I’m sitting here typing with my first tan of the year and dirt on my brow. Yes, I’ve been hard at work in the garden planting flowers from the nursery to spruce up the place (it looked a bit barren after I dug up many of my garden treasures to store temporarily at my parents’ place this summer while the homestead is being built.) But now things are looking much nicer, and if you couldn’t tell from the photos, the wisteria on the patio is blooming like CRAZY and saturating the whole garden area with its sweet perfume. Thank goodness for flowers! After many days working outside in the sunshine, I’ve been desperately craving a refreshing iced latte. But instead of getting a processed one from a coffee shop, it’s much tastier (and very easy…and also lots cheaper) to make one at home yourself! And so I am sharing this tasty + simple blueberry green tea latte with you today, to get you amped up for late spring’s blueberry harvest. Woohoo!
The recipe is incredibly simple. Just boil some blueberries, sugar, and water together and then strain it. And voila! You have blueberry syrup. Then you can just keep it in a jar in the fridge, and mix it with some brewed green tea and milk over ice whenever you want. If you’re not a matcha or green tea fan, you could swap it with whatever kind of tea you like. Blueberry syrup goes will with pretty much any kind of tea, and adds a wonderful berry flavor and touch of sweetness to your latte. You can also feel free to use whatever kind of milk you like, I use whole milk in the recipe but it also tastes great with plant based milks, too (I’ve done it with homemade cashew milk and its very nice!) And if you’re more of a coffee drinker, I have a nice iced vanilla latte recipe, too!
We’re hoping to put our house here in Portland up for sale in a few weeks’ time, it just depends on how soon we can finish painting the inside. We are doing it ourselves and taking our time because I like doing a thorough job (there’s something I find deeply satisfying about peeling off painters tape and seeing a nice clean line between wall and trim!) So my goal is to keep posting once a week, but if I fall off that schedule in the month ahead please forgive me since I’m probably just elbows deep in paint and possibly packing. We’ll be moving in with my parents for the summer after selling our Portland home, and the homestead should be done in October so we’ll be moving again then, too. It will be an exciting few months ahead with lots of changes, but I’m ready for it! Wishing you a wonderful week, my friend, and talk soon!

Blueberry Green Tea Latte
This delicious blueberry green tea latte is made with matcha, homemade blueberry syrup, and your choice of milk for a deeply refreshing treat.
Ingredients
Blueberry syrup
- 1 cup blueberries fresh or frozen about 4 ounces
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
Blueberry Green Tea Latte
- 3 tablespoons blueberry syrup
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/3 cup brewed matcha green tea
Instructions
Blueberry Syrup
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Bring to a boil over medium high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer until the blueberries have burst and released their color, about 15 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes. Remove from heat and strain through a wire strainer, reserving the syrup. Store the syrup in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Will keep for up to 1 month. Makes about 1 cup of syrup.
Blueberry Green Tea Latte
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In a small cup, mix together the blueberry syrup with half the milk and set it aside. Place ice in your serving glass, then pour in the blueberry milk. Then pour in the plain remaining half of the milk, and then top with the matcha (this will help create a pretty ombre effect. If you don’t care about the ombre effect you can just mix them all together in any order). After enjoying the ombre effect, you can stir it all together and enjoy!
I so needed this today 🙂 Just lovely!
Aw thank you Christine!! I’m glad I could bring some sunshine to your day! <3
Eva, your web site takes my breath away. Your ability to see things in a way I can’t imagine takes my heart to a pounding that is always fun. If I could put in picture what I see as beautiful, it would be your style. I purchased a program 2 years ago for our daughter ($1,000) and she did not enroll. It sits. It’s a long story. I hope someday she will see if it is still open for her. Your food, view of nature, wonderful expressive tones make me so happy. Can’t wait to see your new home. From one Portlander to another, blessings. Best of luck in selling your home and living your dreams.
Awwww Terry you are just an absolute gem! Thank you so much for your kind words, they warm my heart <3 And yes definitely, your daughter can access it whenever she wants, there is no expiration date or anything like that 🙂 And thank you for the well wishes with the moving and the home transition. Our home here in Portland is the first house we've ever had, so it's bittersweet to leave, but definitely feeling VERY excited about the homestead! Can't wait to share more about it with you, sooo much has been happening the past couple months!
Thank-you Eva
Just what we all need with the long cold spring in Massachusetts! The wisteria! (lucky girl)
Good Luck with all your moving. I cant wait to see you settled in your dream home.
Peace, Mary
Aw thank you Mary! I will miss the wisteria terribly when we move, but I do plan on planting one at the homestead to trellis up the balcony (it will take a few years to get established, but I can be patient!….sometimes lol.) Thanks for your warm wishes + sending all the spring flower vibes to you in the northeast! <3
wonderful phots thanks for this information
Hi Eva, this looks so refreshing (and beautiful!). Could you tell me: what kind of matcha do you recommend for this recipe, and what method are you using to prepare it?
Aw thank you Alex!! For a budget-friendly option, I really like the Navitas Organics matcha powder. Now if you want something very special/fancy, my absolutely faaaavorite matcha is matcha yuuwa, which is a kind of matcha made from the first tea leaves of spring and is very smooth and slightly sweet and not bitter AT ALL. But of course it’s a lot more expensive haha. For an iced matcha that has a flavored syrup like this recipe, the Navitas Organics one does just great! But if you’re making a hot matcha to enjoy on its own, you can really taste the complexity of the matcha yuuwa.
As for how to brew the matcha, put about 1 teaspoon of matcha powder into a cup (one with a rounded or curved bottom to the inside works great since it allows a whisk to fit into the sides very well). Boil about 4 ounces of water. Use a whisk to stir the powder and add just a tablespoon of the hot water, stirring to form a paste, and keep stirring until there aren’t any lumps. Then slowly add the rest of the water while you stir. And that’s it! I hope this helps my friend!! <3
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