• Use a strainer and separate impurities and lumps from your matcha powder.
• Use a balloon whisker and whisk your matcha powder a little.
• Pour in some hot or cold water and give it a gentle mix. This will maintain the consistency of the matcha.
• Once done, add this matcha solution, milk, water, and sweetener to a tall glass and give it a gentle stir.
• Refrigerate the drink if you want a cold latte.
• Add ice cubes to the beverage and give a gentle stir. Once done, your iced matcha latte is ready to serve.

Quick tips

• Since you’re making the drink from the scratch at your place, you have full liberty to customize it. Want it sweet? Add more sweetener and vice versa.
• Remember that matcha powder is green in color. A vibrant green color denotes a better quality of matcha powder.
• Starbucks generally uses only 2% milk in its matcha latte. You can use it at your convenience.
• Use filtered water to freeze ice.
• If you don’t want to buy a sweetener separately, buy sweetened matcha powder but note that it’ll be a little pale in color.
• Matcha powder creates lumps. Use a mesh strainer to avoid lumps.
• Go for fresh cold milk to get a creamy consistency.
• Don’t get confused between matcha powder and matcha premixes. Both are super different, and always choose matcha powder over matcha premixes to get the real taste of matcha in your beverage.
• If you want to store matcha solution for future use, double or triple the ingredients and store it in a mason jar. You can reserve this solution for a week.