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| | | | | Matcha is a concentrated form of green tea that is made by grinding the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant into a fine powder. Due to its purported health benefits, many people are swapping out their morning coffee for a cup of matcha. | | As a 22-year-old with a caffeine dependency, I decided to replace coffee with matcha for a month to see how it would make me feel. Below, I share my experience with making the switch. | | | | | | | Drink up,
Sarah Choi
Associate Engagement Editor, Healthline |  | | Written by Sarah Choi
April 7, 2025 • 3 min read | | | | | | | |
| |  | | | Is matcha a suitable coffee replacement? Here's my honest take | | Let me start off by saying that I love coffee. I love working from coffee shops and trying out new coffee blends. I also enjoy feeling the huge burst of energy, and I don't mind if I get sluggish later on. (It has its own share of unique benefits, too!) | | I usually have a double shot of espresso in my morning iced coffee, which is about 254 milligrams (mg) of caffeine. This is the amount I need to feel "awake" and have come to depend on. Yes, I'm dependent. Do I care? Not particularly. | | During my experiment, I used 2 tsp of matcha powder and 4 ounces of hot water. There's around 70 mg of caffeine per tsp of matcha powder. This brings the total amount of caffeine I was consuming to 140 mg — a 110 mg deficit compared to my coffee. | | Matcha can get very expensive, and I wasn't willing to fork over hundreds of dollars for a month's supply of the fancy stuff. So, I opted for a bulk bag from Costco that cost much less than premium ceremonial grade matcha. | | So, how did it go? The first day I made the switch was brutal. I was dead tired. But I was surprised to find that drinking matcha did make me feel good in ways I wasn't expecting. | | Click below to find out how the rest of this experiment went, including whether I'm the newest member of Team Matcha or sticking with coffee for good. | | | | | | | | | | Froth it up | | | | | | |  | | Chamberlain Coffee White Milk Frother | | This electric whisk comes highly recommended by marketing associate Lauryn Gladd. "I got it as a Christmas gift one year, and it truly has elevated my coffee game," she says. Whether you're drinking matcha or espresso, this whisk can whip up frothy foam to add to any latte within seconds! | | | Every product we recommend has gone through either Healthline's or Optum Now's vetting processes. If you buy through links on this page, we may receive a small commission or other tangible benefit. Healthline has sole editorial control over this newsletter. Potential uses for the products listed here are not health claims made by the manufacturers. Healthline and Optum Now are owned by RVO Health. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | How did you feel about this newsletter? | | | | Email wellnesswire@healthline.com with comments related to this newsletter or topics you'd like to see in future editions. The newsletter editors read every message that lands in our inbox — yes, really! We look forward to hearing from you. | | | | | | |
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