Get your GREEN on and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with MATCHA!
Who needs green beer when you can make yourself the healthiest cocktail ever!
Kathleen’s favorite – Matcha Lemon Drop Martini – shaken, not stirred! No simple syrup, just matcha, fresh squeezed lemon juice, honey water, and your favorite vodka.
Try these recipes for matcha, with a kick!
Matcha Lemon Drop Martini
Matcha Lemon Drop Martini
Yield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients:
Matcha Sugar Rim (optional)
1TBSP sugar
¼ tsp. MATCHA
Honey Water
½ cup water
½ cup honey
Matcha-Honey Lemon Drop
¾ oz. Honey Water
¾ oz. Freshly squeezed lemon juice
¼ tsp MATCHA powder
2 oz. Vodka
ice
a twist of lemon peel for garnish
Directions:
Combine sugar and ¼ tsp MATCHA on a small plate. Circle the rim with a lemon wedge then dip the rim of the glass in the MATCHA Sugar. Simmer water and honey to make honey water – cool.
Sparkling Matcha Mint Cocktail
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients:
4 oz. hot water
3 tsp. MATCHA powder
3 tsp. honey
8 mint leaves
8 oz. dry Champagne
Garnish: Lime twists
Directions:
Whisk together first 3 ingredients in a small bowl until MATCHA powder dissolves. Let cool completely.
Muddle mint leaves in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add MATCHA mixture. Fill with ice then shake 30 seconds. Strain into 2 Champagne flutes. Top evenly with Champagne. Garnish and enjoy
Matcha – Gin Cocktail
Yield : 2 cocktails
Ingredients:
¼ cup mint leaves
¾ cup agave or honey
¾ cup lime juice
1 ½ cup gin
1 tsp. MATCHA
Ice
Directions:
In a cocktail shaker, muddle the mint with the agave and lime juice. Add the remaining ingredients and shake well until well-chilled and the MATCHA is dissolved. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer, dividing between 2 ice-filled rocks
glasses, then serve!
Matcha Margarita
Yield: 1 Serving
Ingredients:
1 oz. Cointreau
2 oz. Tequila
¾ oz. Fresh Lime Juice
½ tsp. MATCHA powder
Slice of lime
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice.
Shake and strain into rocks glass.
Garnish with a lime wheel. Enjoy!