ABOUT ME.G

Since I  -  Avigea and my husband - Alex, moved to the US from Ukraine, we have realized that there aren't many people who know about matcha. Most people drink coffee and don’t exactly know what matcha is and what kind of health benefits it holds.

Back when I was in Ukraine, I cut out the amount of coffee I was drinking due to the side effects that it had on me, one of them was anxiety. At that moment I had no clue about matcha until I started working as a barista at our local coffee shop. I got introduced to this wonderful drink by the owner of the coffee shop that I worked for.  Essentially, she sparked my love for this beverage by telling me about the numerous benefits of matcha.

I'll always remember those mornings when I worked at the coffee shop, where my first task upon arriving was to make matcha with freshly squeezed orange juice. Let me tell you, this is my favorite combination to this day. Since I got introduced to matcha, I have never stopped loving it and everywhere I go, this is my go-to drink.

After seeing how few people in the USA know about matcha and its benefits - we took the idea of matcha as something more. Our journey started with trying out matcha at various locations. We found that the quality was disappointing and that people were often unaware of the special qualities of matcha, even more,  there was a clear lack of understanding about the tasty drinks and other things that could be made with matcha.

It made me sad so I realized, we have to do something about it. One evening I told my husband that we needed to fix this problem. The same night we started our research about matcha and with every moment we grew in our knowledge and became closer and closer to fulfillment of our goal.