Note: The information in this article is based on actual experiences and conversations between Starbucks fans and baristas.

The drinks with Matcha at Starbucks have many fans even so worth noting some spots before ordering one. The powder of Matcha, that they use, is not fully pure. It lists sugar as main ingredient, so in the mix there is more sugar than actual Matcha.

Starbucks Matcha Is Sweet, Not Pure Tea

They mix fine Matcha powder with cane sugar to reach the right sweet balance. Like this, seeing it as a healthy option can be a bit misleading. It tastes well, but is not a truly healthy drink.

Starbucks does provide its own Matcha green tea powder, so it is officially their brand product. Matcha has three levels: cooking, premium and ceremonial. The cooking kind works for latte foams and kitchen.

The ceremonial is the best and expensive, and that helps to explain why Starbucks avoids it. One says that Starbucks gets Matcha from Wazuka in Japan, a place famous because of ideal conditions for green tea, although that never received full confirmation.

Recently Starbucks changed the way they prepare their Matcha drinks and also the powder itself. Some fans do not like the new version and miss the prior flavor. The new Matcha commonly has a clumpy texture and does not mix well.

Baristas shared that one mixes milk, syrup and Matcha before adding ice cubes, too reduce clumps. Some stores have a special blender, that works for blending instead of mixing, originally meant for frosty cold foam.

Adding more Matcha in your order does make the drink more strong, but also more sugary, because the powder already carries sweetener. A venti Matcha latte holds around 26 grams total with ice, including about 14 grams of milk sugar. For each serving one uses almost half a tablespoon sometimes.

Two new Matcha drinks recently appeared on the Starbucks menu: Glazed Double Berry Matcha and Glazed Banana Bread Matcha. Among popular custom orders is the venti Matcha green tea latte with four pumps of white mocha, oat or almond milk and sweet cream foam. It should remind you of green tea from Hello Kitty.

Another idea is a venti glazed Matcha latte with two pumps of vanilla, nonfat milk and one pump ofpeppermint syrup.

Making a Matcha latte at home is fairly easy. You need milk, Matcha powder and vanilla syrup. In its standard Matcha green tea latte Starbucks uses a classic base of syrup.

First one must mix the Matcha in warm milk, so that it dissolves well. By using the same basic materials as at Starbucks the cost drops to around 84 cents each cup, what is a wonderful saving compared to buying in the store.