APOTHECARY: How to Make Iced Matcha Latte Concentrate
- Save Time and Money Making Iced Matcha at Home
- Customize Your Matcha Concentrate For Your Own Signature Drink
- How to Make Matcha Latte Concentrate
- How to Make an Iced Matcha Latte with Homemade Concentrate
- Other Serving Ideas- Try a Frappe!
- Storage & Make-Ahead Tips
- Matcha Latte Concentrate
Do you love the iced matcha lattes at your favorite coffee shop, but hate how much sugar is in the commercial versions, or just want to save money and make your own at home? It’s easy with this simple iced matcha latte recipe!
Save Time and Money Making Iced Matcha at Home
Make up a batch of this easy concentrate to keep in your fridge, and you can have a week’s worth of refreshing and health-boosting pick-me-up prepped and ready in just a few minutes, and for a fraction of the cost of a Starbucks habit… and you don’t even have to leave your house!
Customize Your Matcha Concentrate For Your Own Signature Drink
This iced matcha latte recipe is versatile and easy to make your own. Change the sweetener or vary the amounts of honey, agave, sugar or simple syrup, stevia or your favorite sugar substitute, or even maple syrup!
Customize your drink by adding fresh or dried herbs to the infusion or mix it up with your favorite flavored teas. After that’s steeped, strained, mixed with your matcha powder and ready to serve, pour your homemade infused matcha concentrate over whole or chipped ice and add your favorite milk or dairy substitute to personalize your beverage.
You want it extra luxe? Add whipped cream or cold foam on top!
Making your own iced matcha lattes with this super simple recipe couldn’t be easier, and it’s rich in antioxidants and all the health benefits of green tea!
How to Make Matcha Latte Concentrate
brew strong green tea:
- Put the tea bags or loose leaf tea (and herbs, if you’re adding any) into a in a 4 cup Pyrex measuring cup, small saucepan, or heat-proof bowl. Bring a kettle up to a boil.
- Let the boiling water cool slightly (175-180°F is ideal), and then pour over the tea.
- Let steep 2-3 minutes.
- Pour about ½ cup of the tea mixture into a clean one quart mason jar (use a strainer if you have loose leaf tea or herbs).
sift and mix matcha:
- Sift the matcha powder onto the liquid in the jar.
- Put the lid on the jar and shake well. If you have a wire shaker ball (for mixing smoothie powder) that works well to break up any clumps. You can also use an immersion blender or whisk, or just shake vigorously.
sweeten & shake:
- Add the sweetener and shake again.
- Then add the rest of the tea to the jar.
- Top up with water if needed to make one quart.
chill out!
- Put in the fridge to chill and store until you are ready to make your drinks!
How to Make an Iced Matcha Latte with Homemade Concentrate
ice is nice:
Fill a pint glass, mason jar, or tumbler with crushed or cubed ice.
shake & mix:
Shake the jar of matcha mix well to incorporate. I store the concentrate in the fridge with a shaker ball in the jar which helps it mix and get nice and frothy.
make it a latte:
Add a splash of the milk of your choice to the glass over the ice. I like to use whole milk, but it’s also great with oat or almond milk, or your favorite milk-like beverage.
Pour in the matcha mix to fill the glass to the top and stir. Taste your drink, and adjust the ratios if you like!
I usually eyeball it, but you can measure if you want to. I fill the glass of ice 2/3’s or 3/4’s full of milk, then top up with the latte concentrate to the rim. If you want a stronger drink, add more matcha concentrate and less milk.
Other Serving Ideas- Try a Frappe!
You can also blend this to matcha concentrate make a frozen frappe. Add the ice, milk, and matcha concentrate to a blender jar, and mix it up! Add a scoop of vanilla protein powder to your green tea shake and you’ve got a super-powered quick light meal or snack.
For a really frosty frappe, freeze some of your home-brewed matcha concentrate in a clean ice cube tray, and blend those up instead of regular ice cubes!
Guaranteed to improve your concentration (your results may vary, this is not medical advice…) Do not try to diffuse actual bombs with your new superpowers even though your homemade matcha latte infusion is… the bomb?
(booooo hissssss booooooo)
Storage & Make-Ahead Tips
Store your homemade concentrate in a tightly sealed container in the fridge. I use a mason jar, but you can use other containers as long as the lid is leak-proof. The matcha powder solids will settle out while it sits, so make sure to give it a good shake before using it. It’s best a few days after you make it, but you can keep it in the fridge for up to a week.
If you are freezing this in ice cubes (to make frappes, or just to not dilute your drink as the ice melts), use an ice tray with a lid or transfer the cubes to a ziploc baggie. They’ll taste fresh for up to three months, although you could store them longer. They’re more likely to take on off-flavors from other things in the freezer or get freezer burned in longer storage. Fresher is better!
Matcha Latte Concentrate
Equipment
- strainer or tea ball (optional)
Ingredients
Matcha Latte Concentrate
- 3 tbsp matcha powder you can adjust the quantity to taste
- 3 tea bags green tea (plain or flavored) or 3 tsp loose leaf tea and a strainer
- 1-2 tsp dried or fresh mint, lemon thyme, lemon balm, verbena, or other tea herbs optional… chocolate mint is very good
- 1 quart boiling water
- 1-6 tbsp honey, agave, simple syrup, or sugar adjust to taste. I like a hint of sweetness but if you want it to taste like the commercial drinks, add a lot more! Start with less and add more to taste.
Matcha Latte
- 1 pint glass cubed or crushed ice
- ½-¾ cup matcha latte concentrate
- ½-1 cup whole milk can sub low-fat, oat, soy, or nut milk
Instructions
Matcha Latte Concentrate
- Put the tea bags or loose leaf tea and herbs into a in a 4 cup pyrex measuring cup, small saucepan, or heat-proof bowl. Let the boiling water cool slightly (175-180°F is ideal), and then pour over the tea. Let steep 2-3 minutes. Pour about ½ cup of the tea mixture into a clean one quart mason jar (use a strainer if you have loose leaf tea or herbs).
- Sift the matcha powder onto the liquid in the jar. Put the lid on the jar and shake well. If you have a wire shaker ball (for mixing smoothie powder) that works well to break up any clumps. You can also use an immersion blender or whisk, or just shake vigorously.
- Add the sweetener and shake again. Then add the rest of the tea to the jar. Top up with water if needed to make one quart. You can store this in the fridge for up to a week.
- Put in the fridge to chill and store until you are ready to make your drinks!
Iced Matcha Latte
- Fill a pint glass with crushed or cubed ice.
- Shake the jar of matcha mix well to incorporate- I store it in the fridge with a wire shaker ball in the jar which helps it mix and get nice and frothy.
- Add the milk (of your choice) and the matcha mix and stir. Taste and adjust ratios if you like!
- You can also blend this to make a frappe (add a scoop of vanilla protein powder and it's a quick light meal or snack). Guaranteed to improve your concentration (your results may vary, do not try to diffuse actual bombs even though your infusion is… the bomb?).
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