Life Hack: How to make an iced matcha latte at home, including strawberry puree

Galway-based Solaris Tea reached out with their recipe for an iced matcha last week and their strawberry puree is a simple to make and the perfect dose of sweetness for the drink. Enjoy!
If you’ve popped into a coffee shop lately, you may notice a new section on many of their menus. Once a nation of tea and coffee drinkers, now we’re all going mad for matcha.
Many years ago, very much in a pre-pandemic Cork, I ordered my first ever matcha latte at the Insomnia cafĂ© in Debenhams in Mahon Point – I knew it wasn’t a common order from the confused look on the barista’s face but it was listed on their menu and I’d been hearing things about a green tea that gives more of an energy boost than caffeine, along with other health benefits.Â