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- Hey there, welcome back to my channel.
If you're new here, my name is Taylor,
and I'm the Girl on Bloor.
I love showing you how to make easy, healthy recipes
that you can live your best life.
And speaking of living your best life
I've got you covered this summer with a tasty iced tea
that's worth ditching your usual iced coffee for.
Today we're switching things up
with this amazing iced matcha latte,
and it's basically an almost exact copycat
of the ones from Starbucks.
Guys, you know I love my Starbs,
but with all the iced drinks
we consume in the summer months,
you've got to save some money where you can
and make things at home.
This is where this matcha latte comes in handy.
It's a very simple three-ingredient drink,
and once you make the simple syrup,
you're basically free to make it all summer long
and have it on constant repeat.
The bonus is that it only takes about five minutes to make
so you can get back to the more important parts of summer,
like relaxing on the patio, heading to the beach,
getting a tan, and so on and so forth.
So let me show you how easy it is to make this iced latte.
First up, let's collect everything
you're going to meet to make it.
You're going to need some sugar
or another sweetener for your syrup,
plus a kettle to boil some water,
and a mason jar to store your simple syrup in.
Then of course you'll need your matcha,
milk, and some ice.
Easy peasy.
The very first step is to make your simple syrup.
You'll add half a cup of sugar to a 16-ounce mason jar
and then boil some water in your kettle.
From there, you'll pour in half a cup of boiling water
to the mason jar and mix the sugar and water together
to form your syrup.
That's all simple syrup is, by the way,
half sugar, half water.
If you know you're going to be making
lots of iced lattes this summer,
you can go ahead and double or even triple the recipe,
as this syrup will last in the fridge
for up to a month or more.
I recommend that you make the simple syrup
up to a day in advance,
just so that you can make your matcha latte right away.
When you make the syrup, you'll need to let it chill
in the fridge for at least an hour
so that it doesn't melt the ice and water down your drink.
If you're feeling really lazy,
you can always buy some pre-made simple syrup,
but I really do prefer to make it homemade
because A, it's cheaper, and B, you probably already have
sugar on hand in your pantry anyway,
and C, it takes, like, two seconds, so why not?
If you're not into the whole white sugar thing,
you can always make the simple syrup the same way
using honey, maple syrup, stevia, or coconut sugar.
These are quote-unquote healthier sweetener options,
but you are still looking
at about the same calorie count on most of them.
The reality is that anytime you sweeten anything,
you're adding calories,
but the tiny little bit of sweetener
you're adding to this matcha latte is pretty insignificant,
and when you look at the big picture,
you're on this planet to enjoy
what you're eating and drinking,
and adding a tiny bit of sugar
is totally worth the joy of an iced latte to me.
You can, however, always leave the sweetener out
or cut it in half if you're trying to be a killjoy.
Okay, now that your syrup is made,
you're ready to move on to the next step.
Grab a shaker bottle or cocktail shaker,
and here's where you'll add your matcha,
milk, and simple syrup,
assuming you've let the syrup cool for awhile.
Now, in terms of the milk,
I just use two percent regular milk
because that's usually what I on hand,
and that's what Starbucks uses in their matcha lattes.
However, you can totally use
any other type of non-dairy milk,
such as coconut or almond milk.
Coconut milk brings a really nice flavor to this iced latte,
So I highly recommend that as a substitute,
plus it's super creamy.
Just be sure to use the stuff
from the carton and not the can.
The bonus is that you'll shave quite a few calories off
by using non-dairy milk.
And now for the star of the show,
which is the matcha green tea powder.
I highly recommend that you purchase
the highest quality matcha powder that you can find,
as this is where all the flavor of the drink will be.
If you're not familiar with matcha,
it's a Japanese green tea powder
made from finally powdered dried tea leaves.
It has a slightly bitter taste,
but helps to make the creamiest lattes,
and the caffeine is way less intense
than you're used to with coffee,
making it the perfect afternoon pick-me-up.
Ever get too wired off of coffee?
Yeah, you don't get that with green tea.
It's a powerful antioxidant to boot,
but you just want to make sure that you're purchasing
a high quality powder.
There are two main grades of matcha,
culinary and ceremonial.
Ceremonial is the best option for drinking,
and I've linked to a couple of good options
in the caption of this video.
I've also linked to a great article
that explains more about the health benefits of matcha
and some of its history if you want to learn more.
Once you've got your matcha,
add one tablespoon to a shaker bottle,
along with half a cup of milk of choice
and one or two teaspoons of simple syrup.
You do not need to mix the matcha powder with boiling water,
as you normally would with tea.
The powder dissolves fairly easily,
so all you have to do is shake it up
to combine with another liquid.
I find stirring is not as easy as shaking,
so keep that in mind.
I've linked to the shaker bottle I use
in the caption of this video,
as they come in handy for protein shakes
and also function well as a water container for my workouts.
Now, for the sweetener, I recommend starting
with one teaspoon and working your way up from there.
It's always better to under sweeten than over sweeten.
Shake everything up really well,
then fill a tall glass with ice.
Now, I consider myself the ice queen,
not only because of my sassy persona,
but because I'm always the one out of all my friends
who has a ton of ice kicking around in the freezer,
ready to go for the right moment.
I know it's basic, but I figured I'd share my process
for always making sure you've got a freezer full of ice,
because you never really know when you need some
for iced lattes or cocktails,
and I can't tell you how nice it is
to have a huge stockpile.
Basically what I do is fill up four ice cube trays,
and then I constantly have those ready to go
in my freezer at all times
I also keep a large freezer bag full of ice.
When it starts to get low,
I dump the ice from all four trays into the bag
and then I've got a huge stockpile,
plus four more trays ready to go.
As an iced latte fiend,
this is the only way to live your life.
So anyway, once you've got your ice,
pour your matcha latte over top,
then stir with a straw to combine.
And that's all there is to it.
This super easy, three-ingredient, five-minute recipe
is going to be on repeat all summer.
Enjoy as an afternoon pick-me-up
or relax on the patio while you get a tan.
No need to run out to Starbucks
wen it comes together this easily and quickly.
If you're looking for more summer drink ideas
and Starbucks copycats,
I've got pretty much every drink imaginable up on the blog
because yes, I'm a straight up Starbucks addict,
and I assume you're here watching this video
because you are, too.
I've linked to my other Starbucks faves
in the caption of this video.
Thanks so much for hanging out with me here today.
I hope I've inspired you
to make the most out of patio season this summer
and really step up your iced latte game.
If you make this recipe, be sure to tag me on Instagram
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for more easy, healthy recipes.
And I'll see you next time.