Iced Matcha Mint Tea Latte

Waiting in line at a coffee shop these days can be its own form of entertainment as folks eager for their caffeine fix fling orders at baristas that sounds like a foreign language:

I’ll have a venti skinny coconut mocha, 2 pumps, hold the whip. I’ll take it to go, 2 straws.

or

I’d like a white chocolate dream latte with soy milk, make it decaf, extra whip, no lid.

Today I’m jumping right on in there with the best of them, only this time with a homespun version of a green tea latte. Luckily, it’s so tasty, it’s worth the embarrassment to say the recipe out loud:

Iced, Blended, Matcha Green Tea, Mint and Honey, Cow/Soy/Almond/or Coconut Milk Latte

Over-the-top trendy, but oh so good.

I got hooked on matcha green tea last year and have been whisking it into warm milk ever since. But seeing how we are rolling into the warmer months of spring and summer, I pulled out my blender and ice tray and did up a cold and frothy brew.

For matcha, I turned to the folks behind the online shop PureFormulas since they have a reputation for quality products when it come to good ingredients. This arrived in the mail: a five-ounce container of Green Foods Matcha Green Tea.

It’s a good thing, too, as I’ve since learned that there is a broad spectrum of quality when it comes to matcha and some are flavored and sugar-sweetened. I also like that this particular brand blends easily into milk, which isn’t always the case with matcha

If you are unfamiliar with this variety of tea, it’s a powdered green tea considered to be an antioxidant powerhouse. Matcha has unique flavor that I confess took me a few tries to get hooked on, but now there’s no going back, even if it does make me sound like a trendy tea shop junkie.

Once you have your Iced Matcha Mint Tea Latte in hand, head on over to the Spicy RD for her Matcha Madness round up of 10 terrific green tea recipes.

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Iced Matcha Mint Tea Latte

Servings 1

Author Katie Morford

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons matcha green tea
• 2 teaspoons honey
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 8 mint leaves
• 2 ice cubes

Instructions

1. Put all of the ingredients into a blender and run until frothy and smooth. Taste and add another ice cube if desired.