Do you know the fact Japanese Tea contains a lot of Vitamin?
- Mami
- Mar 19, 2021
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 15, 2021
Most of the time you may hear about catkin and L-theanine content in Japanese green tea, but what about vitamins? Japanese green tea contain vitamins though the other teas such as black tea do not contain them. You can get various kinds of vitamins by drinking Japanese tea. We are going to show you the types of vitamins contained in Japanese tea and the benefits.
What sort of Vitamins are contained in Japanese green tea?
The vitamins which is contained in Japanese green tea are mainly Vitamin C, Vitamin B2, Folic acid, β-carotene (provitamin A), and Vitamin E.
Vitamin C is the most abundant vitamin in Japanese tea. It plays a major role in collagen formation and is also an antioxidant.
Vitamin C is generally said that it is sensitive to heat, but Vitamin C in Japanese tea is protected by catkin, so it is relatively hard to break and stable. You can take it efficiently by drinking Japanese tea as Vitamin C is water-soluble.
Which Japanese tea contains more Vitamins?
Vitamin C is made by exposing tea leaves to sunlight. It is contained more in Sencha than Gyokuro and Matcha which are produced by covering with blankets before harvesting. Can you believe 100g of processed Sencha leaves have about 260 mg of vitamin C? (Lemon has about 50mg vitamin C per 100g.)
Let's see the vitamins table as below. The tables show that Sencha is the best Japanese tea which you can take the vitamins (vitamin C , vitamin E and Folic Acid) by drinking them.
How can I maximize to extract vitamins?
you can extract vitamins more with the hot water which is lower temperature .
If you are interested in the benefits of Japanese tea more, please visit our discover page and you can find more benefits!
The best thing for taking vitamins from Japanese tea is that you eat tea leaves after drinking the tea. The leaves after brewing contain much vitamins. Especially, Kabsecha tea leaves are very soft and tasty, so I highly recommend to eat them. Let's see our recipe for Japanese green tea leaves. Those are just easy to cook and tasty!
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