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Energizing Coconut Matcha Green Tea Latte Oatmeal! A gluten free and vegan friendly breakfast to POWER you through the day. Healthy matcha green tea paired with creamy coconut milk, gluten free oatmeal, and coconut flakes make antioxidant rich breakfast bowls.
Just letting you know this Vegan Green Tea Latte Oatmeal recipe was originally published in late 2015. I retested, rephotographed, updated content and URL. Now I am republishing it for you today! I hope you enjoy. Thank you for following Cotter Crunch Y’all!.
I have a confession. I.. actually, we (Cotters), have this thing for coffee. And if you were to ask us to chose between Matcha Green Tea Latte and coffee, of course coffee would win. And if you were to ask us if we’d rather have coffee or real food, like healthy oatmeal for breakfast, we would probably choose coffee, maybe add some collagen or MCT oil and we’re happy! Ack, I know! So following the food trends, but…. it’s been helping our morning workouts. Haha, that is until we decided that this little coffee addiction might need a break. Coffee lovers, you know that feeling. When you know you need to ease back but you just DON’T WANNA…. LOL! I mean, the aroma alone is worth the addiction. Okay okay, kidding. Let me get to my point here.
There are times where I just know we need to back off coffee for a bit. This usually happens when the effects of coffee are reversed. When that one or two cups of coffee are no longer helping us wake up in the morning, but instead are leaving us sluggish. I would say this usually occurs when the body is needing a little reset (raises hands, both hands). And boy, do I recognize when that is needed Yep, an adrenal reset or an Anti-Inflammatory Diet RESET are needed from time to time.
So, what’s a coffee addict to due when you still need energy but without the coffee? You find something that will still satisfy your routine but with extra health PERKS (see what I did there?). Here’s where Matcha Green Tea comes into play! Oh and a gluten free latte oatmeal breakfast bowl. OMG obsessed!
I know what you’re thinking. But Matcha green tea? Isn’t it suppose to taste bitter due to the pure sencha leaves? It’s what you were thinking, right? Oh and the fact that it’s UBER green. Haha!
On the other hand, the higher amount of bitterness the more nutrients and antioxidants it has. Yes, Matcha green tea does WONDERS for energy, in the form of antioxidants! Nerdy nutrition fact for ya.
Don’t worry, that doesn’t mean you have to taste the bitterness, we’ll remedy that in a minute. .But first.. let’s swoon over this.
You see, we’re making matcha green tea latte with coconut milk and combining it with the wholesome gluten free oatmeal and coconut flakes. This helps smooth out the the taste but keep the effectiveness.
Now, about those effect health perks.
Matcha Green Tea Benefits :
- First, green tea is NOT oxidized. It is not exposed to high levels of oxygen. In fact, part of the growing process of these green tea leaves includes shading them from the sun (oxidation). Which means there are more antioxidants available in the leafs once brewed! Which means there is more Chlorophyll –> hence the VIBRANT GREEN. How nerdy and cool is that? (source)
- Second, matcha green tea is a concentrated powder form. So think of regular green tea antioxidants on steroids. In fact, it has 60x more antioxidants than spinach. Like whoa!
- Third, Matcha green tea is unique because it actually evens out the effect of caffeine in the green tea. How so? Well the whole shading process (mentioned above) increases the content of L-Theanine. L- Theanine is an amino acid that can help calm the nervous system but also stimulate brain waves. So you have a this calm energizing thing going on. This can also help ease anxiety. Like the anxiety of not having your coffee! haha, that would be me!
If you’re like 5 million other people in the world, you probably love your oatmeal in the morning just as much as your coffee. Which is why I had the oh so clever idea to combine the two. This coconut milk green tea latte oatmeal is like the red bull of oatmeal, except it doesn’t make you crash later. That I can testify!
First you brew your matcha green tea in coconut milk, then you add that to a pot of gluten free oats and cook it all up with a dash of cinnamon, maple syrup (or honey for non vegans). Finally, you serve into bowls and top with a little extra sprinkle of coconut flakes, chia seed, and extra latte love!
Matcha Green Tea Latte Oatmeal
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
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Coconut Matcha Green Tea Latte Oatmeal {Vegan}
Ingredients
- 1 cup coconut milk (regular, light, or unsweetened)
- 2 tea bags of matcha green tea or regular green tea bags
- 1 tsp matcha powder (see instructions if you don’t have the powder)
- 1 1/2 cups gluten free rolled oats
- 1/4 cup coconut sugar or raw sugar ( see notes for sugar free)
- 1/2 tbsp extra virgin coconut oil or naturally refined coconut oil
- Pinch of Cinnamon
- Pinch of Sea salt
- Optional Mix in- 1/4 c unsweetened shredded coconut flakes or shavings
- 1 tbsp maple syrup or honey for non vegans.
- Optional Topping – nuts, oats, coconut flakes, or sliced banana
Instructions
- First heat your milk on stove or in a microwave safe dish. You want the milk to come to a low boil or simmer if on stovetop. Equivalent to about 70-90 seconds on medium high power if in microwave.
- Place tea bags in milk and let them steep for 3 minutes. Remove tea bags after 5 minutes or so. Whisk in your matcha powder. If you don’t have matcha powder, just use the matcha tea bags.
- Next prepare your oats according to directions, leave out 1/3 cup of the recommended water so that the oats are thicker. Cooking on the stovetop or microwave works. (See notes for how to cook oats on stove tops).
- When oats are halfway through cooking. Pour in 2/3 c green tea latte, reserving 1/3 cup for pouring on top once cooked.
- Finish cooking oats until they are creamy but still thick. Not runny.
- Once cooked, remove from heat and stir in your coconut sugar, dash of salt, cinnamon, and coconut oil.
- Mix all together.
- Mix in optional coconut shavings if desired. This makes about 4 cups.
- Spoon into bowls and pour additional matcha latte on top of each bowl. Drizzle honey or maple syrup. Add toppings of choice.
Notes
For cooking oats on stove top
1 1/2 cup rolled oats cooked in 2 cups water or a combination of both water and milk. Combine oats and water in a pot over medium-low heat. Bring to a simmer, stirring frequently. Once the oats begin to soften and the liquid thickens, you can add your tea latte combo.
Simmer and stir until the oats reach your desired texture and consistency. Spoon into bowls and add topping.
For sugar free option use xylitol sugar or monk fruit sugar.
- Category: breakfast
- Method: stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3/4 c
- Calories: 268
- Sugar: 16 g
- Sodium: 20 mg
- Fat: 5.9 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 39 g
- Fiber: 3.5 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Keywords: matcha, latte, oatmeal, vegan, healthy, breakfast, green tea
I could go on and one, but the point is this. IF you are still sluggish after all that coffee. Maybe it’s time to switch up that morning routine. Just for a little while. Are you nodding your head with me here?
Do you ever replace your coffee with green tea latte? Ever tried Matcha?
p.s we recently started making a “bullet proof” matcha latte with perfect keto powder, and wow, so impressed! It tasted delish!
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Can I get an amen to this post!?! 🙂 LOVE Matcha! I’ve gotten into this terrible “routine” of grabbing a Matcha Latte at our little local coffee shop after church these days… I actually like the bitter/sweetness of it! (I do get a little vanilla to even out the taste) I actually have been cutting down on my coffee because it def. doesn’t help with anxiety matters! lots of tea going on here! So if you have any favorite flavors/brands feel free to pass that info along! ps.. coffee farm? what dreams are made of!
i feel ya. and I”m always here for you! Let me know what you think of this. Too bitter or sweet, etc??
Ha! The red bull of oatmeal. That’s hilarious!
I love a good green tea and coffee too! Usually have a cup of each everyday.
oh good! i need to make more. keep me accountable!
I’m a total coffee addict too. Maybe I should get myself some matcha tea to try? I just made some Chai overnight oats that were awesome…I love this idea!!
Oh my. I love chai! will check that out!
So good and so making me drool over myself right now 😉 Girl, this is the perfect outlet for coffee lovers! It is seriously the best idea and the flavor sounds amazzzzzzzzing!
I know, right? I still love my coffee but this helps!
Love love love me some green tea. But Matcha? I can’t do. There are very few flavors that I just can’t do and Matcha is one of them. I have made recipes and oats with brewed tea before, though.
this totally works with just green tea. But you don’t need your energy. You’re naturally HIGH on life! haha
i think you should try this with chai! Yes? give CHAI and TRY! haha
I’m a coffee addict myself and I can’t stand the thought of replacing it with tea. I would totally love having the healthy benefits of matcha/green tea in my oatmeal rather than drinking it because, let’s be honest, I eat oatmeal everyday! This sounds delicious!
hah yes! totally thought of YOU!
Awesome. I put matcha in my oats every day!
my green loving friend! <3 matcha is unreal amazing!
I’ve never had matcha green tea! I do love me some coffee though. I’m missing caffeine dearly these days…
OH I bet! can you have this? perk you up? xxoo
I cannot stand green tea…and tea in general! GASP I know, but it is just one of those childhood memories. My Mom used to give me tea when I had the flu and yep it has stuck with me…I could substitute this with coffee right? 😉
haha totally! try this with vanilla chai!
of course. anything for you! <3
Just eat this WITH your coffee and yea…you’re good to go 😉
haha I like your thinking
Seriously it could have been me writing this post! I even sent it to my husband because seriously this is us, minus the matcha because he isn’t a fan. BUT we love coffee, like love our coffee. We have an espresso machine that we geek out on and daily try to get back to sticking with our americanos, espressos, and drinks without additives unless it’s the weekend or vacation, ect then bring on all the mochas, lattes, ect. He actually would still keep with the mochas daily. We were doing lots of espresso based drinks for the remodel and through the holidays that weren’t the healthy ones. Lots of shots of espresso but also lots of mocha, lattes, and coffee drinks with enhancements (alcohol), oh and homemade whipped cream with my isi whipper but last week I was like we need to cut back on the coffee and the additives. Of course last weekend was a 3 day weekend and we aren’t doing so well. We are the same way when it comes to the smell, routine, the just love of coffee not because of the NEED for it. We relax and wake up with a cup of coffee in the morning, when the girls go to bed we grab an espresso based drink and do what we need to (work, bills, talk, ect) or just relax. Well bedtimes are getting later, sleep is being interrupted and after the almost 2 months of less than 4 hours of sleep a night with the remodel getting back on track and sleep was a big thing for the new year I wanted to reset.
This even goes with wine because we will have our wine, I’m trying to get that back to just the weekends for now because again holidays we are up late, sleeping late, relaxed, having our wine nightly. I need a reset! I know he does because he hasn’t been running and if he wants to do his marathon he was thinking coming up he needs to start up again. He is not a green tea fan! So he picked up a Earl Gray which is his favorite and I have a tea cupboard stocked. Anyways long story short he broke out the wine again for the last 5 nights good thing that bottle is gone because tonight we are having tea and no coffee or wine. It’s just 2 nights until Friday we need to do it now vs starting next week. It’s not that we need to stop enjoying what we love but we need to find balance again I think to really truly enjoy it. If we needed to cut out coffee and or wine we could, we did in the past for fertility reasons but it is something we enjoy I just think we need to get back to the balance and moderation to where it isn’t affecting sleep and daily life and we truly enjoy it.
P.S.I realized this comes after I just made a half dozen coffee inspired recipes. I only realized this because my husband wrote back pointing out my post I was going to post today! It was an oatmeal like this with a coffee alternative but not tea (since I posted yesterday I didn’t and was trying to wait for Friday). Haha!
OMG sorry for the novel!
I totally get that. It’s hard to let go of that aroma and routine! one day at a time friend, right?
Red Bull of oatmeal. I love it. Matcha is my jam. I have it every day in my “sludge.” Can’t get Vegas to go the sludge though… I bet I could sneak this past her. Maybe…
I love matcha and this looks so so good. I have a huge bag sitting in my pantry, need to make use of it, so delicious.
xx
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yes! matcha party!
I usually can’t stand green tea or matcha, but I did have a matcha latte a couple weeks ago that was magnificent!
Whenever the weather gets cold I seem to switch to nonstop tea but as it warms up I tend to go back to coffee.
isn’t it funny how that happens?
A break from coffee – what’s that?? I usually reverse the effects of coffee by doubling up on it – not such a good idea eh? Thinking I need to make me this dairy-free matcha green tea oatmeal instead!
BTW – does your father in law still have that coffee farm? I’m thinking of moving once my daughter is in college and Hawaii would be perfect to move too – and I’d love to work for coffee 🙂
Happy Wednesday friend!
I AM NOT A TEA FAN & i HAVE TRIED MATCHA – A BIT STRONG FOR ME.. I HAVE PUT COFFEE IN MY OATMEAL. 🙂 Sounds delish though!
OOPS hit the caps lock by mistake!
I’m obsessed with matcha, but neeeeeeed to stop drinking it at 9pm. For real. Bad idea.
Never thought of it in oats. I like. You are one intelligent lady.
ya, i learned that lesson the hard way (at 9pm drinking tea). INSOMNIA! haha
You are telling the story of my life…I have been going WAY overboard on coffee lately and have been cutting back and enjoying more green tea and matcha. I can’t get enough! This oatmeal sounds incredible and those photos are STUNNING.
you and me both! <3
I’m definitely a fan of green tea and drink it a few times a week, though not to replace coffee! Haven’t tried matcha though – I’ve been meaning to!
I love Matcha! I used to mix it into everything, guess I need to get back to it. And since I have actually started eating oatmeal, this is the perfect way! Hope all is well, we need to catch up soon. xo
OMG must make this!! the coconut milk in here sounds awesome. Now, question, if not tea, *could* I make this with coffee grounds? 😉
I would make a coconut milk latte then mix with oats. I’ve done that before
I have a hard time finding recipes that work well with matcha green tea. Something you clearly have no trouble doing. Looks delicious Lindsay and packed full with good for you nutrients.
I TOTALLY get the need for a (short) coffee break sometimes. I drink it routinely during the week, and try to not have it on either Sat or Sun….I noticed that I had a mild headache one weekend which kind of freaked me out (I don’t want to be SUPER dependent on coffee) so I took a break for a few days and…then went back to drinking it 😉
This looks deeeeeeeeelish! Coconut is seriously one of the best oatmeal additions!
I used to replace coffee with green tea, however, now that I shouldn’t be having coffee OR green tea I’ve been treating myself to lots of delicious herbal teas instead. My latest find? Mint chocolate tea <3
Thanks for laying out the benefits of matcha! Of course I’ve seen it everywhere, but it’s hard for me to commit to trying it when I don’t know that much about it! I love how you said coffee isn’t so much about the caffeine as it is taste, routine, and the aroma, but I also do love the caffeine!
haha yes, the caffiene is definitely a “perk.” Let me know if you try matcha!
I love coffee every morning, especially a good medium roast! I looooveeee this oatmeal and probably would have made it this morning if I had green tea in my pantry. Coconut and oatmeals is a crazy delicious combination.
it’s one of those odd combos that just works! haha ya know?
I made this for just myself and added some chia seeds for an extra boost. I also used green tea with hibiscus, as it was all I had in the house, but it was very tasty (!) and added a tang that was pretty yummy with the added banana slices.
The one “oops” I made was not cutting the amount of matcha to add to my single bowl, so I had a VERY green bowl of oatmeal. Still delicious.
I love this recipe. This would be a smart way to serve kids some healthy, energizing stuff around Halloween and calling them Frankenstein oats! Green tea is so good for the little ones in moderation.
OMG I love that idea! great “oops” for sure! Thanks Meghan
Can’t get over that vibrant green color!! 🙂
right? I adore it. Makes me wake up more! haha
I love making this and adding a little coconut! Such a yummy way to start the day!
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That color is amazing!!!
Matcha is my latest favorite! I love this!
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When I’m making oatmeal I have a tendency to get stuck in a rut with my flavors. I will definitely make this again for a cool morning breakfast.
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What a great way to start your day! Thanks for the delicious recipe!
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Thanks Katie!
Mega yum!
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Green tea is a wonderful drink
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OBSESSED WITH THIS!!!
This breakfast is a green goddess!!
I love anything matcha, what a great breakfast.
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right? I’m in love!
This dish is delicious, look at it already attractive, thank you for sharing.
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