How to Make the Perfect Matcha Tea Latte

I used to be an avid coffee drinker.

I was the kind of person who got up in the morning and made her coffee first thing. One of those people who didn’t like to be spoken to until I had my coffee. I didn’t have any t-shirts or mugs that stated this mood, but I definitely felt that way.

All of that started changing when I began my yoga teacher training.

I started to notice how the coffee made me feel, and more specifically, how it felt always drinking it on an empty stomach. I had been thinking about giving up coffee but was worried that my energy levels would flop or that I would get headaches from the lack of caffeine.

However, when we started studying pranayama and the difference between our sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems in my yoga teacher training, that really cemented my idea of giving up coffee.

Basically, caffeine is a stimulant that puts your body into fight or flight mode (sympathetic) instead of being in a more calming rest and digest mode (parasympathetic). It’s not a bad thing to sometimes be in sympathetic mode, but it’s better to avoid it as much as you can so that you can try to be calmer and your body can function properly without placing extra strain on your systems.

For me, I would often feel jittery and anxious when drinking coffee. After learning that this was a symptom of being in my sympathetic nervous system, I’m now doing everything I can to always be calmer and to try to be in rest and digest mode, which included giving up coffee.

I didn’t go completely cold turkey on caffeine though and instead turned to matcha for its LONG list of health benefits.

It’s packed with antioxidants, releases the much lower amount of caffeine slowly over time for sustained energy, plus it boosts your mood and lessens anxiety.

I had been drinking matcha on and off for years, but finally made the switch to replace my coffee with it and it feels great!

Also, because I’ve recently made the full-time switch, I FINALLY figured out how to make the perfect matcha latte!

It’s super easy to do and incredibly delicious! I do recommend taking all the steps and using the equipment that I’ve specified to ensure that you get smooth and creamy matcha without any powder left at the bottom!

I used to make my matcha with a mini metal whisk and that worked ok, but once I bought a proper matcha bamboo whisk, that changed the game for me and perfected my morning matcha latte! Using the matcha whisk also changed the flavour of the matcha and made it taste less grassy, hence much more enjoyable!

Here’s how you can make perfect matcha latte at home: