This keto matcha green tea latte is a great alternative to ice coffee. It’s a refreshing low-carb drink that’s low in calories and has less than 1 gram carb! What is a green tea latte? Why use matcha? I used to be a heavy coffee drinker, but recently cut back to only one cup per day.
That drink is made with milk and a matcha tea blend that’s high in sugar. If you look at the nutrition info for the Grande 16oz with 2% milk, it packs in 34 grams of carbs with only 1 gram of fiber. That’s way to many carbs to be drinking!
Matcha tea has a lot of benefits, more than regular green tea. The reason is because the tea it’s made from the whole leaf. Therefore, there are more antioxidants. I hope to work on a low carb green tea ice cream made with matcha this summer. Last year, I did make an attempt, but it froze really hard and it wasn’t as creamy as I would have liked.
(The word literally means “powdered tea”.) Instead of steeping tea in green tea leaves like you would with regular green teas, matcha is the leaves ground into a powder and you actually drink the leaves. Matcha is commonly used in tea drinks, but also works to flavor various sweet recipes.