Matcha adds subtle savory depth to sweeter recipes, including cookies, drinks and pancakes.
I like to think I’ve matured in a lot of ways over the years, and when it comes to food, one of the many evolutions of my palate has been my appreciation for bitter flavors. I have learned to embrace the edge imparted by such ingredients as broccoli rabe and radicchio. Also: matcha.
Matcha is a Japanese green tea that has been around for centuries, Emilie Holmes says in “Good & Proper Tea.” After the young tea leaves have been harvested, they’re dried and ground into a fine powder. As part of a Japanese tea ceremony, matcha “is traditionally prepared using a bamboo whisk with just hot water and then drunk from a chawan or tea bowl, allowing you to sip the tea while also taking in its fresh aroma,” Holmes writes.
There was a time in the not-too-distant past when anything matcha-flavored would have sent me running the other way. Part of that is probably because I’ve had at least one big-chain drink where I could have sworn that someone mistook wasabi powder for matcha. And there’s also the runaway temptation to add cloying amounts of sugar and excessive fat in matcha-flavored foods to counteract its bitterness and give it wider appeal. Plus, there’s just a lot of poor-quality matcha out there.
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