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[tealin]

The friend I was paintchatting with had a phone call, and I have always been jealous of people who can paint glass effects realistically, so I painted my refreshing beverage. Matcha lemonade. Best thing ever (or at least this year, in the liquids department). I have to keep going back to Canada so Blenz can keep telling me what drinks are new and delicious. They're 3/3 so far. Also painted my snack. Blueberries = August. That one had been recently washed, that's why it's shiny. They're not usually shiny. But they are usually delicious, as that one was when I decided it was done being my model and I ate it. BC goodness. Thank you, gigantic Sikh blueberry farms, for letting me take part of thy bounty. I don't know what I shall do in September, which is blackberry season, because store-bought blackberries just ... aren't ... right.

It's bloody hot and I can't sleep and the internet is not cooperating. Don't make me watch Road to Perdition again, Internet!


MATCHA LEMONADE
1 cup lemon juice
2 tbsp matcha (green tea) powder
Sugar/Sweetener to taste (I use about 3 tbsp stevia)
2 L water

Mix the matcha powder with enough water to make a liquid about the consistency of paint – it works best to add and mix water gradually, working from a thick paste up to liquid, to avoid little powdery lumps. Add this to the lemon juice and sugar/sweetener. I mix it all up in an old 2L pop bottle and then fill the rest with water but it's probably classier to use a pitcher.

Comments

[ardys-the-ghoul.livejournal.com]

I'd like to try some of that, but I live in Indianapolis, and I have no idea where I would get it around here.

For some reason, I've never cared for blueberries. I don't know why. Strawberries are my personal favorite.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I suspect you can find it at Asian (specifically Japanese) food stores, as well as some specialty coffee shops ... I think I've seen it at Coffee Bean; I know Blenz sells a matcha kit, though it's expensive, and I think they're only in Canada anyway. Starbucks sells matcha drinks but I don't know if they sell the powder ... I've found the best prices and selection at Asian food stores. The price varies widely and is probably a good indicator of quality, but for a mutt drink like this, the cheap stuff is fine.

More blueberries for me! Ahahaha!

[veronikamg.livejournal.com]

Do you think Vietnamese stores would have it? We don't have any Japanese or Chinese stores in my little home town, but we have a Saigon Market.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Maybe ... there was a Vietnamese place (Southeast Asian anyway) where we used to go in Utah (not the epicentre of Asian-American culture) that had a fair selection of generally Asian stuff. It's worth a shot ... they might be able to order some if they don't have any.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I should add that you could make a version like lemonade in which you add brewed green tea to the lemon/sugar mix instead of just water. It'd be different but probably good ... in a different way ... I know green tea and grapefruit juice is good and that's kind of the same principle.