Ingredients for making Brownie Boba

Black tea leaves

The best black teas for this bubble tea are teas with natural chocolaty flavour, such as Chinese Dian Hong or Indian Assam tea with less maltiness and more chocolaty notes. To bring out a slightly toasty note, dry roast them before steeping for a couple of seconds using a clean preheated saucepan.

Milky ingredients

For this recipe, you’ll need regular whole milk and condensed milk. Whole milk is used to make the bottom layer. You can replace it with semi-skimmed milk. If you want to replace sweet, condensed milk, you can use either evaporated milk (less sweetness) or single/double cream.

Cocoa powder

Since cocoa is a main flavour in this boba tea, choose only high-quality cocoa powder. But instead of adding cocoa directly to tea, a much better way is to make chocolate syrup instead. This syrup is much lighter than the classic syrup. It contains more milk and a bit of butter.

Boba pearls

Boba pearls are what makes boba tea a boba tea. They are mad from tapioca starch and sugar and readily available. The most classical flavour is black sugar flavour that goes well with almost any milky boba tea. Alternatively, you can make your own boba pearls at home.

Sugar

You’ll need sugar for both chocolate syrup and for making brown sugar syrup. The best one? Brown sugar! Brown sugar has a unique caramel touch, and it’s perfect for making bubble teas. Both light brown or dark brown sugar will work. However, if you want to get as close to the traditional flavour, use dark muscovado sugar or soft dark sugar.

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Homemade Brownie Chocolate Boba

Delicious boba from a scratch

Course Drinks

Keyword Black Tea, Boba Tea, Chocolate

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Servings 1

Equipment

• small saucepan (for making sugar syrup, cooking boba pearls and making chocolate syrup)
• Flat saucepan
• Kettle
• Serving glass

Ingredients

For the bottom chocolate layer:

• 80 ml milk
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 3 teaspoon brown sugar
• 4 teaspoons cocoa powder

For milk tea:

• 220 ml water
• 1 heaped teaspoon roasted Dian Hong tea
• 1 tablespoon condensed milk
• 30 grams black sugar boba pearls
• Ice

For sugar syrup

• 4 tablespoon brown sugar
• 50 ml water

Instructions

• Combine 4 heaped tablespoons of brown sugar and 50 ml of water in a small saucepan. Bring it to a boil over medium heat and stir gently until sugar dissolves. Reduce the heat to low and let it simmer for3-4 minutes.
• Cook boba pearls per instruction on the packaging and coat them in sugar syrup. You don’t need to use all syrup, just enough to cover all pearls.
• Add milk, sugar and sifted cocoa powder into a small saucepan. Simmer over low heat until it thickens. While simmering, stir using a spoon or a whisk until smooth. Turn off the heat, add butter and stir.
• Preheat a flat saucepan, add tea leaves and dry roast them for 5-10 seconds on medium heat until fragrant.
• Bring water to a boil and steep 1 heaped teaspoon of dry roasted tea leaves in 220 ml of water for about 3 minutes.
• Pour chocolate syrup into a serving glass.
• Add syrup coated boba pearls.
• Add ice cubes.
• Gently pour tea over ice cubes.
• Add 1-2 tablespoons of condensed milk and serve.

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Ingredients for making Milky Chai Slushie

Spices

Basic ingredient to any good masala chai is a fragrant spice mix. While there are many delicious pre-made chai blends, nothing is better than making your own mix from a scratch.

This recipe is made with cloves, cardamom, mace blade and cinnamon. All of them, except mace blade, are quite common in making masala tea. Mace blades are outer layers of nutmeg and they are super fragrant. Always use fresh spices and crush them using pestle and mortar.

Milk

Whenever you are making milky tea, you want to use full fat or even full cream milk that will be able to hold all those flavours together and still offer a rich and full texture. Using whole milk is a must.

Tea

Proper chai requires a proper black tea. The most common tea to use is strong broken Assam tea or CTC Asaam tea. CTC and broken leaves will infuse into a much bolder and stronger tea. Tea doesn’t need to be expensive. In fact, chai is rarely made with super high-quality tea. However, it has to be fragrant. Use tea leaves that are fresh because it will have a tremendous impact on the flavour.

Ice

You’ll need lots of ice. Although there are many ways of making slushies at home, this is by far the easiest one. It may not be a classic recipe as it doesn’t require any special steps or freezing. However, most importantly, it has a slushie texture.

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Homemade Masala Chai Milky Slushie

Super aromatic and easy to make summer recipe

Course Drinks

Keyword Black Tea, Chai, Sluhie, Spiced Tea

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Servings 1

Equipment

• Blender
• saucepan
• Serving glass

Ingredients

• 3 cloves
• 2 cardamom pods
• Small piece, about 1 cm mace blade
• 2 cm cinnamon stick
• 150 ml milk
• 50 ml water
• 1 heaped teaspoon CTC Assam tea
• Cup of ice
• 3-4 teaspoons brown sugar once you blend it,the sweetness will reduce

Instructions

• Gather all spices and crush them using a pestle and mortar.
• Add spices into a small, preheated saucepan and heat them over low heat until fragrant. This will take less than a minute.
• Add water and tea leaves, increase the heat to medium and bring it to a boil.
• Add milk and bring it to a boil again, then reduce to low, add sugar and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Strain the tea into a cup. Let it cool for 5-10 minutes.
• Add ice, tea and ice into a blender and blend for a minute or until fully blended.
• Pour into a serving glass and serve immediately.

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Is spicy masala chai difficult to make at home?

If you ever tried a proper chai, you may have noticed how different it is from regular tea with milk. In fact, proper chai is made differently than a cup of tea with milk. It’s simmered rather than brewed, usually contains lots of sugar and has more than just a splash of milk. Making this delicious tea is more than just brewing a cup of pre-made chai tea blend and adding milk. However, making spicy masala chai at home doesn’t need to be difficult at all.

A few simple tips to keep in mind:

• Always crush your spices using pestle and mortar
• Dry roast spices in a pan before adding water
• Add water first, bring it to a boil and then add tea leaves
• After a few minutes, add milk and sugar and stir
• Don’t forget the pulling process – pour it from one saucepan to the other a couple of time

You can use a pre-made chai blend too, but don’t skip the simmering step.

Ingredients for making spicy masala chai

Chai with chilli is a masala chai with chilli. A typical masala chai will usually contain ginger, cloves, cardamom and cinnamon, but there are dozens of other ingredients you can use. These include mace blades, black peppercorns, fennel seeds, vanilla and even chilli. Chilli is rarely used for blending tea, but when it is, you’ll usually find it in chai and red rooibos blends.

Spices

You can make chai with any spice you want. However, the most common ones are ginger, cloves, cardamom and cinnamon. Mace blades are less common, but incredibly aromatic. Although they sound and look quite exotic, they are actually an outer layer of nutmeg. This recipe uses mace blades, cloves, cardamom and ½ of a small chilli pod. Dried small red chillis are another ingredient you’ll need for making this chai with chilli. You’ll also need green cardamom, cloves and cinnamon.

Milk

When making a rich homemade chai, always use full fat (whole) milk. Although semi-skimmed milk may work too, it will undoubtedly offer less creaminess. If you are using a milk alternative, choose barista milks with creamier textures.

Sugar

Use either regular white granulated sugar or light brown sugar. Chai will always need a sweetener, as the simmering process will increase the bitterness. Start by adding one teaspoon and add more if needed.

Tea leaves

The best tea leaves for making a homemade spicy masala chai are usually broken Assam leaves. You can use tea bags too, but they may not always offer a rich deep flavour. Avoid stale or weak tasting teas. All ingredients, especially tea, will influence the flavour of chai. Chai tea leaves don’t need to be of a super high quality, but they do need to be aromatic and fresh.

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Spicy Masala Chai with Chilli

Homemade masala chai tea from a scratch

Course Drinks

Keyword Black Tea, Chai, Chilli

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Equipment

• 2 small saucepan
• Pestle and mortar

Ingredients

• 1 cardamom
• 2 cloves
• 1/5 piece of small mace blade
• 1 cm cinnamon stick
• 1-2 teaspoons sugar
• 150 ml milk
• 150 ml water
• ½ to 1/4 small chilli pod mini chili, depending on how hot it is

Instructions

• Gather all spices and crush them using a pestle and mortar.
• Add spices to a small clean saucepan and dry roast them over medium-high heat.
• Add water and bring it to a boil over medium-high heat.
• Reduce the heat to medium-low, add tea and chilli and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
• Add sugar and milk and bring it to a boil again, then reduce the heat and simmer for a few minutes.
• Strain the tea into a clean saucepan. Remove the spices and tea leaves from the other saucepan. Using these two small saucepans, pour the tea from a slight height from one into the other a few times. You can follow this process using two jugs or two bigger mugs, but small saucepans will be easier to use.
• When the tea is bubbly, pour itinto a serving cup.

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These beautiful and soothing flavours come with some additional benefits, too.

The best of all?

It’s super easy to make.

Read on.

The Benefits of Chamomile Tea

Chamomile tea has been a favourite relax and sleepy time for years. It’s one of the most soothing tisanes with a deep and sweet flavour that’s popular around the world. Chamomile tea is made of dry chamomile flowers, which, when infused in hot water, release a range of beneficial compounds that may promote relaxation and calmness. It has been used for centuries as a natural remedy for a range of ailments, including anxiety, insomnia, and digestive issues.

But did you know that milk and saffron can actually have an effect of the sleep quality, too (1), (2), making them an ideal addition to chamomile tea for those seeking serious relaxation.

How Saffron Adds a Unique Flavour and Aroma

Saffron is a spice that has been highly prized for centuries for its intense flavour, aroma, and medicinal properties. The unique flavour of saffron is a perfect complement to chamomile tea and to its calming effect.

Saffron, the golden spice derived from the Crocus sativus flower, is one of the most expensive and aromatic spices in the world. Its bold, slightly bitter taste elevates the subtle sweetness of chamomile, creating a complex and comforting blend.

An Easy-to-Make Recipe for Chamomile Tea with Milk and Saffron

To enjoy the soothing and delicious benefits of chamomile latte with saffron and milk at home, there are only a few steps to follow.

Begin by steeping 1-2 chamomile tea bags or 1-2 teaspoons of loose chamomile flowers in half a cup of hot water for three to five minutes. While the tea is steeping, warm up half a cup of milk together with a tiny pinch of saffron in a small saucepan over medium heat until it’s hot but not boiling. Start frothing it with an electric hand whisk immediately to create a silky froth. Saffron is a very aromatic spice, so only use a tiny amount. One or two small threads will be enough. Next, strain the tea or remove the tea bags and pour it into a serving glass.

Add a teaspoon of honey (if you want to use a sweetener) and add hot, frothed milk. Both milk and chamomile are naturally sweet, so unless you prefer very sweet lattes, you don’t need any sweeteners. However, light floral honey is a wonderful choice as it will beautifully enhance the natural floral sweetness of chamomile. 

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Chamomile Tea with Milk and Saffron

The best-ever relaxing evening latte that tastes so divine it’s hard to believe.

Course Drinks

Keyword Chamomile, Latte

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Servings 1

Equipment

• small saucepan
• Kettle
• electric hand frother

Ingredients

• 150 ml boiling water
• 2 teaspoons of loose chamomile flowers or 2 tea bags of chamomile tea
• 150 ml milk
• Just a tiny pinch of saffron, 1-2 small threads will be enough – it’sincredibly aromatic

Instructions

• Bring fresh water to a boil.
• Steep chamomile flowers or tea bags in 150 ml of boiled water for 3-5minutes.
• While the tea is steeping, add 150 ml of milk and 1-2 small saffron threads to a small saucepan and heat over medium fire. Immediately start whisking it with an electric hand frother to get silky smooth froth. Do not let it boil. If you started whisking immediately, once there are no large bubbles in the foam, the milk will be hot enough.
• Remove the strainer or tea bags and pour the tea into a serving glass.
• If you are using a sweetener, add it now.
• Slowly pour milk into a serving glass and top up with froth.
• Serve immediately.  

Sources

(1) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10229376/

(2) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10357048/

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Why try it?

Let’s admit it. Banana Bread is one of those desserts no one thinks of making until you have spare ripe bananas that you don’t really want to waste. Regardless, it’s one of the most delicious and satisfying desserts ever. And it’s extremely popular. It’s not uncommon to see banana bread flavoured drinks, including different cocktails and even beer. This Banana Bread tea recipe was inspired by warm and sweet notes of rich and tasty homemade banana bread. You can serve it with lots of ice, like a regular boba, or even hot.

Ingredients for making Banana Bread tea

Black Tea – the best black tea for making Banana Bread boba is a strong English Breakfast, chocolaty Dian Hong or chocolaty and malty Assam tea. Your tea base should be strong. Use 1 1/2 teaspoon of tea leaves per 250 ml of water. To add a subtle baked note, dry roast tea leaves for 10 second in a clean hot pan before steeping them.

Creamer – Instead of whole milk, opt for half-and-half or coffee creamer. They have a higer fat percentage and will give a much nicer texture and flavour. A good alternative is single cream.

Boba pearls – although you can use regular brown sugar boba pearls, to really elevate this drink, use homemade banana boba pearls instead. Although easy to make, the entire process can be a time consuming, so prepare them when you have time and store uncooked in the fridge or freezer. A great alternative to boba pearls for this drink is banana pudding. If you are using pudding, add it after you add ice. Ingredients for banana boba pearls are listed in the recipe below.

Find the recipe for making homemade boba pearls here.

Banana extract – this drink is made with banana extract rather than real bananas. Use extracts that have a natural banana flavour without artificial notes. Banana extracts are readily available in specialty stores, Asian grocery stores and even regular supermarkets (depending on your location).

Sweetener – Demerara sugar with a naturally light caramel flavour is a perfect sweetener for this drink. You can replace it with regular sugar, but the drink will lose some of the complexity and flavour. The best alternative is light brown sugar or honey. If you are using sugar, make a simple syrup following this recipe, but use water instead of tea.

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Banana Bread Milk Tea

Homemade dessert milk tea

Course Drinks

Keyword Autumn, Black Tea, Boba Tea, Dessert Tea, Milk Tea

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes minutes

Servings 1

Equipment

• Kettle
• saucepan
• Serving glass

Ingredients

For banana boba pearls

• 15 grams light brown sugar
• 35 grams tapioca starch
• 1 teaspoon banana extract
• 20 ml water
• Yellow food colour optional, some extracts already contain yellow colour

For banana bread milk tea

• 250 ml water
• 1 ½ teaspoon black tea leaves
• 10-15 ml half and half of coffee creamer
• ½ teaspoon banana extract
• A few drops vanilla extract
• 3 teaspoons demerara syrup
• Ice
• 1 litre water for boiling tapioca pearls

Instructions

• Start by preparing the tea base. Preheat a clean saucepan and add tea leaves. Dry roast them for 10-15 seconds.
• Bring fresh water to a boil and steep tea leaves in 250 ml of water for 5 minutes.
• Strain it into a serving glass or mug.
• Add vanilla and banana extract and stir.
• While the tea is steeping, add about a litre of water into a saucepan and bring it to a boil. Add boba pearls and cook them following instructions on the packaging. If you are using homemade boba pearls, wait until they are all floating on the surface, then reduce the heat and cook for 15-20 minutes. Turn off the heat, cover the saucepan and let them rest for another 10-15 minutes. Strain boba pearls into a clean bowl and coat them in demerara sugar syrup.

  If your boba pearls turn from chewy to hard in cold tea, cook them slightly longer next time.
• Add cooked and coated boba pearls to brewed tea.
• Add ice.
• Add creamer and more sugar syrup if needed.

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Sometimes, regular boba is just not enough. This custard bubble tea is filled with custardy flavours, creamy and just so delicious. Sounds like a great alternative to a regular bubble tea, doesn’t it? Since you don’t need to make the custard from a scratch, this drink is super easy to make.

Custard and boba tea

Custard and boba tea have been a delicious match for many years. However, a typical custard boba will contain custard pudding, rather than the custard itself. And that’s exactly what makes this recipe super tasty. Besides, it’s much creamier than regular boba tea. This recipe is made with instant custard powder, but you can use ready to eat custard too.

Which boba pearls to use?

Boba pearls or tapioca pearls are a chewy ingredient that makes boba tea a boba tea. Pre-made boba pearls are easy to cook and come in a whole range of flavours, with the most popular one being brown sugar. Taro boba pearls are a great alternative for this recipe.

Ingredients for making custard bubble tea

Custard powder – 2-3 teaspoons of custard powder will be enough to get a delicious creamy texture. Heat the milk, add powder and whisk until smooth. Then add it to a brewed tea. If you are using ready to eat custard, use it instead of milk.

Milk – when making custard to milk teas, whole or full-fat milk is always the best choice. However, since the custard powder will make the drink creamier, you can opt for semi-skimmed milk too. If using a milk alternative, choose barista style milk or cashew milk. Barista style milk alternatives tend to have a higher sugar content, so use less honey if you prefer less sweet drinks.   

Black tea — Breakfast blends and Indian Assam tea with chocolate notes will work well with this recipe. Avoid black teas that are too crisp and light. Choose teas you’d typically drink with milk. When making any milk tea, it’s always a good idea to make a stronger tea base with 1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons of tea leaves.

Sweetener – honey is a perfect sweetener for this drink. Use it instead of simple syrup to coat boba pearls and to adjust the sweetness.

Boba pearls – use either brown sugar boba or taro boba pearls. Brown sugar tapioca pearls are readily available online, while taro pearls can be found in specialised Asian grocery stores. Alternatively, you can make your own boba pearls with tapioca starch water, sugar and some vanilla flavouring.

Love custard? Try out this Custard Milk Tea recipe too.

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Custard Bubble Tea

Creamy and easy to make at home

Course Drinks

Keyword Autumn, Black Tea, Boba Tea, Milk Tea

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Servings 1

Equipment

• Kettle
• saucepan
• strainer

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons instant custard powder
• 100 ml milk
• 170 ml water
• 1 1/2 heaped teaspoon black tea
• ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1-2 teaspoons honey
• 30-50 grams taro boba pearls

Instructions

• Bring fresh water to a boil.
• Steep 2 teaspoons of black tea in 170 ml of water for 5 minutes.
• Strain the tea into a serving glass.
• Add ¼ teaspoon of vanilla extract.
• Add milk into a saucepan andsimmer on low-medium heat. Once hot, add 2-3 heaped teaspoons of custard powder and whisk until smooth.
• Cook tapioca pearls following the instructions on the packaging.
• Strain boba pearl and coat them in honey.
• Add boba pearls together with honey into a serving glass.
• Add ice and top up with custard milk.

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What’s in Sticky Date Delight?

An inspiration for Sticky Date Delight came from a sticky toffee pudding, a yummy dessert made of a sponge cake, toffee sauce and dates. This tea actually contains dates (and figs) which are not at all common in tea blends. It’s blended with red rooibos tea, chicory, caramel pieces, figs, dates, marigold petals and flavourings. And it smells gorgeous. It’s sweet, deep, with hints of earthy rooibos.

Rooibos tea has a distinctive scent, which you’ll either love or hate. However, in some rooibos teas that scent and flavour are blended in a way it offers a perfect tea base, rather than a dominant scent/flavour. Sticky Date Delight is definitely one of those teas.

It’s sweet, but none of the ingredients are dominating the scent. Instead, they all give this delicious, sweet dessert note with deep caramel notes.  

How to make this sticky toffee pudding tea?

Rooibos is one of the easiest teas to brew. It will never get bitter even if you oversteep it and you can use boiling water. Simply use 1 heaped teaspoon of tea per cup of boiling water and steep for 5-10 minutes. If you want to maximise the flavour, add a teaspoon more.

This really is a beautiful rooibos tea. There’s a deep, subtle earthy rooibos note, elevated by all the sweet flavours: hints of caramel and hints of date sweetness. However, this is not a date tea. It’s a rooibos tea where all ingredients blend into a sweet and unique flavour. To make a proper tea treat, add milk, coffee creamer or use it for making a latte. Milk will elevate the caramel notes, and adding some brown sugar will intensify the sweetness.

Although flavourful, this is a light tea, so it’s great for drinking pure as well.

Who would like this sticky toffee pudding tea? This tea is great for tea drinkers that like caramel and rooibos teas, and sweet blends, or if you enjoy drinking tea with milk or cream. You may like it even if you don’t like pure rooibos teas.   

Tea Recap

Water or milk? Water or milk

Day or night? Day or night

Hot or iced? Hot or iced

Sweetened or pure? Pure or with some brown sugar

Caffeine? No

What’s the price? 18.00 AUD

Where to buy? Get it from T2 website.

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Why Saffron and Chamomil Bubble Tea?

Chamomile has long been one of the most popular herbal teas around the world. With a delicious light floral honey-like flavour and potential soothing and calming properties, it’s a must have tisane for any season [1]. Even though this tisane is extremely popular, it’s rarely used for making boba teas. This boba with benefits recipe will definitely change how you feel about chamomile. In fact, it’ll make you change how you feel about boba tea too.

And why saffron? Saffron (Crocus sativus) is a luxurious spice with a very strong flavour and range of uses. One of its most prominent benefits is the potential anxiolytic effect [2]. Together, these two ingredients not only taste delicious, but make for a perfect sleepy time boba that you can do in a matter of minute.

Ingredients for Making Saffron Chamomile Bubble Tea

Chamomile – if possible, choose loose chamomile tea. Loose flowers will taste amazing, with a more refined, complex note. If you don’t have loose chamomile tea, you can choose chamomile tea bags too.

Saffron – choose real saffron, rather than safflower. Safflower is a completely different ingredient and won’t offer the same flavour. Add only a tiny bit, as saffron has a really intense flavour.

Honey – honey is a perfect sweetener for this sleepy time boba tea. Not only will it taste better than regular granulated sugar, but it may actually offer some anti-anxiety benefits too[3].

Brown sugar boba – brown sugar boba is a perfect choice for this tea. Cook them per instructions on the packaging. You can cook them beforehand, coat in honey and store in the fridge for a couple of days. Heat them up in a microwave for 30-45 seconds before use.

Milky ingredient – the best milky ingredient for this boba tea is a coffee creamer with a higher percentage of fat or half and half. You’ll only need one tablespoon.

Vanilla extract – vanilla extract is an optional ingredient. Use only 1/3 to ½ teaspoon per serving. It will add a delicious light vanilla note that goes well with both chamomile and saffron.  

2 Ways of Adding Saffron to This Sleepy Time Boba

You can use saffron in two ways. The first ways is to steep saffron together with chamomile flowers. The second way is making a saffron ice and adding it while assembling the drink. Saffron ice will make this drink visually really appealing and it’s very easy to make. Steep saffron in boiling water for 10 minutes, pour into ice moulds and freeze. Whichever way you choose, use only a tiny amount. The part of saffron flower that’s used as a spice is called stigma and looks like a thin red thread. You’ll only need 1/2-2 for steeping or 1-3 for making saffron ice, depending on how long they are. When adding ice to your boba tea, mix it with plain ice to adjust the strength.

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Saffron Chamomile Bubble Tea

Delicious boba with benefits

Course Drinks

Keyword Boba Tea, Caffeine free, Chamomile, Saffron

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Servings 1

Equipment

• saucepan
• Kettle
• Ice mould

Ingredients

• 3-4 teaspoons loose chamomile flowers or 2 chamomile tea bags
• 200 ml water for making tea
• 1/3 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 30 grams boba
• 1 litre water for cooking boba pearls
• 1-2 teaspoons honey
• 15 ml half and half or coffee creamer 1 tablespoon
• saffron ice
• regular ice

For saffron ice

• 1-3 threads saffron depending on the length
• 150 ml water or depending on the ice mould

Instructions

For saffron ice

• Bring fresh water to a boil.
• Steep 1-3 saffron threads in 150 ml of water for 10 minutes.
• Strain or remove the threads (depending on how long the threads are), pour into an ice mould and freeze.

For boba tea

• Bring fresh water to a boil.
• Steep chamomile flowers or tea bags in freshly boiled water for 5-7 minutes.
• In the meantime, in a clean saucepan, bring water for cooking boba pearls toa boil. Add boba pearls and wait until they rise to the surface. Cover and simmer for a couple of minutes.
• Strain them, add into a clean bowl, add honey and stir.
• Strain the tea into a serving glass.
• Add honey coated boba pearls.
• Add ½ regular ice and ½ of saffron ice. (or adjust the ratio)
• Add coffee creamer or half and half.
• Serve.

Sources

 [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2995283/

[2] https://www.naturalmedicinejournal.com/journal/saffron-powerfully-modulates-anxiety-and-depression

[3] https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements-honey/art-20363819

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What’s in Salted Caramel tea?

Salted Caramel tea from Biscuit & Brew is blended with Sri Lankan black tea, coarse pink Himalayan salt and natural caramel flavouring. It looks simple but pretty, with dark matte leaves sprinkled with coarse salt crystals. Biscuit & Brew teas are definitely worth trying if you love flavours and interesting ingredients. This tea has a beautiful caramel scent, with pieces of salt sprinkled among pretty looking black tea leaves.

What does Salted Caramel taste like?  

To make a cup of Salted Caramel tea, steep 1 teaspoon of tea leaves in a cup of freshly boiled water for 3 minutes. It brews into a lighter but intense red coloured tea with the same caramel scent. Don’t over-steep it, as it may become bitter.

Salted Caramel has deep black tea notes blended with a soft and sweet caramel touch. If you like to drink your tea with milk, this is a perfect blend to do so. Add condensed milk, rather than regular milk, as it also has natural caramel notes. Condensed milk goes really well with this tea, and it will enhance the flavour further. It’s actually quite delightful to find a tea that can taste exactly as the name promises. While it’s undeniably a black tea, together with milk, those stronger black tea notes become incredibly soft, leaving caramel notes to shine. If you want to experience the salty caramel flavour, pay attention when scooping out tea leaves, to scoop out salt crystals too. A perfect sweetener for this tea would be a light or dark brown sugar.

Salted Caramel tea is an amazing choice for making a proper milk tea or a tea latte. To really intensify the flavour, add two teaspoons of tea leaves rather than one. Served with milk, it’s the ultimate afternoon dessert tea for any tea lover that loves caramel too.

Who would like this tea? This is a perfect blend for anyone who likes caramel, regardless of if you love black teas or not. There’s no bitterness, no harsh notes, only delightful caramel scent and flavour, beautifully incorporated into a mellow black tea base. If you love more natural flavours that are strong but not overpowering, this tea is for you.

Tea Recap

Water or milk? Water or milk.

Day or night? Day.

Hot or iced? Hot.

Sweetened or pure? Pure or with a teaspoon of brown sugar or caramel sauce.

Caffeine? Yes.

What’s the price? Starting from 4.75 GBP.

Where to buy? Get it from the Biscuit & Brew website.

Other Teas from Biscuit & Brew

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What’s in Maple Syrup tea?

Maple Syrup tea blend from BRUU is blended with dark oolong tea, walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds and flavourings. Oolong tea is less often used form blending than black tea, but it has definitely a lot to offer. Darker oolongs are a great substitute for black teas, with lighter flavour and warmer roasted notes. This tea is definitely a great base for blending with nuts and maple syrup flavour, as it has a natural deep roasted note.

Unlike black tea, darker oolongs don’t have maltiness or heaviness. They are lighter, fresher, more fruity, and perfect for cool and breezy autumn days. Maple Syrup oolong tea smells super delicious. It’s deep, nutty and syrupy sweet. Walnut and maple scents are both present.

This tea contains caffeine, so it’s best enjoyed daytime. It would be a perfect tea for autumn afternoon tea parties.

What does Maple Syrup tea taste like?

To make a cup of tea, steep one or one and a half teaspoon of tea leaves per cup of water at 80-90 degrees Celsius for 2-3 minutes. Oolong tea can stand higher temperatures but will usually need slightly more tea leaves to offer the best flavour. This is especially true if you want to drink it with milk.  

Brewed tea smells sweet, syrupy, and nutty. It has a warming, slightly sweet nutty flavour, that’s a bit lighter than the scent. It’s lighter than black teas, with no astringency and no mouth drying feeling. Maple Syrup tea is not a super intensely flavoured blend. Instead, it’s flavoured just enough to enhance the natural oolong tea flavour. This tea leaves a warming syrupy aftertaste that leaves you wanting to sip more.

Although this is an oolong tea, you can add milk too. Condensed milk with caramel notes is a great alternative to regular milk for this tea. If you’d rather add milk, choose the one with a higher percentage of fat. It doesn’t need any sweetener, but it would go well with maple syrup or brown sugar.

Who would like this tea? This tea is great for tea drinkers that enjoy nutty, caramel and toasty notes, but would still like to taste the flavour of base tea. Although the scent is intense, the flavour is lighter. It might appeal to tea drinkers that love drinking both pure and flavoured teas, especially if you like dark roast oolongs.

Tea Recap

Water or milk? Water or milk.

Day or night? Day.

Hot or iced? Hot.

Sweetened or pure? Pure or with a teaspoon of brown sugar or maple syrup.

Caffeine? Yes.

What’s the price? Starting from 2.95 GBP.

Where to buy? Get it from BRUU’s website.

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