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Our general recommendation to make your matcha in the traditional way, we suggest putting the powder in your cup and then adding hot or cold water and mixing it right away for the best results. We recommend using a bamboo whisk for a frothy traditional matcha, but you can also use a kitchen whisk or a fork with good results. Here's a video of our founder, Simon, preparing ceremonial matcha:

You can also put your matcha powder in a bottle of water (cold if preferred) and shake it to mix for an on-the-go option. Water temperature will make a big impact on the taste of our teas. Ideal hot water temperature for matcha is between 140°-150°F and we strongly recommend not using water any hotter than 170°F.

Most people find matcha to have a strong, savory, grassy flavor, similar to wheatgrass or even spinach. However, premium matcha like our Sun Goddess Matcha is less grassy and has balanced flavors with layers of unfolding nuance and complexity. There are a lot of factors that differentiate premium matcha from common matcha. For more information about premium matcha, please check out our Insider's Guide

Both matcha and green tea begin as the Camellia Sinensis plant. The main difference starts with how the plant is grown and processed. Matcha tea is shade grown and ground to a fine powder – you are essentially consuming whole tea leaves. The plant intended for green teas, on the other hand, is traditionally grown and harvested. Once harvested, the leaves are steamed to stop oxidation and then dried. The dried leaves are broken up for tea bags or carefully packaged as loose leaf tea, ready to steep. For more information about this, please visit our article 5 Key Differences Between Matcha and Green Tea.

Our Sun Goddess Matcha is made from 9th-degree tea masters in Kagoshima, Japan, and is one of the cleanest and purest organic matcha green teas you can find. It contains only one ingredient: ceremonial matcha green tea and is quadruple toxin screened for heavy metals, toxic molds, radioactive isotopes, and pesticides.

Cold water will not affect the polyphenol content or the other healthful compounds found in our teas. If you'd like to enjoy our hot water dissolvable only teas as an iced tea, we recommend first dissolving it in a little bit of hot water (1oz will do) and then adding cold water and ice. That being said, studies have shown that cold beverages are not as beneficial for gut health as warm ones.

Every sachet of Nandaka contains 82 mg of slow-release caffeine from organic probiotic green and black teas.

Nandaka has a rich, artisanal taste – effortlessly smooth, creamy and full-bodied, Nandaka delivers flavor you’ll wake up craving every morning. Experience a rich, earthy base of ceremonial cacao with notes of lychee, wild flower, cherry, creme, coffee, and spice.

In every category we launch a product in, we aim to create the absolute best-in-class – a reigning gold medal champion. As a company, we pride in using only the highest quality ingredients available anywhere and will travel to the ends of the world to source them. Finally, all our products are formulated using ingredients that deliver on their promise, in the dosages required to do so.

Nandaka is no exception, and once again, a new standard of excellence is defined. We believe the data below speaks for itself.

The ingredient table below is printed on every box of product disclosing quantities, types of mushrooms (fruiting body, not mycelium) and the concentration of extracts used. As you can see, not only do we use many extracts in high concentrations, we use them in higher volume than fruiting body powders in all cases but reishi. The reason? To provide the requisite phytocompounds that deliver the health benefits promised.

If you have been led to believe that functional mushrooms are inexpensive to consume in the dosages required to experience sustained health benefits, you may have been misled. A cursory look at the prices of functional mushroom products in markets like Japan, Greater China (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan) or Korea where they are properly regulated will quickly prove otherwise.