Matcha Green Tea Affogato
Matcha green tea affogato is the simplest and most blissful east-west fusion dessert combining the prized Japanese matcha green tea with Italy’s finest gelato. Heavenly!
Matcha Green Tea Affogato – Simplest and most blissful east-west fusion dessert combining the prized Japanese matcha green tea with Italy’s finest gelato.
The word affogato comes from the Italian affogare– meaning to drown, in which a scoop of ice cream is submerged in a shot of espresso. That used to be my favorite dessert drink until I started making this matcha green tea affogato!
Simplest and most blissful east-west fusion dessert combining the prized Japanese matcha green tea with Italy’s finest gelato.
This matcha green tea affogato is made by simply pouring matcha latte over vanilla ice cream to give a bitter sweet, rich creamy taste. I even have it with some dark chocolate matcha truffles to give me that extra antioxidant boost!
This is definitely an easy and quick decadent dessert that you can enjoy in less than 10 minutes!
Matcha Affogato Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1-1.5 teaspoon of matcha green tea powder
- 4 tablespoons of warm water
- 4 tablespoons of milk/soy milk
- 1-2 scoops of vanilla ice cream/vanilla soy ice cream/gelato
Procedure:
- In a small cup, mix matcha green tea powder with warm water until fully dissolved.
- Add milk or soy milk, and mix.
- Scoop 1-2 vanilla ice cream, or vanilla soy ice cream, into a glass or bowl.
- Pour mixture over the ice cream.
Notes:
I prefer to use Ryu Mei organic green tea powder from Kyoto as it dissolves very easily even in cold water, and I like the rich green tea taste that is not too bitter.
I like to use Haagan Daz vanilla ice cream.
To make it vegan, I use soy milk from Soy Dream Vanilla Enriched and soy ice cream from So Delicious Dairy Free Soy Milk Creamy Vanilla.
The dark chocolate matcha truffles are from Mitsuwa Japanese grocery store, or you can get it here from amazon.com.
This matcha green tea affogato is made by simply pouring matcha latte over vanilla ice cream to give a bitter sweet, rich creamy taste. It’s so good! Lately, I’ve been having this instead of my matcha latte as it’s still hot here in California, even though we are near the end of summer. I don’t feel guilty about it at all when I think of all the health benefits of matcha. I even have it with some dark chocolate matcha truffles to give me that extra antioxidant boost!