“Blue matcha” is a marketing name, not a reliable ingredient definition. Butterfly pea alone is a botanical ingredient; a blend that also contains green tea can contain caffeine.
Check the ingredient list first
A vivid blue butterfly-pea drink is often made without green tea. MATCHA Blue is a green tea and butterfly-pea blend. It should not be represented as caffeine-free or assumed to have the same colour as a flower-only drink.
For a blue milk drink
Our iced blue recipe uses culinary butterfly-pea flowers. It is a separate botanical recipe, not a demonstration of the final MATCHA Blue formula. Ingredient quantity, milk and acidity affect the finished appearance.
Three different products can share a blue name
A menu may use blue matcha to describe a butterfly-pea infusion, a powder made from a botanical ingredient, or a blend that contains green tea. Those are not interchangeable ingredient lists. The name is a useful invitation to ask a question, but it is not enough to establish the tea content, serving amount or caffeine.
Our Blue blend brings matcha green tea and butterfly pea into one flavour direction. The flower-only iced milk recipe on this website is a separate recipe. It shows how a botanical infusion can be used in a drink; it is not a photograph of the final Blue formulation. Keep that distinction when preparing a drink or explaining a menu item.
Build a recipe around the actual ingredient
Read whether the ingredient is dried flowers, a culinary powder or a prepared drink mixture. Flowers may need infusion and straining, while a powder needs the preparation its supplier specifies. A mixture may contain carriers or sweeteners. Replacing one form with another using the same spoon measure can change the result substantially.
Start with a small preparation and record the amounts. Add milk or another ingredient gradually, observing both texture and flavour. If presentation matters, make the complete recipe before choosing a menu photograph. A botanical’s name or package colour cannot guarantee the exact colour of a finished drink containing tea, milk, fruit or ice.
Give clear menu answers
Describe the drink using its actual ingredients. For example, a flower infusion with milk should not be described as pure green tea. A green-tea-containing blend should not be described as caffeine-free because its name is blue. If you cannot give an exact caffeine figure, say that the drink contains tea and that no exact measured amount is available.
Use the same clarity for allergens and sweetness. Milk alternatives can have their own allergens, and a blue drink is not automatically unsweetened. Staff should be able to find the ingredient specification and the recipe, rather than improvise an answer from the colour. This is especially useful when the drink appears in photographs without a visible label.
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Questions, answered
Is blue matcha caffeine-free?
Only the exact ingredients can answer that. A butterfly-pea-only infusion differs from a green-tea-containing blend. Our Blue blend contains green tea.