Easy 5-Ingredient matcha green tea smoothie. This green smoothie is fruit and veggie packed, cold, double-thick, smooth, creamy and delicious!
This matcha green tea smoothie contains all the goodness of a regular green smoothie with added green tea flavor (subtle – but lovely) and all the antioxidants that green tea contains.
It’s pretty darn awesome and adds a wonderful flavor and richness to smoothies.
I’m always a fan of a good green smoothie and the addition of matcha green tea makes it something really special!
It’s fruit and veggie packed, cold, double-thick, smooth, creamy and utterly delicious! It’s also ready in 10 minutes! How much better can it get?
And if you love matcha then you’ll also love our vegan matcha cookies, vegan matcha ice cream and vegan matcha cupcakes.
Caffeine In Matcha
So matcha powder has a little caffeine. I’m quite caffeine sensitive so I kept this smoothie pretty mild and only used 2 teaspoons of matcha powder.
Because when I say ‘caffeine sensitive’ what I really mean is ‘Crazy Eyes’ from ‘Orange Is the New Black’ ain’t got nothin’ on me!
I love how the matcha adds a subtle hint of green tea flavor to the smoothie without being overpowering. If you want more of a caffeine boost though, you could easily add more matcha powder to the recipe.
Perfect For Breakfast
This is GREAT for breakfast – doing double duty as your caffeine shot for the day as well as your super healthful infusion of fruit and veggie goodness to power you up for the day ahead.
So I’m a fan – I think you will be too!
Storing Tips
This smoothie is best enjoyed immediately! The fresh fruits and vegetables can start to oxidize and lose some of their deliciousness as time goes on. However, you can store it in the fridge for a day if you need to then stir well and enjoy.
More Delicious Smoothie Recipes
- Kale Smoothie
- Watermelon Smoothie
- Mango Smoothie
- Mango Orange Smoothie
- Blueberry Banana Smoothie
- Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie
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Matcha Green Tea Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup Light Coconut Milk (240ml)
- 2 teaspoons Matcha Green Tea Powder
- 2 Large Handfuls Baby Spinach
- 1 Large Mango fresh or frozen
- 2 Frozen Bananas
Instructions
- Add the coconut milk to your blender jug, followed by the matcha green tea powder and spinach. Blend.
- Add the mango and frozen bananas and blend until creamy and smooth.
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Notes
- Bananas must be peeled, broken into quarters and frozen at least 12 hours before. Anytime you have extra ripe bananas, peel, break into quarters and freeze in a freezer bag so you have them on hand for smoothies.
- This smoothie is best enjoyed immediately, though leftovers can be stored in the fridge for a day.
This was really good! Thank you for the recipe. Will definitely make again.
Awesome, thanks Jennifer! 🙂
I love green tea and smoothies but my problem is the bananas. I really CAN’T stand the smell or the taste of them. Is there something that I can use instead of that? I would really love to try the recipe out if so.
You could try it with extra mango or some pineapple instead. It will have a different flavor but it would still be good!
I cant drink coconut milk .can i just use water in my smoothie
Sure, or you could use a different non-dairy milk. 🙂
Just made this smoothie trying matcha for the first time!
Thanks for the recipe!
You’re welcome! Enjoy! 🙂
will almond milk be okay?
Sure!
Two questions here: I typically use oats milk. Do you think that will still work the same as the coconut milk? And second is I much prefer to use kale in my smoothies. Do you think that will alter ithe taste much. I’m not a huge fan of spinach at all. But I’m dying to find a matcha tea smoothie go-to like yours. Thanks.
Hi Donna, I think oat milk would be fine to use in place of the coconut milk, and kale should be an easy swap as well, you could start with a smaller amount of kale when you first make it so that it doesn’t have too strong a taste and then increase it since spinach is a bit milder in taste but I really think it will be delicious with kale as well. All the best! 🙂
Best smoothie I’ve tried to date.
Yay! That is amazing news! Thanks so much for posting. 🙂
Alison I love this smoothie its my new go to breakfast smoothie! I love the energy boost I get from the matcha. One question I have is how you get the smoothie so smooth? When I do green smoothies with kale or spinach I end up chewing them because its not shredded finely enough. I’m using a ninja blender right now but I’ve been looking into getting a refurbished vitamix or blendtec. What blender are you currently using and what would you recommend? I just read this post https://livingfreshdaily.com/vitamix-5300-vs-7500/ talking about some vitamix blenders and I’m thinking im going to get the vitamix 5300. Do you have any experience with this blender? Thanks!
Hi Sophia, so glad you like the smoothie! We use a Vitamix 5200 and have done for the past 9 years. We’re super happy with it. I have never tried the 5300, but I don’t really think you can go wrong with a Vitamix!
I don’t eat bananas, what other fruit would you recommend with the Mango?
Hi Gina, you could just use more mango, that would also be delicious, or if you wanted a different fruit, pineapple would be a good blend here as well. All the best! 🙂
Can you tell what one Large Mango equals to in Frozen Mango Chunks?
Around 9oz (~250g) or so. As a cup measure probably around a cup and a half. It doesn’t need to be an exact measure for this so roundabout that is fine! ?
Hi can I use water instead of milk?
Sure! The consistency will just be a bit thinner and the taste will be less rich, but it’ll work fine.
I purchased 2 pouches of Matcha green tea not knowing yet what I can mix it with until I came across your your blog, have to find me the light coco milk because of lactose intolerance. Thank you.
Great! Hope you enjoy it!
I can’t wait to try this! (Our blender is probably cringing, we give it such a workout with smoothies already!) I love how matcha gives you that “calm energy” feeling, not jittery.
I’m so glad I found your site! My 14-year old daughter is a total vegan, refusing the tiniest speck of dairy influenced ingredients (driving me a bit crazy!). I’ll be poking around here on your site awhile, I can always use more vegan recipes to try!
Hi Jennifer! Yes, matcha is awesome! I’m so glad you found the site too. Hope you’ll find some lovely recipes you and your daughter will love. All the best!
Love this! one thing I do is add half an avocado if I know it’ll be a long day 🙂
Good plan! 🙂
Such a healthy and delicious breakfast! I love the little added boost of energy matcha gives.
Totally agree! 🙂
Super duper