DIY Matcha Tea Powder from Tea Leaves

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Matcha is expensive, plus I only had a little when I wanted to make green tea cookies. So I tried making the powder from tea leaves.

Choose tea leaves that are as green as possible, and grind into as fine a powder as possible. Recipe by mini

DIY Matcha Tea Powder from Tea Leaves

Matcha is expensive, plus I only had a little when I wanted to make green tea cookies. So I tried making the powder from tea leaves.

Choose tea leaves that are as green as possible, and grind into as fine a powder as possible. Recipe by mini

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Ingredients

  1. 50 gramsor more green tea leaves
  2. 1blender (or grinding bowl/mortar and pestle)

Cooking Instructions

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    Pulverize tea leaves in a blender or similar. In order to pulverize them evenly, pulse for 3 seconds, shake the blender, rest, and repeat several times.

  2. 2

    If the powder seems too coarse after blending, or if you don't have a blender, grind it up in a grinding bowl with a pestle. Sift the powder, and keep grinding up any coarse bits to make a fine powder.

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Comments (3)

Kris Reyes
Kris Reyes @cook_14269999
Hi! Did you have to dry the fresh green tea leaves before grinding them? Would the grounded leaves turn out to be pasty since the fresh leaves have some water content?

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