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Matcha tea is a very particular and precious tea that, although its strong taste may not suit everyone's palate, has gained strong global popularity, probably because it is often offered in delicious drinks that combine it with other ingredients like milk, which softens the flavor and makes it pleasant even to non-tea enthusiasts. Marketed by chains like Starbucks, matcha latte has now become a very popular and well-known drink, offered in bars and cafes around the world, even in the cold version. The iced matcha latte is the perfect drink for summer days, to be enjoyed in the morning or afternoon to quench your thirst and refresh yourself, valid as an excellent energizer. To enjoy it, you don't need to go to the bar: preparing iced matcha latte is very simple, and you don't need ready-made matcha latte sachets or other industrial preparations. You will only need a high-quality matcha tea, cow's milk or your favorite plant-based milk, and ice as desired. Let's see together the recipe for a perfect iced matcha latte, to be prepared quickly and easily.
To prepare iced matcha latte at home, you will need a jar to use as a shaker, and prepare ice in advance to serve it. Many prepare iced matcha latte starting from the traditional preparation of matcha tea with a chasen and gaiwan, then cooling it with ice and cold milk. Our recipe instead proposes a version of iced matcha latte directly cold, to keep the sweetness of this tea intact, perfect even for those who want to try this tasty drink but do not have the traditional tools to prepare it according to the strict ceremony of tea. Let's see how to proceed.
For a different version, you can use a blender and blend all the ingredients together, including the ice, to obtain a sort of matcha smoothie. By using a plant-based drink instead of milk, you will get a vegan iced matcha latte, suitable even for lactose intolerant individuals.
Iced matcha latte has a refreshing and cool taste, with the typical notes of matcha tea, particularly sweet thanks to the cold preparation that better preserves the aromatic hints of the tea compared to hot water preparation. The taste of good matcha is herbaceous, with notes reminiscent of green leafy vegetables like spinach and even seaweed, but with a enveloping and creamy sweetness, difficult to describe but that will surely conquer your palate.
Just like matcha tea, iced matcha latte lends itself to being enriched with special and aromatic ingredients that allow different flavors to be combined and enhance the already extraordinary properties of matcha tea, like the matcha latte with cocoa. Here, we propose a version of iced matcha latte with the addition of aloe vera and moringa, a drink rich in micronutrients and with anti-inflammatory and purifying properties. To prepare it, you will need:
The aloe vera leaf should be taken from a plant that is less than three years old. Alternatively, you can use aloe concentrate from an herbalist. For the preparation, you will need to:
Matcha tea is a very precious tea in itself, protected by a label that guarantees its quality. Depending on the period of leaf harvesting, there are different "grades" of matcha tea: the later it is harvested, the lower the grade of matcha will be and therefore of lower quality. However, even lower-grade matcha teas are well suited for culinary preparations such as iced matcha, especially because the cold preparation, less aggressive on the taste, enhances the flavor of this extraordinary tea. You can choose to recreate it with higher-grade matcha, like the ceremonial grade matcha or the premium matcha, both available at Terza Luna, for a more intense flavor. The ceremonial grade matcha available at Terza Luna comes from Uji, in the Kyoto prefecture: this tea is used in the tea ceremony for the preparation of a dense and velvety matcha. Even the organic basic matcha, defined as 'culinary grade', is still an excellent matcha, especially for those who are new to this world, and great for matcha lattes and desserts.
To prepare a perfect iced matcha latte, you don't need to rely on industrially produced matcha sachets: just use a good quality matcha powder and your favorite plant-based drink. At Terza Luna, you can buy three different matcha teas of different grades: the basic organic Japan matcha, the premium organic premium matcha, and the ceremonial grade matcha, of the highest quality.
