green tea splits, sweets, and green tea salt. Compared to matcha, this powdered tea is easy to drink and offers the flavor and astringency of sencha.