I was feeling completely uninspired to create a St. Patrick’s Day cocktail, bombarded by the same Guinness floats and Irish Car Bomb remakes. Yawn. I had all but chalked the holiday up to a loss, when I remembered the container of matcha tea latte powder buried in the back of my pantry. If ever there was a time to try to work it into a cocktail, this green-everything occasion was it.
I kept it super simple, adding only water, milk and Irish whiskey to create a creamy beverage ideal for a boozy brunch or as a dessert cocktail.
While I won’t be hitting the bars tonight, I will be feasting on corned beef and, in tradition, sipping a green beer. It’s the right thing to do. Slainte!
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Spiked Matcha Latte
makes 2 cocktails
- 6 tbsp matcha green tea latte powder; I used the Trader Joe’s variety
- 6 oz milk or half & half
- 6 oz water
- 2 oz Irish Whiskey; I used Bushmills
Assembly
Fill two highball glasses with ice. In a separate container or mixing glass, combine matcha tea latte powder with milk and water, and whisk until well blended. Add mixture and whiskey to a shaker with ice. Shake well until very cold. Pour into highball glasses and sip immediately!
I frothed some milk and added the foam to the top for a fancier presentation. It’s tasty with or without it!
Barware notes: The mixing glass is from Umami Mart; the highball glass and small milk pitcher were both thrift finds.
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Sip + Skim
My favorite finds this week, boozy and otherwise
- I recently discovered the site A Drink With, where Chicagoan Hillary Sawchuk chats with celebrities, entrepreneurs, musicians and more over a drink. The interviews with video are my favorite, but the others are just as charming. My first stop was Aaron Paul, obviously.
- Working from home, I basically live in workout clothes. I’m looking at trying out Wantable, the Stitch Fix of workout gear. Or, I could just start wearing real clothes. Predicament.
- Not to keep talking about fitness like a total meathead here, but I have become completely obsessed with my new membership to Class Pass, which allows you to go to a ton of different classes at various studios in your city. Spin one day, Pilates the next, Bootcamp after that. It mixes up my routine so I never get bored.
- Have you read this piece, Busy Is A Sickness? It’s all about how we create busyness in our life as a self-imposed indication of worth and value, and to avoid simply being with ourselves. Worth a read for sure.
- I’m probably going to buy this $33 bottle of olive oil for the gorgeous label alone. Sorry not sorry.
- Saving my pennies for a handmade ceramic juicer by Fringe + Fettle, which is almost too beautiful to use. Almost.
- Itching to get my hands on White Whale mixers—and in the meantime, drooling over their perfectly-curated Instagram feed.