Green Tea Frappuccino
Creamy Version
A rich, icy, and thick Frappuccino sure to become your drink of the summer. Beware you may become addicted.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups cold Milk
- 2 teaspoon Sugar ( more if you like sweet) or Agave nectar to taste
- 2 teaspoon Green Tea Powder to up to 3 tsp (teaspoons)
- 1/4 cup cold Heavy Whipped Cream
- 2 Tablespoon Pure Vanilla Ice Cream or VANILLA syrup
- 2 cups Ice-Cubes or more
- Topping: Whipped Cream
- Topping: Sprinkle of Green Tea Powder
Directions:
- Dissolve the green tea powder in the 1/2 cup of milk, by adding milk in a pot, placing it on the stove (med. high) and warm it up, don’t let it boil.
- Add sugar and stir; get rid of the unwanted lumps. Once it’s lump free and completely dissolved take it off the stove, cover with the lid and let it cool down.
- In a blender, put rest of the milk, chilled dissolved milk and green tea, 1/4 cup of Heavy Whipped Cream; whip for 30 seconds.
- Add 2 Tbs. Vanilla Ice cream or Vanilla Syrup and blend a few more seconds.
- Add Ice Cubes, and Blend for the next minute or until well combined.
- Pour into a glass or MogoBox.com mug.
- Add Whipped Cream Topping and sprinkle with a dash of green tea powder.
- Stir it and drink it up!!!
Notes:
- Green tea from the bag/filter or dry green tea leaf will not work for this frappuccino
- Green tea is bitter, and also depends what kind you buy. The best one is 100% natural.
- I used a brand imported from Taiwan, but I recommend to get Organic Japanese Matcha (抹茶/also known as maccha-fine powder, tea) –which is more expensive however by far better quality.
- if you are not used to green tea powder or just want to experiment get yourself smaller pack.
- You can use soy or almond milk instead of the regular milk and make it vegan.
- For Easier, less guilty Frapp you can put ice-cubes in the blender along with chilled green tea powder mixture ( mixture: dissolve green tea powder in warm water or skim milk + organic agave nectar to taste, then chill for 10 min) and blend for a few seconds until all combined. Only Add Whipped Cream on top or Vanilla Ice-cream if desired!
Yields: 2 – 3 servings
From: http://www.sandraseasycooking.com/2012/07/green-tea-frappuccino.html