Health & Nutrition...

If you're interested in adding in some more anti-oxidants into your diet, consider drinking matcha green tea.

Matcha (抹茶) is a fine, powdered green tea used particularly in Japanese tea ceremony, as well as to dye and flavor foods such as mochi and soba noodles, green tea ice cream and a variety of wagashi (Japanese confectionery). The most famous Matcha-producing regions are Uji in Kyoto (tea from this region is called "Ujicha"), Nishio in Aichi (tea from this region is called Nishiocha) both on the main island of Honshū; Shizuoka, and Northern Kyushu.

Matcha is generally expensive compared to other forms of tea, although its price depends on its quality.

Some recent studies have indicated that matcha contains many times the levels of anti-oxidants of regular green tea. [1]

Good tea should naturally taste slightly sweet. If it has a bitter taste, it's usually a sign of cheap tea, like most of the bagged tea sold in conventional grocery stores here in the US.

Whole Foods carries an organic brand called "Double Green Matcha Tea" by The Republic of Tea.

Check out a very nice, and very informative site on matcha here. MATCHA.

Read the entire entry on matcha at wikipedia.