Macca’s releases new drink as Aussie demand ‘soars’

McDonald’s has confirmed it has launched a new drink as demand soars in Australia - and this time it is not a prank.

McDonald’s has confirmed it is trialling a new matcha range as demand for the green tea drink continues to soar in Australia - and this time, it’s not a prank.

The vibrant beverage, which originates from Kyoto, Japan, has gained the ultimate “it girl” status symbol over the last few years.
While the drink has been around for over 800 years, it became mainstream in 2015, and has continued to explode in popularity.

Demand for the drink has become so high producers of the trendy tea have struggled to keep up, sparking a recent global shortage.

However, it appears matcha stock has been replenished, as Macca’s has recently decided to get in on the action, releasing three different drinks featuring the green stuff.

Macca’s is trialling matcha drinks at select restaurants in NSW and Victoria. Picture: TikTok/@ninafromsydney

There are three varieties available. Picture: TikTok/@ninafromsydney

For a limited time, Macca’s has added its “Matcha Range” to select restaurants across New South Wales and Victoria, offering a Matcha Latte, an Iced Matcha Latte and Iced Strawberry Matcha Latte to customers.

Despite the fact the beverages, priced between $5.25 and $6.60, are only available to buy at a handful of Macca’s stores, Aussies have already gone wild at the news.

“McDonald’s Australia has released matcha lattes,” food blogger @ninafromsydney captioned a video she shared on TikTok.

She then proceeds to show the menu at McDonald’s Wynyard restaurant, which reads “hurry” and explains the drinks are only available for a short time.

“On the sweeter side, but really good,” she concludes in the short clip.

Reaction to her discovery came in thick and fast, with many desperate to know if it was “true”.

“Can anyone confirm? I went to my local Macca’s and wasn’t on the menu there,” one asked.

“It’s not on the McDonald’s menu on the app,” another added.

It comes after Aussies were duped by viral prank last year. Picture: TikTok/@jaggerandstone

Some customers were disappointed when they went to the fast-food outlet to order a matcha and were told it wasn’t available. Picture: TikTok/@jaggerandstone

It definitely is now - but only at select stores. Picture: TikTok/@ninafromsydney

Others said several stores had it, prompting many to ask Macca’s to bring it to their local restaurant.

“Why is it always Sydney and Melbourne that get all the good stuff,” one mused.

“Bring it to Perth,” pleaded another.

As one said: “Macca’s, we all want matcha.”

It comes after a video went viral on TikTok last year, showing three women “taste testing” a new Strawberry Matcha from Macca’s that later emerged to be false.

Not everyone realised the video was a prank, with multiple people uploading videos about their disappointment after visiting a McDonald’s drive-through and failing to find it.

“I literally believed our Maccas got the viral iced strawberry matcha. Pls don’t repeat my dumb mistake lol lol. I felt so dumb,” one woman shared after.

Originally published as Macca’s releases new drink as Aussie demand ‘soars’