Everything Matcha
The best matcha: how to whisk it, its caffeine, and how it compares.
Matcha is its own world, whisked, not steeped, and graded ceremonial to culinary. These guides cover the best matcha to buy, how to make a smooth bowl at home, how much caffeine it really has, and how it stacks up against coffee and regular green tea.
7 guides in this collection
Buyer's Guide
Best Matcha Sets 2026: 6 Starter Kits Tested
The whisk, scoop, and bowl kits that make cafe grade matcha at home without guesswork.
Read the guide →9 min read
Explainer
How to Make Matcha: The Foolproof Step-by-Step Method
A no-fail walkthrough of traditional and latte matcha prep, exact ratios, water temperature, and whisking technique that fixes the two mistakes that ruin almost every cup.
Read the guide →11 min read
Explainer
How Much Caffeine Is in Matcha? (vs Coffee & Green Tea)
A clear milligram answer per serving, plus why matcha's caffeine feels calmer than coffee thanks to L-theanine.
Read the guide →9 min read
Buyer's Guide
Best Matcha for Lattes 2026: Iced and Hot, Tested
Latte matcha is a different job from a whisked bowl: it has to punch through milk, stay green in the glass, and cost little enough to use two grams a day. We made dozens of iced and hot lattes to find the powders that do all three.
Read the guide →~8 min read
Comparison
Matcha vs Coffee: Caffeine, Energy and Crash Compared
Both wake you up. Only one comes with a built-in brake pedal. Here is the honest head-to-head on caffeine, focus and the dreaded crash.
Read the guide →11 min read
Comparison
Matcha vs Green Tea: Which Is Healthier and Stronger?
We compare whole-leaf matcha against steeped green tea on caffeine, antioxidant concentration, cost per cup and how the energy actually feels.
Read the guide →11 min read