You're left with a tough choice.
You can go for another coffee and accept everything that comes with it (the caffeine jitters and an even steeper comedown). Or, you can suck it up and wait for the comedown to be over.
That's not much of a choice!
But alas, there is a third option to cure your morning blues.
Yep, you guessed it. MATCHA!
Just half a teaspoon of matcha contains roughly one quarter of the caffeine of a small cup of coffee. This will give you an energy boost without the jitters or comedown that you get from coffee.
Not only this, but matcha contains high levels of L-Theanine, an incredibly useful amino acid. L-Theanine is what causes the "alert calmness" effect you might have heard matcha drinkers talk about. There are no swings in energy levels, just a nice long lasting "alert calmness" that will have you feeling fantastic.
So the next time you go to grab that coffee, ask yourself "should I be drinking matcha instead?".
If you are a matcha drinker and have used it to kick your insatiable (and expensive) need for coffee, drop us a line and tell us your story! We love hearing from our Matcha Ninjas.
Ninja OUT!