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Soothing Green Tea Latte

This green tea latte is a healthy and delicious drink, perfect for a chilly day. This recipe uses bagged green tea, foamy almond milk, and spices for flavor!

Matcha has become all the rage. I'm obsessed, I've gotten many of you obsessed and now it's on practically every single coffee shop menu out there! Even the giant chains like Starbucks have gotten on board.

But matcha isn't for everyone. For starters, it's got a super bitter taste. It's also pretty darn pricey. And the quality of the tea makes all the difference. There are lots of crappy matcha powders out there that can completely ruin your latte!

So I wanted to share a green tea latte recipe that doesn't use matcha at all! It uses simple bagged green tea so it's affordable and accessible, but still totally delicious. This soothing latte is easy to make, uses just 6 ingredients, tastes amazing and is still super energizing!

Ingredients for Green Tea Latte

Ingredients for This Soothing Latte

To make our soothing latte we're using a simple list of ingredients, most of which I bet you already have on hand. Here's what you'll need to make this recipe:

  • Bagged green tea: any variety will do! It can be plain green tea, jasmine green tea or even a flavored green tea. It's up to you!
  • Plant-based milk: I like to use almond or coconut milk as they get nice and creamy, but it's up to you. Rice, oat, soy, and cashew will also work well.
  • Raw honey: since green tea has a naturally bitter taste, adding a touch of sweetness can really help. I love using raw honey, but you can also use maple syrup, coconut sugar or even a zero-calorie sweetener like monk fruit extract or stevia.
  • Ground ginger: for a little kick and zing!
  • Ground cinnamon: for a warming and cozy taste!
  • Boiling water: to steep the tea in and make this latte extra hot.

How to Make Green Tea

What Is a Green Tea Latte?

A green tea latte is simply a latte made with green tea instead of espresso. Traditional lattes are a blend of steamed milk and espresso, but in a green tea latte, we remove the coffee and use tea in its place. You can use any type of green tea to make a latte, but the most common one these days is definitely a matcha latte.

Are Green Tea Lattes Healthy?

Green tea is a very healthy drink and it's easy to make a healthy green tea latte! The thing you need to watch out for are green tea lattes that are made with a pre-made green tea mix. Those mixes (like the ones used by Starbucks) are usually filled with sugar and other additives that you don't want. This one is 6 simple ingredients and you still get all the amazing health benefits of green tea!

Pouring a Green Tea Latte

How to Make a Green Tea Latte

Making this latte is a complete breeze. It's just three simple steps and in a matter of minutes, you'll have a frothy latte on your hands! Here's how to make it:

  1. Brew your tea: add the tea bag into your mug then top it with the boiling water. Let the tea steep for 3 – 5 minutes so that it gets nice and strong.
  2. Add everything to the blender: remove the tea bag from the mug and pour the tea into a blender. Add in the rest of the ingredients.
  3. Blend it up!

And that's it. Pour your creamy and delicious green tea latte into your mug and you're ready to go!

Easy Green Tea Latte

Changing Up the Flavors!

What's great about this latte is you can totally change the flavors based on the spices you enjoy! Here are some other fun flavors to try with your latte:

  • Pumpkin Pie: instead of ginger and cinnamon, use pumpkin pie spice!
  • French Vanilla: swap the spices for vanilla extract for vanilla bean paste.
  • Rose: pick up some rose nectar and add 2 tablespoons of that instead of the spices.
  • Lemon Ginger: add two tablespoons of lemon juice and remove the cinnamon

And really the list goes on! I hope you enjoy making this soothing latte ā€“ it's an awesome alternative if you don't have matcha on hand and still gives you that antioxidant and energizing boost!

Homemade Green Tea Latte

More Easy Latte Recipes to try:

Green Tea Latte

5 from 4 votes
Enjoy the amazing health benefits of green tea in this delicious Green Tea Latte! Topped with foamy almond milk and sprinkled with ground ginger, it's the perfect winter beverage.
author: Alyssa
yield: 1
Soothing Green Tea Latte Recipe
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 2 minutes
Total: 7 minutes

Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • Fill a mug ā…” of the way full with boiling water. Add the tea bag and steep for 5 minutes.
  • Remove the tea bag and pour the hot tea, milk, honey, and spices in a blender. Blend on high until creamy. Pour into your mug and enjoy!

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Nutrition

Serving: 1latte | Calories: 63kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 163mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Calcium: 150mg
cuisine: American
course: Beverage

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31 comments on “Soothing Green Tea Latte”

  1. I’m obsessed! Due to dietary changes, I am switching from coffee/black tea to green tea. When I tell you, I am not a cinnamon or ginger person and I don’t like pumpkin spice BUTTT I had to try something because a girl likes hot morning drinks. I gave this a try. I used oat milk instead of almond. I am on day two of having this as my morning drink. Thank you!

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    Aurora D Gerardy

    Do you think it would taste good with oat milk?? I like Almond milk, but just curious if that might be good as well.

    1. I made this with almond milk and pumpkin pie spice. I omitted the honey. The taste was very good! I made the mistake of letting my tea cool too much, which gave me a lukewarm latte. Lesson learned!

  3. omg, this is so good. It’s like matcha tea. Btw it works with sugar too, I didn’t have honey so I just used sugar, and it tasted so good

  4. This tasted great! I didn’t find any ginger in my house, but it still warmed me right up! For those like me that don’t wanna use/have a special, frothing blender, whisk everything in a bowl, then microwave for 30 seconds. Pour it back into your mug and enjoy!

  5. I have watched many of your videos and would like to buy a heating blender that froths like the one you use. What is it?

  6. You’ll have so much fun in New York! I lived in Brooklyn for 5 years and it was a really special place.

    Thanks for sharing your recipe at 5-Ingredient Mondays. Love that it’s sugar-free!

    1. Thanks Iris! I can’t wait to explore the city – and Brooklyn too (I’m dying to go to the flea market!!!) šŸ™‚ So many GF options to choose from and new foods to explore. I’m super excited! And I’m glad I found your link party – it’s a great concept!

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    Miachel @ Spiced Curiosity

    Yay! I’m starting to love the NYC cold ā€“ this coming from an Austin girl.

    We’ll have to find some good tea spots in the city. šŸ™‚

    1. Would love to get together when we get there! I’m going to need some help uncovering all the gluten-free gems the city has to offer šŸ™‚

  8. Congradulations to you both…I wish you all the very best! Thank you for this super awesome recipe, I am going to look in to finding a milk frother, they sound like a really great thing to have. I made this today and I put my warmed almond milk in my blender and blended it on high and it made it foamy …so for me I thought it was really good. I so enjoy your blog and your recipes are always really great, thank you so much!

    1. Thank you Kathy! We’re very excited šŸ™‚ if you look on my FB page in the comments section of this photo, you can find the link to the one that on have. It’s fairly inexpensive and works great! The blender was a great idea as well – might have to give it a whirl just to see what it’s like. And I’m thrilled you enjoyed the. Now I’m craving one with breakfast šŸ˜‰

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    hanna @ Arizona Plumbing

    I don’t like green tea much but I think this recipe can work for me and will love it too. Finger Crossed šŸ™‚

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    Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen

    Congratulations on your big move! This sounds wonderful soothing and a great way to fight the cold, -10 is cold!!

    1. Thank you, Sylvie! We’re really looking forward to the move and have realized that a milk frother may be a necessary kitchen appliance in our new spot šŸ™‚

  11. Great idea! I drink green tea all the time and never thought of this. I’m making some right now but with coconut milk instead of almond milk since I’m out of that. Should be yummy!