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Before matcha's recent surge in popularity on social media, bartenders rarely considered whisking green tea into the mixed drinks they were making.

Rensel Cabrera, bar director at The Sylvester in Miami, said the idea started more as a trend experiment than a passion project.

"When we were doing these menu flips, we started looking at trends, style of cocktails, ingredients — and one of the top trends besides espresso martini was matcha," Cabrera told Fox News Digital.

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His bar doesn't serve coffee or tea, but he figured the powder's bright color might really make a cocktail pop.

"Since we're a cocktail bar, we don't really serve a

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