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title: "Cold-Whisked Matcha Recipe: Iced Matcha without Milk"
description: "Cold whisk matcha: whisk 2 g matcha with 70 ml cold water and pour it over ice. Clear and fresh, without milk, with tips on shakers and cold brew."
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# Cold-Whisked Matcha without Milk

![Cold-whisked matcha with fine foam and ice cubes in a glass bowl, a bamboo whisk beside it](https://rinsumila.com/images/rezepte/recipe-cold-whisked-matcha-2f06f1a1.jpg)

Cold-whisked matcha is straight matcha whisked with cold water and served over ice: clear, fresh and green in taste, without milk and without sweetener. You whisk 2 g of matcha with 70 ml of cold or room-temperature water, just as for the straight bowl, only without heating.

Prep time

5 min

Total time

5 min

Makes

1 glass

Difficulty

Easy

Caffeine: by calculation about 30 to 90 mg per serving (from 2 g matcha)

## Ingredients

-   **2 g** matcha
-   **70 ml** cold or room-temperature water
-   ice cubes
-   cold water for topping up, to taste

## Utensils

-   [Sieve](https://rinsumila.com/en/products/sieb)
-   [Bamboo whisk (chasen)](https://rinsumila.com/en/products/chasen)
-   [Bowl (chawan)](https://rinsumila.com/en/products/chawan-akeno)
-   Glass

## Method

1.  Put the matcha through the sieve into the bowl.
2.  Pour in the 70 ml of cold or room-temperature water.
3.  Whisk vigorously with the bamboo whisk in a fast zigzag movement from the wrist until no lumps are visible and a fine foam forms. Cold, this takes a little longer than with warm water.
4.  Fill a glass with ice cubes and pour the matcha over them.
5.  Top up with a little cold water to taste and drink straight away.

## Variations and tips

-   **Sieving matters most here:** Cold, the powder disperses more slowly than warm. Sieved powder and vigorous whisking are therefore more important than with water at about 75 °C.
-   **Stronger or milder:** With a little less water the matcha gets stronger, and with a little more water when topping up it gets milder. You can also whisk 2 g with only 30 ml of water into a dense base, pour it over ice and top up with cold water to taste.
-   **In a shaker:** Put sieved powder, the water and a few ice cubes into a tight shaker and shake vigorously until nothing sticks to the side. With a sieve insert or mixing ball this works most reliably, but the foam is coarser than with the bamboo whisk.
-   **Mix warm, drink cold:** If you whisk the matcha with water at about 75 °C and then pour it over ice, the powder disperses more easily and the foam is finer. In return the ice melts a little more, and the taste becomes rounder but less clear.
-   **Why cold often tastes milder:** Ice dilutes, and bitter notes are usually less prominent in cold drinks. In addition, water that is too hot drops out as a cause of bitterness, which is why some people prefer matcha cold to warm.
-   **The right powder:** Without milk nothing is covered, so a mild, fresh and finely ground powder usually tastes more pleasant here than a robust latte powder.
-   **Preparing ahead:** You can whisk a dense base, chill it tightly closed and top it up with ice and water later. The powder settles over time, so shake the base vigorously before drinking.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is it odd to drink matcha with room-temperature water?

No. The powder disperses in room-temperature water too if you sieve it first and whisk it thoroughly. It then often tastes rounder than ice-cold.

### How do you make iced matcha without milk?

Sieve 2 g of matcha, whisk it smooth with cold water and pour it over ice. With a little more water the drink gets milder, with less stronger. You do not need sweetener, but you can stir in a little syrup.

### Does matcha dissolve in cold water?

Strictly speaking, matcha does not dissolve either warm or cold, it disperses as a fine powder in the liquid. Cold, that works well if you sieve it and whisk it vigorously with a little water. If you sprinkle the powder straight into a glass of iced water, it often floats on top or clumps.

### Can I make matcha as a cold brew?

Only to a limited extent. Matcha is not steeped and strained like tea, you drink the whole powder. You can, however, chill a whisked base and shake it vigorously before drinking.

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