Made some matcha tea

The medicine I’m on is pretty strict. It says “Absolutely no alcohol, caffeine, or fun! Ignore this and you will die from a stroke, heart attack, bleeing from the anus, or all of the above while we live stream it!”

Alcohol is easy. Haven’t touched a drink in many, many years. Coffee, however, is the only reason I’m still employed. If it weren’t for afternoon jolt of energy that sweet nectar produces, I’d be passed out in a pool of my own waste with my fingers still attached to the keyboard. The problem is that coffee started giving me wicked headaches - no doubt a conflict with the medicine.

I’m trying out matcha this week and am determined to make a decent cup. Typically, I’ll just spoon a bit of powdered matcha into a smoothie like a dirty hobo. No motivation to measure or consider how its flavor drastically changes everything it touches. People say green tea is healthy, so the more the better, right?

Apparently all that’s needed is 1 tsp. of matcha powder, sifted for clumps, a small amount of 175° water, and mixed well with a bamboo matcha wisk thing or this cool frothing wand I picked up from Amazon.

This cup turned out real good, so it looks like we have a winner!