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Iced Matcha Green Tea Latte featuring almond milk, matcha powder, and honey or agave. Totally vegan 3-ingredient perfection!
A toasted English muffin smeared with almond butter and sea salt is just begging to be washed down with sips of this cold, creamy, sweet, antioxidant-dense iced matcha green tea latte. It’s like the world’s healthiest form of a latte. I know you’re maybe asking questions. Raising eyebrows. Matcha is a tiny bit off the mainstream map, I get it.
But hey – can you buy almond milk? do you have Amazon? because that’s how I got started with my matcha green tea latte obsession. Look out, hippie matcha green tea latte drinkers. The food regulars be comin’ for ya.
Let Me Tell You About The Inspo For This Drink
So to set the stage. MATCHA GREEN TEA IS THE BOMB.COM.
I didn’t know about it until, like, two months ago. It all started with an obsession with a local tea bar in St. Paul, where I’d order this thing called a Royal Tea Latte (I’m speaking in past tense as if this is something of days gone by, but in reality I’m stopping there on my way home from work to get my third one this week – large plz – and I have zero regrets) and because the Royal had to brew for a few minutes, I’d sit there and watch all the other tea people ordering and navigating the scary-exciting menu of a tea bar.
And that’s when I realized: whoa, matcha.
The Matcha Deets
I started ordering matcha tea latte drinks at coffee shops. I was just curious. I found some things out.
- I’m going to be honest – I can’t stomach matcha green tea lattes when they’re hot. Just… too much of a green plant steaminess in my face.
- I do, however, LOVE love love them cold. Icy cold and creamy and sweet, perfect for sipping through a straw. Bless that green drink.
- Unfortunately, when served cold, there is always the danger of getting matcha green tea chunks up in your straw and, so so sorry, up in your mouth. And that brings us back to another thing I can’t stomach about matcha green tea lattes, which is, obviously, MATCHA GREEN TEA CHUNKS. Not okay.
- The solution to getting them just how I want them? Silky-smooth and lusciously green and cold and creamy and a teeny bit over-sweetened? The solution is making them at home. Because you can buy yourself a little packet of matcha powder and your fave creamy almond milk and be a whiz at this in less than 60 seconds flat.
Get a mason jar with a lid. Imma show you.
First:
That’s the matcha paste (you have to make a paste so you don’t get chunks) mixed with the almond milk and agave.
Lid on, annnnnnd GO.
60 seconds later, you are sipping that matcha green tea latte like a boss.
It’s packed with antioxidants (thanks matcha!) and it’s ULTRA creamy while staying light in calories and fat (thanks Almond Breeze!) and completely plant-powered (thanks agave!) and GUESS WHAT there’s a bonus.
It has a little bit of caffeine. BZZZZZ
Iced Matcha Green Tea Latte – STUFF YOU NEED:
- Matcha Powder – I buy this stuff on Amazon
- Almond Milk – my fave
- Glass Jars with Lids – classic
If you want to make things even *more* delicious and exciting, I love adding some blueberry syrup! I know, it sounds like it doesn’t work, but IT DOES.
PS. What was life before Amazon? I don’t even remember. Did you guys know about Prime Now? I can’t even. The other day I had something delivered to our studio in less than one hour and I opened the package and looked at Jenna and said: WE’RE LIVING IN THE FUTURE.
Iced Matcha Green Tea Latte: FAQs
There’s honey in this. That’s not vegan, right?
Right, adding honey to this drink doesn’t make this totally vegan. If you’re looking for it to be completely plant-based, just sub agave.
My matcha was clumpy. What happened?
If you have a mesh strainer, you can also pour the matcha latte through it to remove clumps. I am usually too lazy to get it out in the morning, which is why I just let it settle for a second and then pour carefully enough so that the little clumps just stay put in the bottom of the jar.
Can I make this into a hot matcha latte?
You can, you totally can. TBH, I can’t stomach matcha green tea lattes when they’re hot. Just… too much of a green plant steaminess in my face. But it totally works that way if you like it.