when I get a craving for a strawberry matcha latte I neither have fresh strawberries in
my fridge nor space in my freezer for a stored huge bag full but I do
have loads of canned fruit in my pantry so how do I turn this into this watch and see
hey guys so today we're going to be making my favorite and very simple version of a vegan
strawberry matcha latte here are the ingredients needed to make this tasty drink one can of
strawberries today we are using organic and in a lite syrup 1/4 cup of sugar I'm using white cane
sugar from beets it may seem like a lot of sugar but we'll only be using a small amount of the
puree in the drink one flat teaspoon of pitaya powder or fruit this is optional pitaya is also
known as dragon fruit or strawberry pear it is high in nutrients and is packed with essential
vitamins and minerals which may offer many other health benefits I will be using oat milk for this
vegan drink but you may use any dairy alternative of your choice one flat teaspoon of matcha powder
I prefer organic and ceremonial but any drinking grade matcha powder will do just fine matcha is
said to have a hundred and thirty seven times more antioxidants than regularly brewed green
tea it is rich in chlorophyll and has loads of vitamins and may offer numerous health benefits
first we will begin with the matcha so today I will be using a bamboo whisk if you don't have
access to one of these don't worry you can also use a spoon or a fork but the idea is we want to
make sure that there's no clumps of matcha once we mix it together first we need to boil a kettle
all right to begin we will need our one flat teaspoon of matcha powder and 25 milliliters
of the hot water that comes to about just under two tablespoons I remember to be extra careful
whenever pouring hot water and you'll just pour this directly into the matcha powder and
then whisk until combined the other benefit to a bamboo whisk is that it aerates the matcha along
with going around in a circular to grab the bits of matcha around the sides of the bowl we also
want to go back and forth in a sort of W type shape in order to really give it a good whisk
and make sure it's fully combined the hot water that we're whisking it with really brings out
the flavor of the matcha we want to make sure that our hot water is not too hot I would say
give it a few minutes after it's done boiling and then that will be the correct temperature
and remember whenever you're done using the bamboo whisk make sure that you go ahead and
wash it off really well there's none of the matcha left on it we don't want that to dry
and get caked into the bamboo so just clean it off right away let it air dry and then you can
go ahead and put it away all right we're gonna leave this off to the side and begin on our
strawberry puree so first we'll begin by pouring the entire can of strawberries into the blender
it's as easy as that next is 1/4 cup of the sugar or about 52 grams
so now we're gonna pop this on the blender and blend until smooth
now as you can tell this is not bright red but we're gonna get it there with my secret
ingredient of the Pitaya powder and here's the one flat teaspoon of the Pitaya powder
and now we'll just pop this back on the blender and watch the magic happen as you can see now
it's that bright vibrant red all we did was just add a little bit of a really healthy superfood
Pitaya all right guys we're at the final step so I've transferred my strawberry puree into
a glass container and it has such a high sugar content that all I need to do is just pop a lid
on this and it will keep in the fridge for about a week the other thing that I've done with it
in the past is put it into an ice cube tray and then that way I have little strawberry puree ice
cubes that I can pop into other beverages once the strawberry puree has frozen into ice cubes
you can always just keep it in your freezer and add it to things like smoothies and you can also
put sparkling water on top of it so the first step is to put the strawberry puree into the
glass and we have a measuring scoop of about 1/4 cup which is roughly about 60 milliliters
I definitely recommend using crushed ice that way when you pour the milk in it will hit ice
first and it won't break up the layer of the strawberry if your goal in making this drink
is to have a more obvious layered effect for social media then in the blending process add
more sugar to the strawberry because that gives the liquid more stability but our goal here today
is taste although we will be getting the layers when you pour your milk alternative aim for the
ice best if possible to make sure that your oat milk and your can of strawberries is left in the
fridge overnight this will allow the drink to be much colder when you drink it and also it will
blend a little bit better and last but not least we're going to go ahead and put the matcha on top
beautiful Wow guys this is beautiful take a look once everything's actually moved around a bit we
can actually see the layers even better and remember at the end of the day it's all about
how it tastes and the best thing about this vegan strawberry matcha latte is it's packed
full of antioxidants vitamins and minerals let's mix it up and see how it tastes all right I got
my reusable bamboo straw mmm oh my goodness that is amazing it is not too sweet at all
it's very very earthy it's got a great flavor this is delicious I seriously could drink this
every day not only when the color is beautiful when you have that layered effect but now that
we've mixed it in the green is just so bright and vibrant mmm delicious I can't wait for you
to make this drink at home and when you do please be sure to leave a comment below and
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