Matcha Smoothie with Pineapple

Want all the benefits of green tea with none of the bitterness? This matcha smoothie is sweet and refreshing, featuring pineapple, banana, and coconut.

Alex and I aren’t those ritual green smoothie-drinking type of people. We want to be, but often we simply get a little lazy and don’t want to get out our blender! And then often when we do try to make a smoothie without a recipe, it turns out less than desirable. We’ll try throwing delicious-sounding ingredients in a blender and what comes out is either brown or extremely bitter. But finally, we have a few smoothies that we like to make on the regular. This matcha smoothie is a fantastic way to get all the benefits of green tea: while sipping on a delicious fruity smoothie! Keep reading for the recipe.

What is matcha?

First of all: what is matcha? Matcha is green tea powder. You may have seen matcha recipes making the rounds on Pinterest; since matcha has a bright green color, it’s perfect as a natural green coloring for pies and cupcake icing. But of course, most people want to consume more matcha for the health benefits! Green tea has lots of nutrition benefits, including:

• High in antioxidants
• Decreases risks of high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or strokes
• Calms and relaxes
• Helps burn fat.

How to make a matcha smoothie

One of the main complaints about matcha is that can be bitter. So this matcha smoothie was a challenge to get right! As deceptively “easy” as a smoothie should be, our first trials of making a smoothie with matcha were either too bitter, too thin, too thick, too cold. But we finally ended up with a concoction that’s nutritious, refreshingly delicious, and doesn’t separate in the refrigerator. In fact, I put one in the refrigerator for two days and it was just as tasty as when we made it fresh, which is helpful if you like to make smoothies in advance.

Not only is green tea full of health benefits, it’s pretty darn tasty combined with coconut milk and vanilla. We added pineapple and banana to bring in some sweetness and brightness, and a bit of maple syrup for sweetness. You can also use agave syrup or any other liquid sweetener of your choosing. What results is a seriously refreshing, lightly sweet smoothie that is the perfect pick me up! (Or calm me down, if you’re looking for green tea benefits.)

What else to do with matcha

If you buy a container of matcha and are looking for a few more ways to use it up, here are some of our matcha recipes:

• Healthy Eggs Benedict
• Matcha Baked Donuts
• Green Tea Ice Cream

Looking for smoothie recipes?

Outside of this matcha smoothie, here are some of our favorite smoothie and smoothie bowl recipes:

• Homemade Acai Bowl
• Chocolate Blueberry Smoothie
• Coconut Strawberry Smoothie
• Glowing Green Smoothie
• Cherry Granola Smoothie Bowl Recipe

This matcha smoothie recipe is…

Vegetarian, gluten-free, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free, naturally sweet, and refined sugar free.

Matcha Smoothie with Pineapple

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(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

5 from 2 reviews

• Author: a Couple Cooks
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 0 minutes
• Total Time: 5 minutes
• Yield: 2 1x

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Description

Want all the benefits of green tea with none of the bitterness? This matcha smoothie is sweet and refreshing, featuring pineapple, banana, and coconut.

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Ingredients

• 1 can light coconut milk
• 1 tablespoon cooking-grade matcha
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 ½ tablespoons maple syrup or agave
• ½ cup shredded unsweetened coconut
• 1 cup frozen pineapple
• ½ ripe banana
• ½ cup ice
• 1 small pinch salt

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Instructions

1. In a blender, blend all ingredients together on high-speed, stopping to scrape down the sides if necessary.

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• Category: Drink
• Method: Blended
• Cuisine: American

Keywords: Matcha Smoothie, Matcha, Green Tea, Recipes with Matcha

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