Starbucks Hot Matcha Green Tea Latte
An easy Starbucks hot matcha green tea latte copycat recipe that you can easily make at home- creamy, pretty and delicious but also healthier and cheaper!
Servings: 2 people
Calories: 68kcal
Equipment
- Optional: electric milk frother Substitute: whisk or airtight container
- Small pot
Ingredients
Hot Matcha Green Tea latte
- 2 teaspoons Matcha powder Substitute: matcha syrup. (If so, skip or reduce the sweetener.) If you decide to use sugar instead of honey, mix the sugar with the matcha powder before whisking into water.
- 6 Tablespoons Warm water 176F/ 80C is the best temperature- this helps the green tea powder dissolve more easily but note that it also increases the bitterness.
- 2 Cup Almond milk or soy milk Substitutes: vegan milks such as coconut milk, oat milk, cashew milk. If you don't mind reducing the benefits of matcha, you can use 2% dairy milk, like they do at Starbucks.
- 2-3 teaspoons Neutral honey Substitute: maple syrup or matcha syrup (or sugar if you want the flavor to be as similar to Starbucks as possible.)
- Whipped cream and matcha powder Optional garnish
Cold Matcha latte- all as above but use cold milk (Ice cubes optional)
Instructions
For hot matcha green tea latte
- Heat the milk, whisking it to froth it as it heat. Do not let it boil.
- Whisk the matcha powder with warm water till it forms a thick green paste with no lumps. (You can use an electric frother too.)
- Transfer the milk to a heat-proof cup, then add the honey followed by the matcha infusion.
- Optional: top with the whipped cream and matcha powder. (You may need to sieve the powder to make sure it doesn't clump.)
- Serve and enjoy!
For cold green tea latte
- Repeat all the above steps but use do not heat the milk. (Use cold milk.) Froth the milk before adding the honey and matcha tea. Add ice cubes if you wish.
Notes
Using hot water makes the matcha powder "dissolve" more quickly, but increases the bitterness- boiling water is a definite no no for matcha. If you want to use cold water or milk to make this latte, you can speed things up by adding the match and cold liquid to an airtight container then shake like mad.
Note: the nutritional information is an estimate automatically calculated using the WPRM recipe maker and I am not responsible for its accuracy.
Nutrition
Calories: 68kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 328mg | Potassium: 4mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 200IU | Vitamin C: 0.04mg | Calcium: 302mg | Iron: 1mg