Strawberry Matcha Latte – Texanerin Baking

This strawberry matcha latte is layered with a maple-sweetened strawberry puree, earthy matcha inexperienced tea, and your milk of alternative. It’s naturally gluten-free and refined sugar-free and may simply be made vegan and paleo with the proper of milk.

At the moment’s recipe isn’t your typical latte! It’s juicy and candy, but grassy and creamy. Plus, the layered look offers it pizzazz, and it’s completely refreshing and tremendous wholesome.

I posted this Strawberry Latte not too way back, which has similarities to right now’s recipe however with espresso rather than the matcha.

Matcha is nice for providing you with sustained power with out the crash like common espresso drinks, and it pairs properly with fruity flavors like on this Pineapple Matcha drink.

Substances

Nothing too fancy right here. In the event you don’t know what sort of matcha to purchase, be sure you learn under.

And if you happen to don’t wish to use maple syrup, use no matter sweetener you’d like, so long as it goes properly with strawberries. Coconut sugar, for instance, doesn’t pair properly with strawberries.

The best way to layer drinks

Every liquid has its personal weight. To layer drinks, begin with the heaviest liquid, often the one with the very best sugar content material, and pour it into the glass.

Then, place a spoon the wrong way up close to the primary layer, however not touching it. Utilizing the again of the spoon disperses liquid over a large floor, permitting the liquid to drift on high of the opposite moderately than sink to the underside.

To create the second layer, slowly pour the liquid over the again of the spoon. Don’t rush it, or it is going to come out muddy. Then use the identical technique for the ultimate layer.

Paleo & vegan

To make this latte paleo or vegan, merely use the proper of milk.

Use any plant-based milk you’d like for a vegan model.

For a paleo model, use an unsweetened nut milk that doesn’t have any funky substances. I at all times go together with cashew.

Contemporary or frozen strawberries?

You should use both. To get the most effective consistency when utilizing frozen strawberries, thaw them earlier than mixing.

I at all times use frozen strawberries as they’re cheaper. They’re not tremendous flavorful or candy, however with the maple syrup on this recipe, they work completely.

What’s matcha?

Matcha is a vibrant inexperienced tea powder from pulverized tea leaves. The tea is shade-grown, which lends to extra chlorophyll, which provides it that terrific inexperienced coloration.

Not like common unfastened tea leaves, with matcha, you’re ingesting the entire leaf, which is without doubt one of the causes that it’s a powerhouse of diet with a extra pungent style.

What matcha to make use of

I like Midori Spring Orangic Ceremonial Matcha as a result of it has essentially the most vibrant inexperienced coloration and easy style.

In the event you don’t want the most effective coloration potential, culinary premium grade is nice. It’s what I often use for drinks.

So what matcha does matcha style like? It’s just a little bit earthy and just a little bit umami, however it all is determined by the matcha you employ and whether or not you’re baking with it or including it to drinks like this Matcha Protein Shake.

So check out the publish if you happen to’ve by no means purchased matcha as a result of with every grade there are variations in style and value tags.

As for the totally different grades, have a look at this Vegan Matcha Cookies recipe publish. I made the identical cookies with 6 several types of matcha and shared footage to indicate the variations.

In the event you don’t know what else to do with it, I’ve bought extra recipes so that you can attempt.

Extra matcha recipes

I hope you’ll get pleasure from this strawberry matcha latte. In the event you attempt it, we’d love to listen to about it. Please remark under or share on social media and tag #texanerin so we are able to see these layers! Thanks. 🙂

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• Prep Time: 7 min
• Cook dinner Time: 0 min
• Prepared in: 7 min
• Yield: 1

Substances

Strawberry layer:

• 2/3 cup (120 grams) recent or frozen + thawed strawberries
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Matcha layer:

• 1 1/2 teaspoons matcha
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) heat water

Meeting:

• 1/2 cup ice
• 3/4 cup (177 ml) milk of alternative (I used cashew)

Instructions

1. Mix the strawberries, maple syrup and vanilla in a blender or with an immersion blender.
2. Stir collectively the matcha and water in a small bowl.
3. Pour the strawberry puree into the underside of a glass.
4. Add ice over that, being cautious to maintain the strawberry layer neat.
5. Pour the milk over the again of a spoon to create a neat milk layer over the strawberry layer.
6. Rigorously pour the matcha over the milk layer by pouring it over the again of a spoon.
7. Serve instantly.

Recipe by Texanerin Baking | www.texanerin.com