Salted Caramel Matcha Latte 🍵🧸🤎

📣 Warning: this latte may cause extreme happiness, instant calm, laser focus, and a moment of ahhhhhhh, exhaling any stressful BS with every sip. ✨ Maybe we should call it “therapy in a cup.” Who couldn’t use a little bit of that right now?!

That calm feeling matcha is so famous for comes from L-theanine, an amino acid naturally found in tea leaves. The tea leaves used to make matcha are shade-grown before harvest, which increases their L-theanine content. L-theanine is known for promoting relaxation by increasing calming brain wave activity and influencing neurotransmitters like GABA, dopamine, and serotonin.  Just another reason to love your matcha ritual!

This delicious salted caramel matcha latte was created by someone very special in our Poṣaṇa community: our friend Aliyah of @espresso.archives on Instagram. She is an absolute artist when it comes to her latte (and pastry) recipes - we’re obsessed with everything she makes and highly recommend following her to bring all of your home café dreams to life!

What we love most about Poṣaṇa is the community that’s grown around it.  Seeing how you use and share our products in real life, through your daily rituals and favorite recipes, is everything to us!!

If you make this latte, we would LOVE to see it! Tag @posanalife and @epresso.archives on Insta. We hope you love it as much as we do! Recipe👇!

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First: make your matcha 🌿🍵
Prepare a smooth matcha base using the method you prefer.

Ingredients:
1-2 tsp of matcha
Approx. 1/4 cup of hot water (80C/175F)
6-8 oz milk

Option 1: Bamboo whisk
Sift matcha into a bowl
Add hot water
Whisk until smooth and lightly frothy

Option 2: Handheld frother
Sift matcha into a bowl
Add hot water
Froth until smooth

Set aside.

Salted Caramel Syrup 🤎

Ingredients

• 1 cup organic cane sugar
• ½ cup water
• ¾ cup warm or hot water (second addition)
• ½ tsp fine sea salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla bean

Instructions

• Add sugar and ½ cup water to a saucepan over medium heat
• As it warms, the mixture will shift from clear to lightly golden
• Around 20 minutes, the syrup will begin to caramelize and deepen in color
• Watch closely as it turns a rich amber
• Once amber, slowly add the ¾ cup warm or hot water (caramel may splatter)
• If the caramel firms up, return to low heat and stir until smooth
• Simmer gently for 2–3 minutes
• Remove from heat and stir in salt and vanilla
• Let cool completely before using

Storage
Store in a sealed container in the fridge for up to one month

Bring it together

• Add 1 tbsp salted caramel syrup to your mug or glass
• Pour in milk (warm or cold)
• Add prepared matcha
• Use a handheld frother to blend until smooth and lightly foamy

Optional: a very small pinch of flaky sea salt on top.