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    "excerpt": "Twinings Superblends Supergreen Matcha is a green tea bag with matcha powder in it, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the green tea with real body to it rather than another pale cup of leaf water.Ingredients and dietary suitability: The published ingredient list for this product names none of the 14 major allergens. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. Matcha suspends rather than dissolves, which is why the liquor goes cloudy and the cup has weight. Eighty degrees and two minutes, drunk clear. Water off the boil turns it chalky.Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Storage, water temperature and the iced method are also published in the detailed Q and A tab below.",
    "content_text": "Twinings Superblends Supergreen Matcha is a green tea bag with matcha in it, and the matcha is the reason to buy it rather than a plain green. Matcha is whole green leaf ground to powder rather than leaf steeped and thrown away, so it does not dissolve, it suspends. That is why this cup pours cloudy where an ordinary green bag pours clear, and why it has a weight in the mouth that a steeped green tea cannot produce. Whether that weight is worth the money is the only real question here, and the honest answer is that it depends what you are comparing it to. Against a plain green tea bag it is a noticeably more substantial drink. Against a bowl of properly whisked ceremonial matcha it is a convenience product, and it does not pretend otherwise. What it is very good at is giving you most of the character of matcha without a bamboo whisk, a sieve and five minutes of your morning. The Taste Profile\n\nMatcha weight: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) A real savoury thickness under the cup. This is the thing you are paying for and it is genuinely there, not a green name on a green tea.\nGrassy green: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Brisk and fresh over the top of it. The base tea is doing proper work rather than acting as filler.\nAstringency: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) Present and useful, and entirely under your control. Eighty degrees keeps it in its place; water off the boil lets it take over.\nSweetness: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb\u25cb (2/5) Light, and at the back rather than the front. There is nothing added here to sweeten it.\n\nTeas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.4 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Twinings Twinings is the London tea house that has traded under its own name longer than almost anything else in a British kitchen cupboard. The Superblends range is its modern shelf: twenty-bag boxes built around a single idea each rather than around an origin, sold to people who want a specific kind of cup rather than a house blend. Supergreen Matcha is the one built around texture. The tasting profile above is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. Anything printed on the box about what is in it, or about what it is for, is on the box and not repeated here. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying \n\nMatcha, in a bag: the powder is inside the bag with the leaf, which is why the liquor goes cloudy and why the cup has body. Some of it stays in the bag, which is the trade-off you accept for not having to whisk anything.\nDrunk clear: this is not a milk tea and milk flattens it completely. Lemon works; milk does not.\nWhat it is not: not ceremonial matcha, not a latte base, and not a caffeine-free drink. It is a caffeinated green tea with a thicker body than green tea normally has.\n How Does Twinings Superblends Supergreen Matcha, 20 Tea Bags 40g Compare to: \nClipper Fairtrade Organic Green Tea, 80 Tea Bags 160g: That is the everyday green tea and this is the one you reach for when you want the extra weight. Most households want both, and mostly want the cheap one.\nTwinings English Breakfast Loose Tea, 125g: the other end of the same brand's range. Black, loose, built for a pot and for milk, and a slower drink in every sense. This one is clear, green and quick.\nTick Tock Original Rooibos, 80 Tea Bags 180g: Between them they cover the two ends of a day; neither is a substitute for the other.\n Ideal Brewing Conditions Matcha is the fussiest thing in this box and it decides how you brew. Ground green leaf turns chalky and hard in water that is too hot, much faster than steeped leaf does, so the single most useful thing you can do with this product is stop using water straight off the boil. The Daytime Cup \nWater: 80 degrees. If you have no thermometer, boil the kettle and leave it to stand for three or four minutes, or add a splash of cold water to the cup before the tea goes in.\nMeasure: one bag to 200ml. A large mug thins this out badly, and unlike a black tea you cannot fix that by brewing it longer.\nSteep: two minutes, and agitate the bag properly before you take it out. Moving the bag matters more here than with a plain tea, because you are trying to get suspended powder out of it rather than dissolved compounds.\nFinish: clear. A slice of lemon lifts the top notes and does no harm. Milk kills it.\nIf it tastes chalky: the water was too hot. That is almost always the answer, and it is almost never the tea.\n Iced, And Why It Works \nTwo bags in 200ml of 80-degree water, three minutes, then pour over a full glass of ice.\nThe suspension survives the cold where the aromatics of a delicate tea do not, so this is one of the few green teas that is arguably better iced than hot.\nA squeeze of lime and nothing else. No sugar, no syrup.\n Getting It Right in the Cup \nWater temperature: 80 degrees, not boiling. This is the whole game.\nMeasure: one bag per 200ml.\nSteep: two minutes, agitating the bag.\nService: clear, or with lemon. Never with milk.\nStorage: sealed, dry and dark, and use a twenty-bag box within a couple of months of opening. Ground green leaf fades faster than whole leaf does.\nBest with: sushi, rice dishes, lightly salted crackers, or a plain sponge cake that will not fight it.\n Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: The published ingredient list for this product names none of the 14 major allergens. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. Certification: any marks are printed on the box. Caffeine note: a caffeinated green tea, and matcha carries caffeine of its own, so we place this in the middle of our scale rather than at the light end where plain green teas usually sit. Bag material: the material and the disposal route are on the box. Child safety: caffeinated. Not a children's tea; keep out of reach.",
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                "content": "What does the matcha actually add?Body. Matcha is whole green leaf ground to powder, so it suspends in the water instead of dissolving in it. You get a cloudy liquor and a savoury thickness in the mouth that a steeped green tea bag cannot produce, however long you leave it in. What temperature should the water be?80 degrees, not boiling. This is the single most useful thing on this page. Ground green leaf turns chalky and hard in water that is too hot, much faster than steeped leaf does. Boil the kettle, leave it three or four minutes, then pour. How long do I brew it?Two minutes, and move the bag about before you take it out. Agitating matters more here than with a plain tea, because you are trying to get suspended powder out of the bag rather than dissolved compounds. Can I put milk in it?No. Milk flattens the grassy top notes and turns the matcha weight into something dull and slightly powdery. This is a clear cup. A slice of lemon works well if you want it brighter. Is this the same as ceremonial matcha?No, and it does not claim to be. Ceremonial matcha is whisked into water and drunk whole, powder and all. Here the powder is inside a bag, so some of it stays in the bag. That is the trade you make for not owning a whisk. How much caffeine is in it?It is caffeinated, and matcha carries caffeine of its own, so we place it in the middle of our scale rather than at the light end where plain green teas sit. That placement is our judgement, not a measurement. Why has my cup gone cloudy?Because it is working. Cloudiness is the suspended matcha, and a clear cup from this bag means most of the powder never made it out. Agitate the bag and the liquor should go a soft opaque yellow-green. Why does it taste chalky and bitter?The water was too hot. That is the answer nine times out of ten and it is almost never the tea. Drop to 80 degrees and the same bag gives a round, sweet, savoury cup instead of a hard one. Does it work iced?Better than most green teas do. Brew two bags in 200ml at 80 degrees for three minutes and pour over a full glass of ice. The suspended matcha survives the cold where delicate aromatics do not, so the cup keeps its body. A squeeze of lime, nothing else. How should I store it and how long does it keep?Sealed, dry and dark, away from anything strong-smelling. Use a twenty-bag box within a couple of months of opening: ground green leaf fades faster than whole leaf, and this is a green product where freshness shows up as a flatter cup rather than an off one. The best-before date is on the box. Is it organic, Fairtrade or certified?Any marks are printed on the box."
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                "title": "Ingredients & Nutrition",
                "content": "Ingredients and allergens. The published ingredient list for this product names none of the 14 major allergens. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Typical values per 100ml, as publishedPer 100mlEnergy1 kcalFat0gof which saturates0gCarbohydrate"
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                "content": "The flavour of Twinings Superblends Supergreen Matcha, 20 Tea Bags 40g is built in three layers, and reading them in order explains exactly why the cup tastes the way it does from the first lift of steam to the last swallow.The outer layer is aromatic: a fresh grassy green lift with a faint marine edge behind it. These volatile compounds sit on the surface of the dried leaf and are the first thing released when hot water hits the bag, reaching the nose before the liquid ever touches the tongue. Green tea carries fewer of them than a scented black does, and they go first, which is why a cup left to stand smells almost of nothing while still tasting of plenty.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, and in this blend it is not a flavour at all but a texture. Matcha is whole leaf ground to powder, so it does not dissolve; it hangs in the water. What lands in the middle of the cup is a savoury, faintly sweet thickness that a steeped green tea physically cannot make, however long you leave the bag in. The green tea base carries the brightness over the top of it. This is the densest stretch of the cup and it is also the part that suffers first when the water is too hot, because heat drives the ground leaf hard and fast into astringency.The base structure is the lingering finish: a clean drying note that clears the palate rather than coating it, with the savoury weight fading slowly behind it. That contrast between a thick middle and a dry finish is what makes the cup feel finished rather than heavy, and it is why this works alongside food where a richer tea would not. A well made cup should still read as fresh on the final mouthful.Getting it right in the cup. Use one bag per 200ml at 80 degrees and steep for two minutes, agitating the bag before you lift it out; over-hot water is by far the most common reason this blend tastes chalky and hard, because ground leaf gives up its astringent compounds much faster than whole leaf does. Move the bag properly, because suspended powder has to be physically shaken out rather than simply steeped out. Cold brewed in the fridge for four to six hours the same bag gives a rounder, sweeter, almost sweetcorn-like drink with much less grip, and it keeps its body because the suspension does not care about temperature. Stored sealed somewhere cool and dark it holds for months, but a green product fades faster than a black one and shows it as a flatter cup rather than a stale one.How water and temperature change it. The same bag gives a measurably different cup depending on how you treat the water, and this blend is less forgiving about it than almost anything else on the shelf. Water straight off the boil pulls the astringency forward hard and turns the matcha weight chalky; at 80 degrees the same components arrive as savoury roundness instead. Cooler still, at 70, and you get a sweeter, thinner, more delicate cup that some people prefer and that loses most of the point. Hard tap water flattens the grassy top notes and dulls the colour, so in a hard water area a filtered kettle does more for this tea than any adjustment to the timing. None of this is a fault in the blend, it is ground leaf responding to the cup you build around it, and once you have found your temperature the result is repeatable every time."
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                "content": "Twinings Superblends Supergreen Matcha, 20 Tea Bags 40g gives you matcha body without a whisk, which opens up a set of builds a plain green tea bag cannot manage. Five below, starting with the cup the box is designed for and ending with a cold one for a hot afternoon.\nRecipes, born here first\n\n \n The Eighty Degree Cup\n \n How to make The Eighty Degree Cup with Twinings Superblends Supergreen Matcha.\n \n 3 min\n 1 cup\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 bag Twinings Superblends Supergreen Matcha\n 200ml water at 80 degrees\n A slice of lemon, optional\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Boil the kettle and leave it to stand for three or four minutes, or add two tablespoons of cold water to the empty cup first.\n Pour 200ml over one bag and steep for two minutes.\n Agitate the bag properly before lifting it out, so the suspended matcha leaves the bag instead of staying in it.\n Drink clear, or with a slice of lemon. No milk.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A cloudy yellow-green cup with a savoury thickness to it. If it is clear, you did not move the bag enough.\n\n \n Iced Matcha Green Over Ice\n \n How to make Iced Matcha Green Over Ice with Twinings Superblends Supergreen Matcha.\n \n 5 min\n 1 tall glass\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 2 bags Twinings Superblends Supergreen Matcha\n 200ml water at 80 degrees\n A full glass of ice\n A squeeze of lime\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew 2 bags in 200ml at 80 degrees for 3 minutes, agitating them as they go.\n Pour the hot concentrate straight over a full glass of ice so it chills fast.\n Squeeze in a little lime and stir once.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: The suspension survives the cold where delicate aromatics do not, so this keeps its body. Arguably better iced than hot.\n\n \n Overnight Cold Brew Green\n \n How to make Overnight Cold Brew Green with Twinings Superblends Supergreen Matcha.\n \n 2 min + 6 hours\n 500ml\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 bags Twinings Superblends Supergreen Matcha\n 500ml cold water\n A lidded jug or bottle\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Drop 3 bags into 500ml of cold water, lid on, into the fridge.\n Leave for four to six hours, or overnight.\n Shake the jug before pouring, because the matcha settles.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Rounder and sweeter than the hot cup, with almost no grip. Drink it within two days.\n\n \n Green Tea and Lemon Long Drink\n \n How to make Green Tea and Lemon Long Drink with Twinings Superblends Supergreen Matcha.\n \n 8 min + chill\n 2 glasses\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 bags Twinings Superblends Supergreen Matcha\n 300ml water at 80 degrees\n Juice of one lemon\n Ice and sparkling water\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew 3 bags in 300ml at 80 degrees for 4 minutes, then cool.\n Add the juice of a lemon to the cooled concentrate.\n Pour over ice and top each glass with 100ml of sparkling water.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A long, dry, unsweetened drink. The matcha body stops it tasting like flavoured water, which is the usual fate of iced green tea.\n\n \n Green Tea Broth for Rice\n \n How to make Green Tea Broth for Rice with Twinings Superblends Supergreen Matcha.\n \n 5 min\n 1 bowl\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 bag Twinings Superblends Supergreen Matcha\n 200ml water at 80 degrees\n A bowl of warm cooked rice\n A pinch of salt and any pickles you have\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew one bag strong in 200ml at 80 degrees for 3 minutes.\n Pour the tea over a bowl of warm cooked rice until it comes halfway up.\n Season with a pinch of salt and whatever pickles are in the fridge.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A savoury five-minute supper in the Japanese ochazuke tradition. The matcha weight is what makes it read as broth rather than as tea on rice."
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