Renewable Energy: Kristy Montan’s Experience

Renewable Energy: Kristy Montan's Experience

“At the age of 26, I had accepted that living with Celiac disease meant having minimal energy. This was extremely difficult as I work full-time and try to maintain an active lifestyle. Celiac disease prevents the body from absorbing important nutrients like protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and

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Vancouver Tea Festival 2015

Vancouver Tea Festival 2015

Vancouver Tea Festival 2015 Our many thanks to Del Tamborini and his team for an awesome festival, and to all our friends and customers who stopped by the My Matcha Life booth! Thanks again everyone, look forward to seeing you in 2016. Order your My Matcha Life®

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My Matcha Life: Holistic Nutrition & Ricki Heller

My Matcha Life: Holistic Nutrition & Ricki Heller

Compelled to follow a restricted, gluten-free, anti-candida diet that allows no eggs, no dairy products, and no refined sugars (along with a dozen or so other verboten food types), I have been forced to carefully and consciously manage everything I eat and drink for over a decade.

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How To Make Matcha

How To Make Matcha

My Matcha Life® founder Calli O’Brien makes a delicious matcha tea in this original how-to video. Discover matcha’s amazing benefits for cyclists and endurance athletes at Average Joe Cyclist.

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Which is the Best Matcha for You?

Which is the Best Matcha for You?

Which is the Best Matcha for You? Still not sure which is the best matcha for you? We’re here to help. Check out our selection of My Matcha Life premium and culinary grade matcha teas: Tea Lover’s Organic Matcha Baristas Premium Matcha Matcha Packets Foodies Culinary Matcha

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Matcha Travel Packets to Go!

Matcha Travel Packets to Go!

Ceremonial grade Matcha Packets for people on the go! Our super convenient ceremonial grade Matcha Packets are great for the gym, at work or wherever you go. Each packet contains 1.5 grams of 100% pure ceremonial grade Japanese matcha tea. Smooth great taste.

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Is Our Foodies Culinary Matcha Right for You?

Is Our Foodies Culinary Matcha Right for You?

Is Our Foodies Culinary Matcha Right for You? Chosen for its rich colour and strong matcha tea taste our Foodies Culinary Matcha is 100% Japanese matcha tea. Add this uber-healthy ingredient to your culinary matcha delights then relax with a hot Foodies matcha latte.

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What is Tea Lovers Organic Ceremonial Matcha?

What is Tea Lovers Organic Ceremonial Matcha?

What is Tea Lovers Organic Ceremonial Matcha? We’re often asked about our Tea Lover’s Organic Matcha. What makes it different from other premium grade matcha teas? In this video you’ll discover why we’re so happy to answer that question.

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Jungle Life: Testimonial from Andrea

Jungle Life: Testimonial from Andrea

Sometimes life can be a jungle – literally! As an entomologist, summertime has me buzzing all day. When insects are in the field my days are long days. Be it field-work or in the lab, My Matcha Life Barista’s matcha in my smoothie gives me the energy

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Quest Nutrition Canada & Matcha Creamsicles

Quest Nutrition Canada & Matcha Creamsicles

Quest Nutrition Canada My Matcha Life had a great time at last night’s (July 29, 2015) matcha event at Quest Nutrition Canada with nutritionist Shawna Barker. We discussed the nutritional benefits of good quality matcha, sipped matcha lemonade and sampled some amazing vegan matcha creamsicles! — Check

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Matcha: Cyclists Secret Weapon?

Matcha: Cyclists Secret Weapon?

“I’ve just discovered a secret weapon for cyclists,” says Average Joe Cyclist, a popular Vancouver-based blogger and cycling enthusiast. “I’ve been drinking My Matcha Life tea for the last three weeks – and during that short time my number of miles cycled per week has doubled.” Wow!

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Health News: Green Tea Preserves Memory

Health News: Green Tea Preserves Memory

Green Tea Preserves Memory Modern science, ancient tea. They’re coming together today in ways worth paying attention to. Whether you’re over 80, recently retired or related to somebody who is, new science shows green tea may hold the secret to a longer more satisfying life. Most tea

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Events: Visiting Veg Expo

Events: Visiting Veg Expo

Good crowds, good fun, good business! Our food-fair team really enjoyed participating at the Vancouver Veg Expo at the Vancouver Convention Centre on May 31st. The expo is devoted to plant-based food and diet information with lots of demonstrations, attractions and healthy product providers like us. A

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Matcha Buyer Beware

Matcha Buyer Beware

  Matcha Buyer Beware If you’ve shopped around for matcha lately, you know there’s a good deal of hype out there over matcha’s health benefits. We say “hype” because much of it is being touted by marketers eager to cash in on matcha’s ancient reputation and newfound

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Movie Magic with Melissa Stubbs

Movie Magic with Melissa Stubbs

As a professional athlete and stunt woman, I am always on the go. When not training, I’m either shooting a movie or travelling to the next project. I work hard and play hard and push my body and mind to their limits. Matcha is my secret weapon.

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Cold Shadows & Chris O’Brien

Cold Shadows & Chris O'Brien

Turning sixty wasn’t something I was thrilled about. It’s not like I wasn’t expecting it, it just didn’t feel like a cause for celebration. It was more like crossing a line, like the sun had suddenly cast a cold shadow with my name on it. A dearest

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Matcha Lifestyle by Crista & Essenin Quijada

Matcha Lifestyle by Crista & Essenin Quijada

My Matcha Life matcha is among the best I’ve had; smooth, rich and has lots of flavour. I’ve been drinking matcha tea for 4 years. My husband just fell in love with it about 6 months ago. We have an active lifestyle with yoga, soccer, biking and

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Amanda’s Matcha Testimonial from EAT!

Amanda's Matcha Testimonial from EAT!

Amanda K from Vancouver happily discovered our My Matcha Life display booth at the EAT! Vancouver food fair and show at BC Place this year (May 2015), sampling our Matcha Shortbread Cookies. “I’m a matcha lover and fell so instantly in love with the cookies I was

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The Matcha Report: Co-Authored by Calli O’Brien

The Matcha Report: Co-Authored by Calli O'Brien

  The Matcha Report Matcha tea continues to be the hottest health trend moving through 2015. Co-author of The Matcha Report and CEO of My Matcha Life, Calli O’Brien, along with tea analyst and Sage Group founder Brian Keating dig into the burgeoning global matcha market to

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Make Me a Matcha Believer!

Make Me a Matcha Believer!

I am a matcha believer. I believe in the hype, I believe in the health benefits, and I believe matcha makes a real difference in my life. I have seen those benefits first-hand in the energy and mental clarity I experience at work doing a very stressful

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Zama Tea: California Fans

Zama Tea: California Fans

Zama Tea My Matcha Life™ was very pleased recently to meet tea enthusiast and Zama Tea founder Leanne Herrera, who just happens to love our organic Tea Lover’s Matcha. So much so, she instantly added it to her store shelves in California. Born in Japan, Leanne admits

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Zen Out with Lars Nielsen, Tea Guru

Zen Out with Lars Nielsen, Tea Guru

As a borderline expert with all things tea, it’s nice to settle into something with a quality that can be gauged simply by sipping. I don’t have to look for any side notes or undertones. It’s just … good! Mostly, I drink matcha to “zen out.” A

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Yoga Pro Grace Burns & My Matcha Life

Toronto-based yoga instructor Grace Burns is thankful to have discovered the wonderful nutritional benefits of matcha tea. “I love the mental calm and clarity it brings,” she says, “and the extra energy helps me power a vibrant and very active life.” When Grace is not teaching yoga,

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Plant Powered: Laura Simonson

Plant Powered: Laura Simonson

Meet Laura Simonson! I am a lifelong athlete, passionate plant-powered foodie and natural health ambassador. Combine this with my years as a professional in the natural health industry, and rest assured I have been introduced to every potion, lotion and elixir espoused to be the magical: cure,

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My Matcha Life Event: Palate of Tea 2015

My Matcha Life Event: Palate of Tea 2015

Great fun and great tea sampling at the Palate of Tea event, Sunday, March 15th, 2015. Tea tastings included high mountain oolong, a lovely puerh, and of course My Matcha Life’s new line of matcha products showcased here for the first time anywhere (we were very excited!).

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My Matcha Life & Stephanie Cameron: Busy Mom!

My Matcha Life & Stephanie Cameron: Busy Mom!

It took me a while to realize the effects of matcha tea, but as a result of drinking it, I went from barely having enough energy to being able to think clearly and keep up with my very busy, sometimes chaotic, life! I am a stay-at-home mother

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Challenging Choices: Calli O’Brien Shares Positivity

Challenging Choices: Calli O'Brien Shares Positivity

Our co-founder, Calli.O’Brien is an avid matcha drinker and health enthusiast making her home near Kitsilano Beach in scenic Vancouver, Canada. “Where else can you run along the beach wearing shorts in the morning, then go skiing in the mountains in the afternoon?” “My own matcha life

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