Matcha Hot Chocolate and a Matcha Challenge

If you fancy the idea of a matcha hot chocolate, you probably want to go for a white chocolate one. That’s what I’ve done in this recipe so that it retains it’s beautiful vibrant green colour. Matcha provides the perfect foil for all that sweetness.

January is the traditional time to follow through with good intentions and try for a healthier lifestyle. I’m always full of New Year’s resolutions and sometimes I actually manage to pull them off. This year I have set myself a tough one, but as it doesn’t involve food or drink, I was happy to take on the teapigs #matchachallenge as well.

Matcha Green Tea

I’ve had a love affair with matcha ever since CT brought some back from his Japan trip in 2007. I’d never heard of it before then, so it was a real novelty. Green tea was my tea of choice, so once I got used to the idea, it wasn’t such a big step to drinking matcha.

It’s a very finely ground Japanese green tea with a distinctive flavour. Because you are ingesting the whole leaf this way, it provides a concentration of all those healthy nutrients that green tea is renowned for. It’s very high in antioxidants, has plenty of betacarotene and contains vitamins A, B and C. It’s said to boost energy levels for four to six hours after drinking it as well as raising metabolism and relieving stress.

Teapigs matcha is ground beautifully fine (by granite rollers) and tastes as good as the matcha tea that CT brought back from Japan when he went there a few years ago. It’s organic too, so gets additional bonus points. It comes in 30g packs and normally costs £25.

As well as a great drink, matcha lends itself very nicely to baking. Not only does it give a distinctive flavour, but also an interesting green colour. I’ve made a number of cakes and biscuits using matcha, but I’m particularly pleased with my matcha shortbread, matcha and white chocolate cupcakes and chocolate matcha battenberg.

Matcha For Entertaining

Updated June 2026

Since writing this post over a decade ago, matcha is no longer unusual in the UK, in fact it’s blossomed. People have cottoned on to its health benefits, flavour and gorgeous colour.

So, here’s a thought. If you’re planning a party or event, how about serving iced matcha lattes, matcha fruit fizz or matcha mocktails?

Or better still, go fully catered if you live in London and hire a matcha bar for the occasion from Poptop. Now, how exciting is that?

The Matcha Challenge

Much as I like matcha, it’s not something I’ve had every day. So I was interested to see if drinking it regularly made any difference to my flagging post flu energy levels. The teapigs #matchachallenge is to drink ½ tsp of matcha a day for a fortnight. It’s early days yet as I’m only on Day 5, but I have been enjoying finding different ways to drink it.

So far, I’ve made two different types of kefir matcha smoothie. I’ve also drunk it as normal in a mug of hot water and tried it as a matcha shot in a glass provided by teapigs.

Matcha White Hot Chocolate

Today I made a frothy matcha white hot chocolate. I used white chocolate so I could retain the beautiful green colour. It’s almost completely lost if you use milk or dark chocolate.

It was delicious. I used an electric frother to give it a really light texture. This also helps distribute the matcha so that it doesn’t clump together. The white chocolate makes it extra creamy, but the matcha cuts through the sweetness with strong refreshing notes.

One thing I’ve learnt though, is to sift the matcha before adding it to anything. This is the key to it not clumping.

Other Drink Recipes You Might Like

• Beetroot juice with orange & ginger
• Golden turmeric latte
• Indulgent chocolate milk
• Orange kefir smoothie
• Raw cacao energiser
• Salted caramel chocolate tea cocktail

Keep in Touch

Thank you for visiting Tin and Thyme. If you try this or any other matcha white hot chocolate, I’d love to hear about it in the comments below. Do you have any recommendations or tips for using matcha?

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Matcha Hot Chocolate

This delicious drink is made with white chocolate to keep the vibrant green colour and offset any bitter notes from the tea.

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Prep Time2 minutes mins

Cook Time3 minutes mins

Total Time5 minutes mins

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: British

Keyword: hot chocolate, matcha, white chocolate

Servings: 1 cup

Calories: 238kcal

Author: Choclette @ Tin and Thyme

Ingredients

• 200 ml milk whole milk for best results
• 20 g white chocolate finely chopped (I used 2 heaped tsp of Mortimer's white chocolate powder)
• ½ tsp matcha green tea powder + extra for dusting

Metric – US Customary

Instructions

• Warm the milk in a pan to just below boiling point.
  200 ml milk
• Spoon the white chocolate into a mug, then measure the matcha and sift it in. Sifting helps to stop the matcha clumping together when liquid is added.
  20 g white chocolate, ½ tsp matcha green tea powder
• Pour in the milk and whisk. A mini whisk is useful for this.
• Alternativley use an electric milk frother to mix and froth the drink at the same time.
• Dust with a little matcha powder and enjoy.

Notes

For a vegan matcha hot chocolate, use your favourite plant milk and vegan white chocolate.

Please note: calories and other nutritional information are per serving. They’re approximate and will depend on serving size and exact ingredients used.

Nutrition Estimate

Calories: 238kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 96mg | Potassium: 367mg | Fiber: 0.04g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 440IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 294mg | Iron: 0.4mg

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I am sending my matcha hot chocolate off to Nayna for her event, Let’s Cook/Create Hot Drinks over at Simply Food.

Thanks to teapigs for providing a pack of matcha green tea, a shot glass and aerolatte frother in exchange for blogging about the challenge.