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Pick the wrong grade and your recipe just won't work out the way that you want - and even worse, you might walk away with the wrong idea of what matcha is supposed to taste like. Your first matcha experience could turn out to be a cup made from harsh, culinary-grade powder - maybe enough to turn you off from matcha forever. You'd never get to experience the sweet, umami-rich flavor that makes the ceremonial grade so loved when it's prepared in the way that it's meant to be enjoyed! Ceremonial matcha comes from the youngest leaves of the first...

A puffy face after you wake up, or that weird sluggish feeling you get even after a full night's sleep - either one of these can make you feel pretty awful. Your lymphatic system needs regular attention just like the rest of your body, and it's easy to overlook it until problems show up. Swollen ankles or persistent bloating don't appear out of nowhere for no reason. More than likely, it's because the lymph fluid isn't moving through your system the way that it should be. Most of the advice you'll find about lymphatic health tends to point you in...

Low-acid coffee could be just what you need. Using the right processing or brewing strategy, it's possible to bring down the acidity by as much as 70% as you still get the caffeine and flavor that makes coffee worth drinking. You have a few different options for this (everything from how the beans are roasted to the cold brew methods to picking some bean varieties), and any one of them can make it easier to drink coffee without the stomach problems that come along with it. Let's talk about how low-acid coffee could help with your digestive discomfort! How Coffee...

Coffee bags are confusing. Walk down any coffee aisle, and you'll find dozens of options with labels like "Ethiopian Yirgacheffe" or "Breakfast Blend" printed right on the front. Most of these bags don't bother to explain what those names mean or why they matter when you're just trying to choose some decent coffee. The coffee world has changed quite a bit over the past decade, and what used to be a simple buy has turned into something more complicated. You have to learn the vocabulary and figure out which quality claims are legitimate and which are just marketing fluff. Single-origin...