Matcha Frappé with Crushed Ice
Cold milk, matcha, and crushed ice make fine icy pieces in the blender. Add vanilla, strawberry, or cherry if you like.
By Roseline Zhou, Founder
Contents
When crushed ice goes into the blender with milk, matcha becomes a cold drink with fine icy bits, somewhere between a latte and a granita. This matcha frappe uses about 1 tsp (2 g) tea, 1/2 cup (120 ml) milk, and 3.5 oz (100 g) crushed ice. Allow 5 minutes for one tall glass.
You'll need a blender suited to crushed ice. Without one, the same ingredients will give you a different texture. Instead, choose a recipe without blended ice or an electric appliance from other cold matcha drinks.
Matcha frappe ingredients
- About 1 tsp (2 g) matcha
- 2 tbsp (30 ml) cold water
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) cold whole milk
- 3.5 oz (100 g) crushed ice
- 1 tsp (5 ml) maple syrup
How to blend a matcha frappe
- Pour about 1 tsp (2 g) matcha and 2 tbsp (30 ml) cold water into the blender.
- Blend for 10 seconds to disperse the powder.
- Add 1/2 cup (120 ml) cold whole milk, 3.5 oz (100 g) crushed ice, and 1 tsp (5 ml) maple syrup.
- Blend for 20 to 30 seconds, until small ice pieces remain throughout the drink.
- Pour the matcha frappe into a tall glass and serve at once.
Start with ice that's already crushed. It blends quickly and needs less time in the machine. Stop as soon as small icy bits remain; blending longer melts the ice and loses the texture you're after.
Which matcha stays noticeable in a frappe?
For this mix of milk and ice, we choose Faune matcha, whose flavor stays noticeable. That matters less when you drink matcha with water. Taste before adding more syrup.
How can you add vanilla, strawberry, or cherry?
For vanilla, add about 1/4 tsp (1 ml) extract before the second blend. For strawberry, add 1.1 oz (30 g) hulled strawberries at the same point. Keep the crushed ice at 3.5 oz (100 g).
For cherry, replace the strawberries with 1.1 oz (30 g) pitted cherries. Check that no pits remain before blending. These variations flavor the base without changing the amount of matcha or milk.
Our tip. Make the drink at the last moment. A blended drink gradually loses its small ice pieces as it sits.
Allergens. Milk is one of the ingredients in this frappe.
