Yeah dawg! The 170F is key. Don’t let that water hit boiling or you’ll ruin your fancy matcha.

i don't have one of those fancy electric kettles that heats to a certain temp. what to do?

Just pour the water once it sounds like it’s about to boil, but not actually boiling yet

Typically once my kettle starts making some noise, I’ll give it a couple of vigorous swishes/swirls to incorporate the hotter water on the bottom with the cooler water on top. The sound will stop. Once it starts making noise again, I’m good to go. Have check the efficacy of this with an infrared thermometer and it’s right at 170F.

good ideas.

just read that 160-170F happens sometime during the "rumble" before the water boils. i'll do some trial and error with the electric thermometer to figure out the timing.

Now we truly are bonding over matcha

amazon's getting my matcha swag here same day

Not interested in a trag/spike alliance.

Give me a verb/spike alliance. That would really be something.

Ugh more like bummer

let's keep this thread verb free, bammer.

first cup with the good stuff is very nice. need to work on my frothing technique, however.

matcha is disgusting

Ggggggggggggggggggrrrrrrrroossssssssssss

Make a slurry with just a touch of water, much easier to dissolve all the powder that way. Once your slurry is well incorporated, then pour the rest of your water and continue to stir

Yes, I think I added a bit too much water intitially.

picked up an electric kettle where you can set it to desired temp

Shiiiiiiiiiiit

Due to a power outage this morning, I had a matcha latte from Starbucks. Pretty good, but also super rich. Assumed they used whole milk; a less fatty milk might be better.

You can always ask for different milk, even nut and oak milks.

i read somewhere that dairy milk actually prohibits the full benefits of matcha, so i always go with coconut milk or something like that

I dunno, my wife picked it up.