Prepare cafe style beverages at home.
The trick to preparing a cafe style matcha green tea latte is to make the tea first, then add the hot milk and foam.
• Sift 1 tsp Gotcha Matcha into a cup
• Melt matcha by adding 2 oz hot water and stirring until matcha becomes a smooth paste
• Pour 6 oz steamed* milk into your favourite matcha bowl or teacup
• Add "melted" matcha tea to the milk
• Scoop foamy milk on top
• Sprinkle with matcha dust or cocoa powder
Optional
• Add vanilla, almond or mint flavours
• Sweeten with honey or agave nectar
• Combine steps and froth milk and tea all together (see pic below)
Blend a chilled matcha green tea latte using a classic martini shaker.
• Sift 2 tsps Gotcha Matcha into a martini shaker
• Melt matcha by adding 2 oz hot water or milk and stir until matcha becomes a smooth paste
• Fill shaker with 1 cup ice
• Add 6 oz milk - cow, almond, soy or rice
• Shake well to blend green tea powder with milk
• Strain your chilled green tea latte over a tall glass with fresh ice
Optional
• Froth milk* in your favourite accessory and spoon foam over the top.
• Add flavour with orange juice, coconut water or lemon grass
• Sift a pinch of matcha over the top
• Sip through a straw.
Adjust quantities to taste. There are no rules. Some people may prefer more milk and more tea or vice versa.
* How to Steam and Froth Milk
Our Favourite Accessories
We started frothing milk with an electric frother in a tall glass beaker. This works fine and creates a satisfying texture. Also, the beaker keeps the counter neat and is easy to pour. We stopped using the wand when the batteries kept running out.
Ingredients
• 1 cup soy milk
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon green tea powder (matcha)
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
Directions
In a small saucepan, combine the soy milk, water, green tea powder and sugar. Warm over medium heat while whisking until hot and foamy. Pour into mugs and enjoy.
Green Tea Recipes
I hope you enjoy my green tea recipes. I'm always trying out new recipes. Matcha is incredibly versatile so you can try adding it to any of your favourite recipes.
Matcha is great all-year-round. Whip up a matcha frap on a summers day, or indulge in the warmth of a matcha latte on a winter’s day. Impress your friends with delicious matcha ice cream and cake.
If you have any green tea recipes you'd like to add, please send me an email through the 'Contact Me' link on the navigation bar.
Delicious Matcha Drinks
Matcha Latte - The Ulitimate Winter Indulgence
1. Place 1 teaspoon of matcha into a bowl.
2. Add approx. 1/4 cup of hot water into a bowl and whisk with a bamboo whisk or an egg whisk.
3. Add 3/4 cup of steamed milk.
Serve with sugar or honey for a sweeter flavour.
Simply combine 1 teaspoon of matcha, ice, 1 cup of vanilla ice cream and 1/2 cup milk in a blender.
Add some berries for an antioxidant boost.
Matcha Smoothie - The Natural Way To Kick-Start Your Day
1. Put 1 cup (240mls, 8oz.) of plain yoghurt into a blender.
2. Add some ice cubes.
3. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons of matcha.
4. Optionally, add a little honey/sugar to make it a little sweeter.
5. Blend it- and enjoy!
You can add any fruit to the smoothie, banana is a nice complement to the matcha. I just tried making a matcha-berry smoothie. I just added a few strawberries,raspberries and blueberries. It was so good!
Blended Ice Green Tea- Hydrate and Revitalise Your Skin
1. Allow 2 1/3 teaspoons of sencha for each cup (250ml/8oz.) of just bolied water (90 degrees C).
2. Steep for 2 minutes in a teapot and then transfer to a jug.
3.Refrigerate until chilled.
4.Serve in glasses with ice.
Green Tea With A Punch
Serves 4
Ingredients
1 fresh pineapple - peeled, cored and cut into chunks
2 large green apples, washed and sliced
1 1/4 teaspoons chopped fresh ginger
1 cup brewed green tea, chilled
1 cup mango sorbet or crushed ice
Juice the pineapple, apples, and ginger in a juice machine. Mix the juice with the tea, and stir in the mango sorbet.
Easy Green Tea Cooking
Serves 4
Ingredients
1 pint (1/2 litre) vanilla ice cream
1 1/2 tsp. matcha green tea powder.
1. Let the ice cream soften, but not melt.
2. Stir in the matcha green tea powder, and re-freeze until firm.
Green Tea Ice Cream - A popular and delicious green tea recipe.
Serves 6
Ingredients
2 cups milk
1 cup fresh cream
1 tbs. cornstarch
4 tbs. matcha and 2/3 cup hot water
4 egg yolks
Pinch of salt
2/3 cup of sugar
1. Heat the milk in a small saucepan, without boiling it. Then remove it from the heat.
2. Put the egg yolks in a bowl, and beat them lightly. Add the sugar, cornstarch, salt and mix with an egg whisk. Gradually stir in the heated milk, being careful that no lumps form. Strain the mixture through a fine colander and pour it back into the saucepan.
3. Put the saucepan over low heat, continue to stir until the milk thickens. Remove from the heat.
4. Mix the matcha with hot water to form a smooth paste.
5. In a separate bowl whip the fresh cream until it is semi-stiff, then stir it into the milk mixture, finally adding the matcha paste.
6. Pour the mixture into a container, and put it in the freezer to set. After 2 hours take it out of the freezer and stir it with a spoon. Place it back in the freezer. Stirring the mixture again and again after freezing it for a period of 2hours.
7. The icecream should be smooth and ready to serve.
Green Tea Shortbread - A green tea recipe you can enjoy all-year-round.
1 cup sifted icing sugar
1 cup sifted corn flour
2 tsp. matcha green tea
1. Preheat oven to 140c (284f)
2. Knead all ingredients together until smooth dough has formed.
3. Press into a tray to about a 1cm thickness.
4. Using a fork, prick the mixture right through at intervals all over.
5. Bake in oven at 140c (284f) for 45 minutes.
6. Slice into desired slice size while warm.
7. Allow to cool and serve.
Green Tea Cupcakes - A green tea recipe that will become a family favourite.
Ingredients
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup icing sugar
1-2 tablespoons warm water
2 teaspoons matcha (powdered) green tea
1.Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C.
2.Place 12 (4 1/2 cm base)paper cupcake cases on a baking tray. Combine the spread, sugar, eggs, vanilla, self-raising flour and baking powder in a mixing bowl. Beat with a wooden spoon until smooth.
3.Divide the mixture among the paper cases. The mixture should fill half of each case. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until risen and golden. The top of the cupcake should be level with the top of the case. Cool on a wire rack.
4.To make the icing: Sift the icing sugar into a bowl. Slowly add just enough water to make a spreadable consistency. Spoon a teaspoonful onto each cupcake and spead with the back of the spoon.
Matcha Scones - The Perfect Tea Party Recipe
Makes 8 Scones
Ingredients
250g cake flour (90z.)
1/3 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
3/5 cup milk
1 egg, separated into yolk and white
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon matcha green tea
70g(2 1/2oz.)butter
Strawberry jam and fresh whipped cream to taste.
1. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, matcha and sugar.
2. Cut the butter into small pieces. With your fingertips, mix the butter into flour until it becomes dry and flaky.
3. Combine the milk and egg yolk, and pour the mixture into the flour a little at a time. Mix and knead into a moist dough, but not so moist that it becomes sticky.
4. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C (360 degrees C).
5. Place the dough on a floured board and knead slightly until smooth. Roll out to a thickness of 1 inch (2cm)and cut into shapes with a cookie cutter or the rim of a glass.
6. Brush the tops with a little egg white, place on a baking sheet, and bake for 12-15 minutes, until slightly brown.
7. Cut each scone in half and serve with jam and fresh cream.
This recipe is from 'New Tastes in Green Tea', by Mutsuko Tokunaga.
Green Tea Panna Cotta - a light, delicate and refreshing green tea recipe.
Serves 4
Ingredients
1/3 cup of Japanese sencha green tea
1 cup milk
2 cups cream
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 1/2 sheets gelatin or 4 teaspoons powdered gelatin
1.Add green tea, milk, cream and sugar in a pan and heat slowly till sugar is completely dissolved and the mixture is about to boil.
2.Remove from the heat and allow the mixture to"brew" for 10 minutes.
3.Strain the infusion back into a clean pan.
4.Soak the gelatine in 3 tablespoons of warm water until it is spongy.
5.Whisk into the cream mixture and heat gently until the gelatine has dissolved.
6.Pour into 4 lightly greased 150ml (5 fl oz) moulds or chinese teacups.
7.Refrigerate till they are set.
8.Serve them in the pretty teacups when ready, or turn them out onto individual plates.
From Marie Claire Style "Sweet" cookbook by Jody Vassallo. Does not include freezing time.
Green Tea Chocolate Cake Recipe- A green tea recipe that combine two great flavours.
4 eggs
2 Tbs. of matcha
3 tbs. of choc chips.
1 ¾ cup of flour
1 ½ cup of sugar
¾ cup of butter
1. Put butter in a bowl and stir until softened.
2. Add sugar to the bowl and mix well.
3. Whisk the eggs in a separate bowl.
4. Combine eggs with the butter mixture.
5. Sift the flour and the green tea powder together.
6. Add the sifted flour to the egg and butter mixture and mix.
7. Finally add the chocolate chips to the bowl and mix together.
8. Pour the cake batter into a medium-sized cake tin, lined with baking wax paper.
9. Bake in an oven preheated to 360 degrees F (180 degrees C) for 35 minutes.
Green Tea Tiramisu Recipe - A Luxury Dessert.
Serves 4
Ingredients
3 tablespoons sugar
200g(7oz.) mascarpone cheese
1 cup fresh whipped cream
1 tablespoon liqueur (eg.Grand Marnier, Curacau)
2 tablespoons matcha green tea and 4 tablespoons hot water
5-6 slices sponge cake (280g/10oz.)
1/2 teaspoon matcha.
1. Remove mascapone cheese from the fridge 20 minutes before using it.When soft, place in a bowl and whisk until creamy. Add the sugar and whisk again.
2.Put cream in another bowl, place bowl in a larger bowl of iced water, and whisk the cream until it has the same texture as the mascarpone. Lightly fold into cheese.
3. Mix the matcha and hot water and stir briskly until the paste becomes smooth. Add some liqueur.
4. Cut the sponge cake into bite-size cubes and sprinkle matcha paste on top.
5. Place 2 or 3 pieces in a serving dish and cover with whipped cream and cheese. Add another layer of sponge cake and cream. Repeat the process to make 4 servings.
6. Refrigerate. When cold, serve with a garnish of matcha powder.
This recipe is from 'New Tastes in Green Tea', by Mutsuko Tokunaga.
Matcha Chiffon Cake- A classic green tea recipe with a twist.
Servings 14
You will need a 10 inch tube cake tin
Ingredients
2 cups of sifted cake flour
1 1/2 cups white sugar
3 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon matcha green tea
1 1/2 cup vegetable oil
7 egg yolks
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup egg whites
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and matcha together into a mixing bowl.
3.Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the vegetable oil, egg yolks, water and vanilla. Beat with a wooden spoon until smooth.
4. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar in a large bowl until they hold very stiff peaks. Pour egg yolk mixture in a thin stream over the egg whites. Fold in gently. Pout batter into an ungreased tube pan.
5. Bake at 325 degrees F(165 degrees C) for 65-70 minutes.
Matcha Whipped Cream
Ingredients
1 teaspoon matcha and 2 teaspoons hot water
1/2 cup fresh cream.
1. Mix the matcha and hot water and stir briskly until the paste becomes smooth.
2. Lightly whip the cream. Add the matcha to the cream halfway through the whipping. Continue whipping until fluffy. Use as a spread on toast or French toast, or serve with apple pie. It can also be used for decorating cakes, or to top cold drinks such as iced coffee and mint tea.
This recipe is from 'New Tastes in Green Tea', by Mutsuko Tokunaga.
Matcha Butter- The easiest green tea recipe.
Ingredients
150 grams butter or margarine.
1/2 teaspoon matcha green tea
Choose any kind of bread (eg. bagels, muffins, toast, bread).
1. Remove butter or margarine from refrigerator, and allow to soften.
2. Add the matcha to the butter and mix well.
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