Strawberry Matcha Latte

I’m not a matcha latte kinda girl. I don’t like bitter matcha at all (I’m a super-taster, so bitter tastes are really cranked up to 11 for me), so I tend to buy really expensive matcha when I do buy it—which means I’m not going to turn around and dump it into a latte…. But serendipitously a couple of weeks ago, I bought perfectly decent grocery-store Matcha: Aiya, a brand that was new to me but which, it turns out, Michelle Kanemitsu (she of the “how to whisk matcha” video I posted earlier this week) also recommends. AND I came into possession of some nice strawberries that weren’t going to last. So, I puréed the berries with a bit of sugar and have been enjoying strawberry matcha lattes this week (with coconut milk). The strawberry and matcha flavors play together very nicely, and the mouthfeel of the latte is really creamy and silky—maybe because of the natural pectin in the purée. Anyway, if you want to try one for yourself to celebrate blossom season, here’s Namiko Chen’s recipe.