I want to start drinking tea more instead of coffee, I really like matcha tea but whenever I’ve had it it was with milk, but I want to drink more water and want to know if I can mix water and matcha tea?
Also I have a cold brew coffee maker, could I put the powder in the filter as I submerge it? How long would it last in the fridge (assuming I can)?
Matcha is traditionally made with water. Using milk, like in a matcha latte, is a newer trend. Look up a traditional match recipe using a whisk. Note, I know that most people do this with ceremonial grade matcha, but I’m not sure if people do this with lower grade matcha (for example, the bag you might buy at Costco). It sounds like you are probably not using ceremonial grade, so I can’t vouch for how good it will taste. However it’s still worth experimenting with.
“Cold brew” matcha doesn’t really make sense. The goal of cold brew is to extract flavor from coffee/tea leaves over a long period of time using room temp/cold water. However matcha isn’t really meant to be extracted, it’s meant to be suspended in a liquid and drunk. If you want a “cold matcha drink” rather than specifically cold brew, I would try just throwing some matcha with some cold water in a mason jar, pop the lid on, and shake it up. Then just drink immediately.
Oh you can drink the powder? You don’t need to remove it?
Is there a tea like matcha that would be good to cold brew?
It’s that simple to put in a jar and drink? Like I don’t need it to set?
By immediately you don’t mean in one go right? Like I can drink it in like 2 hours right?
You don’t remove the powder, it’s like instant coffee you just mix it with liquid until it’s totally incorporated and you can drink. You can make it cold or hot, whatever you’re feeling.
I don’t drink instant but I thought it was dissolvable TIL it is not. But I’ll try it with a mason jar thanks
Oh you can drink the powder? You don’t need to remove it?
Nope. Matcha is meant to be ground fine enough such that it suspends in your liquid and is drinkable without filtering.
Is there a tea like matcha that would be good to cold brew?
Sencha or any other green tea can be cold brewed. I’ve never done it myself, but pretty sure you just throw tea in some water and let it sit for a while. I’ve never done it myself, so just look up “cold brew green tea.” Granted, this will only be like matcha in flavor and not in mouthfeel. Furthermore, if you plan on adding milk, this is probably not the best route to take since green tea is generally much weaker than matcha, so adding milk eliminates any semblance of flavor from the tea.
It’s that simple
Yep
By immediately you don’t mean in one go right? Like I can drink it in like 2 hours right?
The matcha will settle out if you let it sit. However, you can just shake it up again and then drink it after letting it sit.
but I want to drink more water
Do you want to drink more water, or less milk?
If your milk consumption doesn’t bother you, then milk is mostly water. It all counts. Have your matcha however you like your matcha.
I had never heard of matcha tea with milk before, only matcha with water. I guess making a latte with matcha tea would use milk in it, but you are absolutely fine just using hot water, as that is the traditional method.
Cold brewing, though, I have no idea for.
I’ve had it in bubble tea (maybe it was water but looked like milk)
I’ve not had bubble tea, so can’t comment Typically matcha powder is used in hot tea (with hot but not boiling water)
I always use Boiled water when using ceremonial grade matcha. There is matcha sets you can get that comes with a special bowl as well as a matcha scoop and a Chasen which is a special whisk just for matcha.
There’s a short musical documentary about men who live to drink matcha.
Here is an internet link to this educational film called ‘Matcha Matcha Man’
Is this a specific country thingy?
Historically matcha is tea, tea is matcha, the name used depends IIRC where it was brought to the specific European country by boat or by land. Or something like that.
Where I live the matcha is thea with lots of (somehow specific) spices, usually made with milk, not an easy drink to make, neither fast, nor something you’d get everywhere.
How do you do it?
I prefer it straight with water, myself. Sometimes it’s hard to find places that will sell a straight matcha water. It’s important to use at least culinary grade if not ceremonial, and order your matcha from a reputable distributor.
I like Tenzo tea, but it’s overpriced. Enso or something like that is what’s in my cabinet these days.
My wife makes macha tea with just water. It’s not very tasty.
