Tea sommelier Lim Eun-hye shares café-quality green tea and matcha drink recipes hotels can recreate in-room or at breakfast. Mango tea-ades, matcha lattes, and sourcing tips included.
14. Green Tea Variation Drinks
Writer: Lim Eun-hye, Tea Sommelier (Brand Manager, Tea Grace)
Editor: ONDA Manager Somora
About the writer Lim Eun-hye
- Completed Gold-level Tea Sommelier course
- Beverage menu consulting for franchise and independent cafés
- Tea product development consulting
- One-day classes and corporate workshops on milk tea and tea-ades
- Runs online store and writes tea columns for blogs and MAGAZINE ON
Hello MAGAZINE ON readers — this is Tea Grace, the teaching tea sommelier. November's here, and mornings and evenings have turned chilly. Stay warm and keep healthy through the changing seasons.
In last month's issue, we covered Japanese green tea and matcha — types, brewing methods, buying tips. This time, we're sharing green tea variation recipes you can recreate at home (think popular café drinks), plus a few café recommendations where matcha and green tea shine.
Matcha & Green Tea Variation Menu
1. Green Tea Mango Tea-ade
Ingredients
Tea Grace Sejak Green Tea 2g, hot water 150mL, mango syrup 20g, cup of ice
Recipe
1) Steep Tea Grace Sejak Green Tea in hot water for 1 minute.
2) Add mango syrup and stir well while the tea brews.
3) Pour into an ice-filled cup. Done!
Green Tea Mango Tea-ade
2. Matcha Latte
Ingredients
Tea Grace Shade-Grown Matcha Latte Powder 45g, hot water 50mL, steamed milk 200mL
Recipe
1) Whisk Tea Grace Shade-Grown Matcha Latte Powder with hot water to form a smooth paste.
2) Pour in steamed milk. Hot matcha latte — ready!
Matcha Latte
3. Starbucks-Style Matcha Espresso Fusion
Ingredients
Tea Grace Shade-Grown Matcha Latte Powder 30g, hot water 50mL, espresso shot 30mL, milk 150mL, cup of ice
Recipe
1) Whisk Tea Grace Shade-Grown Matcha Latte Powder with hot water to form a paste.
2) Fill a cup with ice, pour in milk, espresso shot, then 1) on top. Done!
Starbucks-Style Matcha Shot Latte
4. Starbucks-Style Matcha Lemonade
Ingredients
Tea Grace Shade-Grown Matcha 3g, hot water 30mL, lemon juice 150mL, cup of ice
Recipe
1) Whisk Tea Grace Shade-Grown Matcha with hot water.
2) Fill a cup with ice and add lemon juice.
3) Pour whisked matcha over the lemon juice. Finished!
Starbucks-Style Matcha Lemonade
Tea Sommelier–Recommended Cafés for Matcha & Green Tea Drinks and Desserts
Matcha and green tea aren't just for drinks — they're versatile ingredients for desserts and more. Specialty matcha cafés are popping up everywhere, reflecting how much people love these flavors. Here are a few cafés I'm confident recommending:
1. Café Yeondu-Kong, Songdo, Incheon
▪ Address: 20 Convensia-daero 42beon-gil, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon
▪ Instagram: cafe_ygsongdo
Café Yeondu-Kong is a macaron specialist known for not-too-sweet, handmade macarons made with quality seasonal ingredients.
This Songdo spot has gained national attention — invited to trade shows, offered pop-up deals at department stores. If you're planning a macaron café or opening in Songdo, don't skip this one. Their matcha brownie macaron is beautifully balanced: sweet with a rich, earthy bitterness.
Macaron specialist Café Yeondu-Kong, famous for not-too-sweet handmade creations
2. Tea Café Ang (티:앙), Cheonan
▪ Address: 1F, 5-4 Eunhaeng-gil, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, Chungnam
▪ Instagram: tea_cafe_ang
Tea Café Ang is a wagashi (Japanese-style sweet bean paste confection) specialist where red bean paste is cooked fresh daily.
Located near Cheonan Station, Tea Café Ang creates artful wagashi — character-themed, flower-shaped, each a small edible sculpture. They also serve thoughtfully curated blended teas that pair beautifully with the sweets, and sell gift-ready wagashi boxes. When you visit, try the matcha wagashi — you'll see what real handmade confectionery feels like.
Tea Café Ang, cooking red bean paste fresh daily for handmade wagashi
3. Your Sweet Day (달콤한 당신의 하루), Yeongjongdo
▪ Address: 18-3 Haetnae-ro-angil, Jung-gu, Incheon
▪ Instagram: your_haru
Your Sweet Day is a dessert café on Yeongjongdo Island, Incheon.
True to its name, "Your Sweet Day" makes desserts to brighten your day — handmade cakes, macarons, and tea-ades that pair beautifully with everything. Their custom-order cakes are wildly popular, designed with thoughtful attention to birthdays, anniversaries, and other occasions (reservations required). You can feel the care in every slice.
If you're planning a café built around quality handmade desserts, this is a must-visit.
Your Sweet Day, selling handmade desserts, custom cakes, and macarons
That wraps this issue — green tea and matcha recipes, plus cafés worth visiting. If you're a property owner reading this, consider promoting nearby tea cafés, dessert spots, or tea-related gift shops in your social content. Creating simple travel itineraries that highlight local gems is a great way to market your accommodation.
See you next time with more tea content. Thanks for reading!
[Series Index]
2018.09 Understanding Tea & Property Differentiation
2018.10 Blended Tea & Why You Should Drink Tea
2019.03 Break
2019.04 Black Tea Story (4) – 2
2019.05 Black Tea Story (4) – 3
2019.11 Green Tea Story (4)
2019.12 Green Tea Story (5)
2020.01~ Herbal Tea Story
