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Japanese sweets
Japanese sweets have a collective name – okasi. This includes various types of desserts, vagasis, Mitarashi rice balls, cold and baked cakes. Very often, sweet in Japan is not at all sweet in taste – they can be…
Anko Bean Paste
Anko is a delicious thing that is added to many different traditional Japanese sweets and desserts. Anko is a concentrated blend of adzuki beans, sugar and water. It is a bean “angular beans” (a type of legumes, common…
Umeboshi
The popularity of Japanese cuisine is largely related to the image of healthy food. If the positive effect of Umeboshi on health becomes widely known, these plums will certainly become popular in the world. Umeboshi fermented plums in…
Kombu (100% dried kelp seaweed)
Iodine is a vital microelement for the body, responsible for the normal functioning thyroid gland, which, in turn, regulates growth and metabolism. Every person should eat food rich in them every day. The daily need for it in…
Marine collagen
The main substance of beauty is considered collagen. That he is responsible for the elasticity of tissue. And there is collagen not only in the skin, but also in the hair, nails, ligaments, bones. The lack of this…
Chlorella
Another useful superfood Due to its unique composition, chlorella alga has a powerful healing effect on the body: Safely removes heavy metals, toxins, and other toxic substances from the body. The tiny alga helps the body’s cells to…
Konnyaku
In cooking, the cognac plant is used mainly in Eastern cuisine. So, from his tubers get flour, which is known as “konjak” or “cognac”. The root itself is more like a huge beet, it can also be…
Types of brewing tea MATTYA
If the leaves of green Japanese tea are poured with hot water, the taste of the components of green tea will be vividly felt: first, the amino acid Teanine, sweetish with a specific taste, and then, tart with…
Useful properties of MATTYA tea and how to drink it
The special properties of Japanese tea The special properties of Japanese tea – Has a high vitamin and mineral complex ⠀ – Is the strongest antioxidant – Blocks the development of cancer cells – Increases the protective properties…
Matcha tea / Japanese Matcha
Matcha tea (jap. 抹茶 matcha, lit. “ground tea”) is a special kind of Japanese green tea, and unlike other teas in leaves or bags, it is a finely ground powder of tea leaves of the tengtya variety. In…