If You Don’t Like Matcha, Watch This Video
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matcha and strawberry is an unbeatable combo. I work in a coffee shop and love coffee, but an iced matcha latte with oat milk and strawberry is just absolutely unmatched
Also matcha and chocolate
recipe pls
We just got a strawberry syrup for spring at the coffee shop I work at. I cannot get over how good matcha is with strawberry and vanilla! :)
there is nothing i hate more than strawberries but maybe in combination with matcha (which I love) it works? I wonder if you liked strawberries before or was it the combination what made u liked it :)?
Matcha with squeezed lemon is the best!!
Matcha rules. Matcha desserts are heaven. I should get an iced matcha drink right now.
Absolutely. It's divine
Agree ❤
Matcha desserts. Yessss. My absolute favorite is a simple vanilla soft serve ice cream topped with lots of matcha powder.
And maybe do it again..?
Now
I'm Japanese-American and grew up taking classes on how to prepare matcha in super traditional ways (like details on how to walk around the room and sit etc) but love how I can get casual and experimental versions in cafes. One thing I would add is that drinking from the matcha bowl instead of moving it to a cup is also a nice change from a typical cup (and traditional)... matcha bowl pottery has it's own rich art history!
Haha yes ngl it felt weird when she poured it into the other cup 😅! You would lose some of the frothyness that way seems like. Also usually you pour some hot water into the tea bowl to warm it up, dash that water out, and pour fresh water to temp to make the tea with.
The strawberry drink is so pretty but no one tells you that when you mix it, it's going to turn the color of wet concrete. And it will be DELICIOUS.
Agreed! Matcha and strawberry is a delicious pairing and the colours look great next to each other! But when you try to make a smoothie out of it? It looks terribleeee!!
Getting the flavours and avoiding the colour mixing gives me so cool cake and dessert ideas😍
Fun color theory exercise!
Lol 😂
If your strawberries are in a syrup form with food colouring or if its like a strawberry milk it will change the colour but if you just put diced strawberries or even mashed strawberries the color will remain green with red accents
My #1 tip for people who don't think they like matcha is to try a different brand of matcha. Don't let matcha purists gatekeep you into thinking what's "real" matcha and what's not. Drink what you like. My local tea shop makes a "fancy" ceremonial grade matcha and I hate it. I like Adagio and 3 Leaf Tea matcha because they are smooth and not bitter at all.
Yep, and I'll note for people shying away from the price tag on ceremonial matcha - if you're making a latte, culinary grade will often do just fine. The sweetness and dairy will start to take over some of the subtler notes in "nicer" matchas anyway.
So true. I’ve randomly picked up matcha powder at my local Asian market and I thought it was very enjoyable.
thank you! my problem the first time i had someting matcha flavored was the bitterness. i'll definitely try adagio when i can :)
Chinese green powder tends to cut corners like not removes stems, etc. :/
Vanilla matcha 💯
Yuzu is the Japanese word for the fruit and it is very popular in Japan though it has been cultivated in most of East Asia for a long time. Also a lot of Matcha you will find in less tea-focused shops is grown in China. If you really want the best Matcha for drinking, look for Matcha grown in Japan that is a recent harvest, and shade-grown. This will be the best matcha for drinking on it's own!
I wasn’t aware the origins of the word yuzu, thank you!
In Korean it‘s Yuja. One of my favourite ingredients for drinks is Yuja Cheong, it’s like a cold marmalade made by combining equal weights of cut up yuzu and sugar and letting it sit for a few weeks. Where I live it’s much easier to get Cheong than fresh yuzu. In winter I drink it with hot water and in summer I like to add sparking water, I’ll have to try adding matcha to it soon.
@@ninamarie177I love yuja cha so much
In Mandarin yuzu is called yòuzi 柚子! Thought to have originated in China and spread to Japan and Korea during the Tang dynasty. For the Japanese matcha has a very important history in tea ceremony and linked with Zen Buddhism. Japanese ceremonial matcha is very expensive, but the taste is amazing!
I appreciate all the info here so thanks 😊
A lot of people don’t like matcha because they’ve only had matcha from Starbucks & haven’t had good quality matcha! Ceremonial grade matcha, vanilla syrup as your sweetener and whatever milk you like is all you need!
When I get Starbucks matcha I always ask them to double the matcha scoops because the flavor is so weak otherwise! Definitely not the best way to drink matcha.
@@Izzy-cp8yt literally! In Canada, Starbucks matcha isn't presweetened and the drinks are sweetened with liquid cane sugar, whereas in the US (at least at one point) the matcha is presweetened. The stuff we have in Canada is so flavourless, much like most of Starbucks syrups too, because I'm a vanilla matcha girlie and that drink itself really doesn't have flavour lol
@@stephaniethesopranoour matcha blend in the US is more sugar than green tea :(
I wouldn't get actual ceremonial grade matcha (not that the term means anything), since it's expensive and wasted when mixed with milk or sugar, because you lose most of the delicate notes. Instead, it's better to get just regular culinary grade matcha (which is an actual grade) from a trustworthy supplier that sources directly from Japan, like Yunomi. The problem with matcha that you get in the US is that it's old, and due to the high surface area of matcha, is extremely oxidised and devoid of flavour. There's also a very good chance that it was actually grown in China too, so the quality is even lower.
For an omfg less sweetened god like me, starbucks matcha in Asia is still way too sweet for me even when I order it less sweetened 😂 I recommend people develop a good relationship with your local cafes/drink stands, talk to them about their materials, etc.
One thing about having traditional matcha is that usually during tea service you will be first served some wagashi (Japanese sweets). You are supposed to eat this first. Your mouth will be filled with the sweet taste from the wagashi. Then you are served fresh the matcha tea which you drink after (in about three sips) and it balances out the bitterness since you just enjoyed the nice sweets beforehand. 👍
One of my favorite matcha drinks is matcha with pandan caramel! It may sound like a bit of an odd combination, but it’s a truly delightful drink. Pandan is a Southeast asian plant that’s a bit like vanilla but with more coconut flavour that works really well in a caramel.
Omfg that sounds amazing! Do you have a recipe for pandan caramel you like, or a brand name?
That sounds so delicious 🤤
Oh my god that sounds SO so good.
How do you make the pandan syrup?!
Dang now I wanna try pandan caramel
I'm always a matcha with vanilla syrup kind of gal, BUT one of the BEST matcha drinks I've had was at a cafe I used to work at. It was matcha, white chocolate sauce, and cinnamon. So simple, yet so absolutely delicious!
Matcha with white chocolate is heavenly ❤❤❤
I sweeten my matcha lattes with white chocolate chips and little bit of vanilla. It’s so good. Strawberry matcha lattes, though, taste best to me sweetened with honey. I don’t do strawberry syrup-just puréed strawberries with a squeeze of honey, oatmilk, and unsweetened matcha.
I'm a former barista and my go-to shift drink was always an iced blackberry matcha latte with oat milk! I actually prefer it over strawberry. I'd add a lil splash of our house made vanilla syrup if I was feeling fancy:)
One of my favorite ways to drink matcha in the colder months is to mix some matcha powder with a white chocolate hot chocolate mix. It's very rich, but the matcha cuts the sweetness a bit, and it's so decadent 😋
Ooooo, I'm so gonna do this. Thank you!
I remember going to a local coffee shop and getting a matcha late from there. I like matcha. For a while I was making myself a serving every day, sometimes twice. It’s so good and good for you. But what stood out to me ordering this late was a comment one of the baristas made that I overheard. “I don’t like matcha, cause it tastes like grass.” That stunned me a bit. The only time I’ve ever had a bad cup of matcha is when I messed up making it the first time I tried. Good matcha shouldn’t be super grassy like that. But I chalked it up to personal taste. When I drank my late however, I understood why they would think this. The water used to make the matcha was way too hot, and they scorched it. It was nothing but bitter burnt taste, even with the milk mixed in. If this is what their experience with matcha was, I get why they don’t like it, but I’m sad for them because they haven’t had a good cup yet to really understand. Needless to say I’m never ordering another matcha late from there again.
That would've been a pretty good learning experience had you brought the cup back up to be remade. Hey my matcha is burned it tastes like grass can i please have a different one
There are times when matcha is consumed straight up, but often a sweet treat accompanies the drink to balance it. I'm sure there are some people in Japan who might consider it sacrilege to mix matcha with milk or other ingredients, but I'm also sure there are _sado_ masters who welcome innovations that introduce more people to matcha.
Glad to see a video from you about matcha! Wanted to add as a someone who has studied tea for the past few years I would like to add cultivar and terroir is vital to the taste of the matcha, and tea in general. Just like with coffee and terroir matcha from Yame will taste so vastly different from one made in Uji. And ones made from Saemidori cultivar will be super different form Uji-Hikari. Saemidori tends to be more deep, grassy, sometimes nutty notes like sesame . While Uji-Hikari is floral and creamy, light and bright like a field of violet flowers and creamy almond milk. Highly would recommend both these cultivars as well as gokou and okumidori as ones to start with! A philosophy I have with tea is if you don’t like a certain type, you might not like that specific one from that producer! Always try others before deciding you don’t like it since you will usually be surprised and find a new favorite! Also drinking good good matcha while snacking on fresh figs is one of the best pairings I’ve found highly would recommend!
Also would highly recommend getting some from a tea shop in Vancouver BC called O5 Tea. Blow away quality with the tencha (the leaf before it’s ground into the powder) sourced directly from families that have been producing tea for upwards of 300 years who for sure know what their doing
I had a Saemidori matcha latte made with oat milk from a cafe in my city, and I was thinking about that drink for weeks. That same cafe was serving Gokou matcha too, and after I had the latter I was never the same again
Who else was looking at the clock the whole time
Well NOW i am
I love a matcha latte with a little bit of maple syrup (the real stuff that comes from maple tree sap, not the corn syrup stuff). If I'm drinking it iced, I like making a matcha milk tea to have with boba ☺️
yess. this is the best combo
I literally just drank nearly the same stawberry matcha drink but the place i went was a boba place and instead of oatmilk they used a thick in-house recipe horchata. It was to die for. I also added boba to it. Loved it. The place is called Lilikoi and its in Pacific Heights, San Francisco.
I love this! I recently came around to matcha and, granted I only work at Starbucks where I have access to subpar matcha, I created this drink recipe! It tastes like something I’d get at a yummy boba shop. Iced matcha latte with half the normal scoops so it’s not overpowering (baby steps), brown sugar syrup, almond (or oat) milk, and vanilla sweet cream cold foam with cinnamon and cinnamon dolce powder in it 😋
i work at dunkin im stealing this :)
Did you come up with this yourself? Just yesterday, a coworker was describing what she got from Starbucks that morning and it was eerily similar to this!
@@rowansaro2458 brown sugar iced matcha is very common, but I improvised the cold foam part!
Strawberry Syrup 🍓 * 200 grams chopped strawberries * 200 grams cane sugar * 10 grams lemon juice * 10 grams freeze-dried strawberries (optional, but gives it punch) * 100 grams water Blend well. Strain through a sieve, then strain again through cheesecloth to remove all “particulates.” (Note from me… I’ve made this only straining twice without cheesecloth: wasn’t so bad! Also? Mix some with flavored seltzer - Limoncello LaCroix - and it’s phenomenal. Also? Morgan, thank you so much for this!)
I think it’s really important to note that “culinary” and “ceremonial” aren’t regulated terms. They’re not meaningless, but they vary widely, and one brand’s “culinary” may be leagues better in quality than another brand’s “ceremonial”. I like Ooika, Kettl, Ippodo, Hibiki-an, and Marukyu Koyamaen for my daily usucha. Ooika and Kettl focus more on single origin and single cultivar matchas-usually they feature the name of the specific farmer or family that grew the specific matcha, as well as the name of the cultivar. The latter three create a more traditional style of matcha-which are blends of different cultivars and are generally more consistent than the more recent focus on terroir and cultivar you see from brands like Ooika. I recommend trying both styles if you’re interested in drinking matcha as usucha.
I work at a tea shop and matcha importer and came here to say the same thing!! Ceremonial vs culinary has nothing to deal with quality, it's about intent! (Not to mention major upcharge)
They may not be regulated, but no company will sell or advertise their matcha as “ceremonial” if it contains stems and veins and older buds like culinary matcha. No ceremonial is a coined term but I don’t think you could actually even find a “culinary” matcha that’s processed as attentively as “ceremonial” when it’s made for baking.
Literally love matcha so much omg And so cool to see the different drinks and stuff you can make! Your vids so calming and make my day, thanks for the amazing content
YESSSS a matcha video from Morgan!! One of my favorite teas, boba flavors, and also my favorite flavor of cheesecake to make
For those who like the earthy flavor of matcha, fresh local in season peaches made into a syrup are also a delightful refreshing drink. Just tried it recently and found it to be surprisingly good.
@ancoraimparo20 always plenty of reasons to get more peaches. They're only good a few months of the year! Go nuts! Haha
I like how calm and clear you describe everything as well as the facts about match which you talked about in the beginning. Also, I like the camera angle filming you a lot. It focuses on you, allows you to show all the ingredients, the kitchen - it's just a beatiful setting.
Me, who loves absolutely loves matcha: *reads title and instantly still clicks bc it’s Morgan* 😂
I’ve never really got into matcha since I haven’t delved into tea. So it’s great that you provide all of these neat tricks and info for how to make matcha!
I love caramel with matcha, especially a darker caramel. I think it plays so well with the earthy flavors of matcha
Just ordered the matcha set. I love matcha and can’t wait to create! Found this channel when I got an espresso machine and has been a complete delight! :)
Your videos are so informative, interesting & so visually pleasing to watch. I feel like I’m reading a great article that is so engaging & eloquent at the same time. I love how you choose your words. It’s a language pleasure indeed. 👍🏻
Matcha mixed with a mint tea is very refreshing.
Love these recipes! Also seeing the clock behind you and seeing how long it took for you to film 3-4 drinks in that time is kind of amazing lol. I swear it would take us so many takes lol you’ll probably see that clock go from 12:10 to 00:00 hahah. Great job! We’ve always made our strawberry jam/jelly/purée the cooking way but definitely going to try your cold method. Thanks again!
I really like matcha & rose or matcha & lavender. The light floral goes so well with it
I absolutly love your clock in the background!!!!! I NEED ONE!!!!
Lovely video! It’s so nice to see your excitement for these recipes. I’ve never had cinnamon with matcha but yeah, I could see how it would be delicious. Thanks for the recipes!
I'm with you on matcha + cinnamon. My go-to is a blended matcha horchata with a few drops of almond extract.
My girlfriend loves strawberry matcha latte, but I prefer matcha latte pairs with cranberry syrup and a bit of honey. Also, that yuzu water is the best. I definitely try it with matcha, which I never think they could go well together. Thanks for the video.
I’m super lazy about drinks, so I always just toss it in a vitamix with some very warm water, a couple of dates and a big spoonful of powdered coconut cream, then blend it with unsweetened almond milk/vanilla extract/ice. It makes such a good quick milk tea for boba without me having to do any extra dishes. Plus, if I add boba it’s basically a big snack/tiny meal.
I tried the first two drinks. They were INCREDIBLE!!! Thank you for sharing these and I hope you’ll make more matcha recipe videos in the futur 🥰
I love tea and have always backed away from matcha out of not knowing anything about it. I am gonna try it next time Im in the tea shop I buy from!
Thank you for showing how to properly mix matcha!!
This was exactly the video I was looking for- thank u! I really enjoy watching u make beverages and u explain it so well! ❤
Your flavour descriptions are immense!
i love matcha! i was lucky enough to have a tea expert teach me how to make matcha and other matcha drinks like lattes. its so versatile and delicious
You got the slide working well in the new kitchen. Took a few tries, but you nailed it.
This reminded me that I haven't made matcha in ages... A wonderful drink. A flavor I find pairs super well with it is anything nutty. Almond, hazelnut, irish cream... All super tasty with matcha, especially sweet.
Sparkling Matcha is great! Currently we have a matcha soda on menu with a lemongrass syrup. Also, matcha and horchata 🎉
Cool! I never heard of soaking the whisk before hand. Love that tip. Thank you!
maple syrup is my all time favorite sweetener for matcha it just works so well
I’m in love with the verdant color of the matcha. It even *looks* summery 😌
You should definitely try matcha with peppermint flavoring/syrup/ anything mint! ITs so heavenly
Other kinds of berries can be used to make the syrup and work just as well as strawberry. I tried mulberry and blackberry, both go really well with matcha.
I recently went to a Cafe and ordered a mix of Sweet Matcha with creme bruelee foam, cream, and caramel. It was the smoothest, one of the sweetest, and yet refreshing drinks I've ever had.
Some of my favorite flavors to pair with matcha are fresh mint and coconut. I love making a hot version of my summer mint matcha latte in the winter that's more pepperminty and with a dash of vanilla.
I just recently got into any drinks other than water and tea and matcha really intimidates me, this was so detailed and exact which gives me a bit more confidence trying it out 😊 thank you so much!
I love using coconut milk for my iced matcha 😉 pairs beautifully!
Thank you for the wonderful recipes! You explain it so well and great. I tried the matcha with the strawberry syrup today and it's really super tasty! Greetings from Vienna. :)
those are amazing pairings! Gotta love the strawberry matcha one. I also tried this with raspberries once, very yummy. I saw someone on IG who added some elderflower syrup to their matcha - haven't tried it yet but sounds delicious :)
Man I was just thinking I should try matcha to expand my tea horizons, thanks for the ideas
I really love an iced matcha latte with peppermint syrup. It’s so good and refreshing. ❤
Tysm for this! Will watch when I'm home!
I actually like matcha a lot, and I learned I liked it because of my best friend. He ordered a hot matcha latte one hot summer afternoon when we were hanging out, and I thought he was crazy. Well, a few years later, I started working at Starbucks. I remembered him trying that matcha, so I decided to experiment with my flavours. My favourite way is iced, with oat milk, and raspberry syrup. Since it's expensive to buy every day, I'm planning on making my own from home in Autumn when I start school again :)
This video is the one that finally got me to really try matcha! I got the kit from Art of Tea and I'm excited to try it!
This is the most straightforward instructional matcha video I’ve ever seen. 11/10
I LOVE matcha and it’s super good for you ,personally matcha helped me a lot with digestion issues 🍵💚
i just realized i've watched dozens of your videos but wasn't subscribed😭 love your videos ty!
thank you for sharing!! I want to try making Matcha things myself & seeing this video has made it seem less intimidating and much more exciting!
It's amazing how some people don't know they need to refill the ice trays. They think it constantly refills itself.
I don’t have many pet peeves but not refilling the ice tray is definitely one of them
As a defense, many people have ice machines in their fridge, and they develop bad habits. But like a male spouse who always puts the toilet seat down, a partner who refills the ice trays, especially with good fresh filtered water, is a keeper.
Yuzu grows all over pacific Asia. Very popular in Japan. I think it has a little bit of grapefruit flavor to it.
I love your favorite cup! Where did you get it?
my surprising (iced) pairing is matcha / guava juice / non-dairy milk. delicious.
My cafe has a Lavender Coconut Matcha and it is amazing!
I will try all three! Love your tips!
I love so much when Morgan slides in to frame.
As someone who drinks most things in an office or library front desk.... I gotta say I'm more likely to make matcha with a blend jet style bettary powered blender. Up to now i've been using a shaker cup though. Not fantastic mind you... I'm hoping to get that blender to try though. but an idea might be drinks based on that idea. The idea of "shaker bottle at work to get something decent"
Love your video thank you! I love to make strawberry lemonade with a strawberry simple syrup so I cant wait to try the combo you created! Once at 5 Stones house in Redmond WA I tried a summer drink they made called a Matcha Sunrise : Matcha, Cocnut syrup, orange syrup, and milk. Shaken over ice. Soooo good!
Where are the glass mugs and ceramic ones from?? I love them and you 🤗
these recipes are pure art
These matcha drinks look wonderful!
My favorite way to prepare matcha is with honey and milk, iced. Soooo good
Great recipes and great video in general! One of my favourite combination is matcha with apple. As a latte, spritzer, or just with fresh apple juice. (although the last one can look like sewage water with some of the apple juices :D )
I love matcha but I’m bad at figuring out how to make it so I’m excited to learn more about making one of my favorite drinks
This is so helpful. I am absolutely trying to make that strawberry one 😋 Thanks!
Thanks for the video Morgan, I hope you have a great day.
Sifting the matcha first is a game changer! 🍵
I kept a thing of matcha with the rest of my teas, hoping someday I would find a way to enjoy it. Thanks to this video I can now use up the matcha!
Agreed.. Tastes like umami, smells aromatic, looks green
The reminder to refill the ice trays really hit me, thanks Morgan. My husband will appreciate your important mini PSA🥹
Great video! Can't wait to try these
I absolutely love Iced Matcha Latte
I am excited for seeing this video. I am a newbie with Matcha...say less than a year. I took the bullet and bought some💰. I love it. It is delicious. I drank it all winter but now I have two summer drinks to look forward to.
I really like mixing matcha with various floral flavors like lavender or rose as I think they balance each other nicely, but I'm definitely not finicky about my matcha 😅
@MorganEckroth I recommend actually using cold water to mix your matcha as it provides a sweeter taste reducing all of the bitter qualities matcha can have
I love matcha! Can't live without it 💚
Thank you for sharing 😋❤
I love the tea vids! I'd love to see more of them hehhheh
My local coffee shop has a matcha mojito that I adore!💚
I really love a coconut milk matcha latte, I've had it with vanilla syrup but I've really wanted to try it with lavender syrup.
I really like that clock in the background!
as someone who enjoys tea without additional sweetener i'm always intrigued how so many don't like the taste of plain tea. my friend recently told me that she can drink coffee without sweetener but have to add some sugar to her tea due to the tannins. also she asked how to make matcha to taste less bitter as she just bought some from japan, so i asked her what temperature did she use for her matcha and she said the hot water from water dispenser (idk about hers but mine at home is around 90C which is too hot) so i told her to brew it around 70-80C cos when you use high temp water to brew it, it'll taste bitter and looks muddy (i once was served a muddy looking matcha at a franchise cafe in my country from japan/france, the one with fox and yes, they used the hot water for coffee to brew matcha...told the manager that different teas should be brewed at different temp, thankfully she didn't argue with me after she brought me another cup that was brewed in a lower temp as the colour looked slightly more vibrant) also, i don't find matcha that bitter cos it gives off a sweet (?) aftertaste in my mouth which i enjoy. for me i usually enjoy it alone or with some snacks (biscuits or other sweets). this is only my personal opinion from someone who grew up drinking chinese tea (current fav is not from the mainland but taiwan, ali shan tea, a type of high mountain oolong). if you want to start japanese green tea journey maybe sencha would be a great choice, brew it at 70-80C for max 1 minute. if you brew it just right it'll be green in colour but if you brew it too long/hot it'll become kinda dull green + more bitter in taste. very delicious tea and at a lower price point compared to ceremonial grade matcha.
If you can’t find yuzu soda, it would also be delicious to use a sparkling lemonade or lemon/limeade ❤️