hey guys, so i run a cafe and having 10% off plus the shipping for free saves me a lot of cost since the tea does have 18 month shelf life, hope this helps others!
They've also got a bunch of recipes that we use!
hey guys, so i run a cafe and having 10% off plus the shipping for free saves me a lot of cost since the tea does have 18 month shelf life, hope this helps others!
They've also got a bunch of recipes that we use!
Sourcing the green tea from China instead of Japan (a lot are 50\50) will often save you 75% in cost.
Don't you worry about potential heavy metal contamination that come from China?
Do you prefer heavy metals or radiation?
A sample of powdered tea imported from the Japanese prefecture of Chiba, just southeast of Tokyo, contained traces of radioactive cesium 137, the Hong Kong government announced late Thursday evening, but they were far below the legal maximum level.
The discovery was not the first of its kind. The government’s Center for Food Safety found three samples of vegetables from Japan with “unsatisfactory” levels of radioactive contaminants in March 2011, the month that nuclear reactors in Fukushima, northeast of Tokyo, suffered partial meltdowns following a powerful earthquake and tsunami.
No wonder there's a lot of matcha deals recently. 😏
@O O:
Geez, I wonder where a good place/country to get it from is. What options are there?
@Mobe1969: Try Antarctica :)
@bob19:
LOL. Someone in Australia should try making it.
3 samples. "Unsatisfactory" by the Japanese government's standards. I'll take that over china's poorly regulated and enforced food policies anyday.
Nope not at all.
Since it's imported and distributed by an Australian health food company, if any levels were too high, the health board would pull it from the shelf :)
you sure?
@overlook: Yep.
Australian food and health standards are ridiculously high.
http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumer/chemicals/maxresidu…
I dont think so. If you look into Shin Ramyun/ Indomie, there are a few different manufacturing plants. Some are good, some are bad. For instance, Shin Ramyun from China are sold in a lot of asian grocery/Coles/Woolworths. Korean made are only in some Korean groceries.
Also, Indomie has taken down in Taiwan/Hong Kong/Singapore… but it has never taken down in Australia.
You can say we have different standard here, but is Australian standard actually higher? I mean even asian countries refused to take them but we are fine with them?
@overlook: The Indomie wasn't a health concern in the same way.
It occurred because the oil used is Palm Oil. And its basically 110% cholesterol :P
It's ban in most places, but its not actually toxic in any way even close to Lead.
Ones poisonous, one raises Cholesterol, which a good percentage of people wont have negative impact from anyway.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/20…
who knows…could be just one batch…
so i run a cafe
so youre the rep?
Matcha: struggling to think of another better example of overpriced bullshit.
Matcha-do about nothing?
I like to go to teachat.com to look for places to get my tea.
Never seen this place mentioned there.. not yet anyway.
I get my Matcha mix from connoisseur ice cream, but only when its half price.
As a matcha drinking hobbyist I recommend going to https://yunomi.us/
Great selection, reasonable prices.
A week before this deal was posted there was a deal for fashion accessories posted here: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/268803
If you click that link now it takes you to matchanation.net
Also, the Matcha Nation 'about us' section is a copy/paste from matchalab.com.au
A little tip for your business: Offer a 'budget' Matcha also.
Sourcing the green tea from China instead of Japan (a lot are 50\50) will often save you 75% in cost.
I know because we have a matcha addict at our house, and she not only couldnt tell the difference, but also liked the price change.
Example: $14 = 70g
http://www.chemistwarehouse.com.au/Buy/77815/Blackmores-Supe…