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Matcha recipes

Matcha is easy to make well and easy to make badly, and the difference is mostly sifting and water temperature. Start here.

Iced matcha latte

The one most mornings call for. Sift 2 g of matcha into a bowl — don’t skip this, it’s what stops it going lumpy. Add 30 ml of water at 80°, not boiling, and whisk briskly until it foams. Fill a tall glass with ice and 150 ml of oat milk, then pour the matcha over the top so it settles in layers. Stir before you drink it, or don’t.

Ingredients

  • 2 gmatcha
  • 30 mlwater at 80°
  • 150 mloat milk
  • Icea tall glass of

Method

  1. Sift 2 g of matcha into a bowl. Don’t skip this — it is what stops it going lumpy.
  2. Add 30 ml of water at 80°, not boiling, and whisk briskly until it foams.
  3. Fill a tall glass with ice and 150 ml of oat milk.
  4. Pour the matcha over the top so it settles in layers.
  5. Stir before you drink it, or don’t.
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Hot matcha latte

Sift 2 g into a bowl. Add 30 ml of water at 80° and whisk until it foams. Warm 150 ml of milk — oat froths best, dairy is richer — and pour the matcha in. Don’t let the milk boil; matcha turns bitter above about 80°.

Ingredients

  • 2 gmatcha
  • 30 mlwater at 80°
  • 150 mlmilk — oat froths best, dairy is richer

Method

  1. Sift 2 g of matcha into a bowl.
  2. Add 30 ml of water at 80° and whisk until it foams.
  3. Warm 150 ml of milk — oat froths best, dairy is richer.
  4. Pour the matcha in. Don’t let the milk boil; matcha turns bitter above about 80°.
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The plain bowl

No milk, if you want to taste it properly. Sift 2 g into a bowl, add 30 ml of water at 80°, and whisk briskly until a fine foam covers the surface. Drink it straight away, while the foam holds.

Ingredients

  • 2 gmatcha
  • 30 mlwater at 80°

Method

  1. Sift 2 g of matcha into a bowl.
  2. Add 30 ml of water at 80°.
  3. Whisk briskly until a fine foam covers the surface.
  4. Drink it straight away, while the foam holds.
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We've all been there

Getting it right

If it tastes bitter

Your water was too hot. 80° is the number — off the boil, waited a minute, or straight from a temperature kettle.

If it's lumpy

You didn't sift. It takes ten seconds and it's the whole difference.

Keeping it

Cool, dry, dark, and sealed. Matcha fades once air gets to it — it'll still be fine for months, but it's brightest in the first few weeks.

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