The drink that made Blue Moon famous — now you can make it at home.
Prep time: 10 minutes | Serves: 1 | Difficulty: Easy
This is the one. The Iced Pistachio Matcha Latte is one of our #1 bestseller at Blue Moon Bakehouse — and the most requested recipe we've ever had. Layers of bright matcha, cold milk, and a thick pistachio foam crown that you sip through like dessert.
We built this drink around two products we're obsessed with: Carnival Matcha IroIro (our everyday matcha — vibrant, smooth, zero bitterness) and Just Nuts Pistachio Butter 100% (pure single-ingredient pistachio, the same base we use behind the bar).
The reason this drink works is the matcha-to-pistachio ratio. IroIro has enough brightness to cut through the richness of pistachio without getting lost — which is exactly why we chose this blend when we developed the drink. If you use a lower-grade matcha, it'll taste like a pistachio latte with green colour. With IroIro, you actually taste both.
What You'll Need
For Iced Pistachio Matcha Latte - the Pistachio Foam
- 150ml cold thickened cream + 50ml milk
- 2 tbsp Just Nuts Pistachio Butter 100%
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- Tiny pinch of salt
For the Latte Base
- 1 - 1.5 tsp Carnival Matcha IroIro
- 30ml hot water (not boiling — 80°C is perfect)
- 200ml cold milk of choice
- Ice
- Optional: ½ to 1 full pump vanilla syrup if you like it sweeter
Method
Make the Pistachio Foam
- Blend the pistachio butter with a splash of cream until smooth (this step prevents lumps).
- Add remaining cream, milk powder, vanilla, and salt.
- Whisk to soft peaks — slightly thicker than the matcha foam. You want it to hold its shape when spooned.
Build the Drink
- Whisk IroIro matcha with 30ml hot water (under 80c) until fully dissolved and bright green. No lumps.
- Fill a tall glass with ice.
- Pour cold milk over ice.
- Pour the matcha shot over the milk (slowly on ice) — watch the layers form.
- Spoon pistachio foam generously on top (1/3 cup).
- Add a smaller layer of matcha foam on top of the pistachio.
- Finish with a drizzle of Just Nuts Pistachio Drizzle and crushed pistachios.
The Blue Moon Tips
Why foams? The pistachio foam gives you richness and nuttiness on every sip & they create that signature layered experience our instagram loves every single day.
Why Asagiri for the foam and IroIro for the base? Asagiri is our ice cream and latte matcha from Uji — it's designed to be bold enough to cut through dairy and sugar without disappearing. That's exactly what you need in a cream-based foam. IroIro is the perfect base because it's bright and balanced. Different blends for different jobs — that's how you get café-quality at home.
Dairy-free? Swap cream for coconut cream in the foams. It whips similarly and the coconut-pistachio-matcha combo is honestly incredible.
