For some reason this green tea addict needed to be stopped…. Starring – Austin Anderson, Jeff Greene

I’ve read alot about green tea, and I am an avid consumer. I know it has many health benefits from years of use, but I’ve heard alot about taking a green tea extract being beneficial as well. I’m curious if anyone knows whether or not the benefits of an extract could possibly be any better than Matcha powder? I would think the Matcha would be about as beneficial as one could get. If anyone has an info, please leave me an answer, preferably with your source of information for reference. Thank you.

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This recipe is a little different from the traditional green tea mochi recipes you may find online. Instead of mixing the matcha in the mochi dough, I decided to make the taste light by only lightly dusting the matcha green tea afterwards into the mochi. Ingredients: 1/2 cup Glutinous Rice Flour such as Mochiko 1/8 cup sugar 1/3 cup water Potato/tapioca starch Matcha Green Tea 1) In a microwave bowl, mix in sugar and rice flour. 2) Next, pour in water and stir the solution well until everything is full dissolved. The batter should look like cream of rice. 3) Transfer the bowl into a microwave and nuke it for two minutes on high. Microwave ovens vary so you may need to microwave the solution more or less around the two minute range. 4) The dough should form into a sticky goey consistency in which you should stir it up a bit once more. (I used a fork because the dough is hot, wouldn’t want to use my hands) 5) On a dusting board or plate, sprinkle starch and matcha green tea together. Blend the dusting mixture well until you get a pale green color, you may add more matcha for a greener effect. 6) Dust your hands and grab a small piece of the mochi dough *careful, it’s hot!) 7) Place the small chunk on the dusting mixture and knead the dough into it. Next roll the dough into a smooth ball and redust the mochi with the dusting flour. 9) Repeat the steps 6-8 until all the dough is used up. Serve on a platter. (Mochi can be stored in a air tight plastic bag at room temperature)