Ingredients

To make any milk tea at home, you’ll need only a few basic ingredients – tea leaves (or tea bags), syrup or honey, milk, ice and water. To make a super delicious milk tea dessert, you’ll need one more – Angel Delight.

This milk tea is not a typical boba tea – it’s prepared by simmering, rather than steeping. It does contain boba pearls, but you can easily exclude it and still have a delicious milk tea.

Black tea

Black tea is one of the best choices for making any classic milk tea. Many pure black tea types go well with milk and give a rich deep flavour. The best teas to use for this drink are:

• Strawberry flavoured black teas
• Pure Assam tea
• CTC teas
• Kenyan black teas
• Strong breakfast blends, including English, Irish and Scottish breakfast teas

Preferably, you want to use tea that has smaller broken leaves that will give a stronger and deeper infusion. Alternatively, use tea bags.

Milk

Full fat (whole) milk is always the best option for making milk teas. Semi-skimmed is fine too but try to avoid the skimmed one. Some milk alternatives such as cashew or barista style oat milk are great too. You can make this tea more or less milky, depending on your preference.

Angel Delight

Angel Delight is a true classic among instant desserts that seem to never go out of fashion. It will give both flavour and incredibly rich texture to this milk tea, transforming it into a proper dessert. This recipe is made with strawberry flavoured Angel Delight, but you can use Butterscotch, Banana, Chocolate or even Chocolate Mint flavours too. If you are using flavours other than strawberry, use pure black tea leaves. Three teaspoons of Angel Delight will give the right amount of flavour while not overpowering black tea.  

Sugar syrup

You’ll need sugar syrup to add sweetness and to coat boba pearls. To make a simple sugar syrup, use 1:1 ratio of water to sugar. Use regular white granulated sugar for a neutral flavour or replace it with light brown or dark brown sugar. Both of them will add either lighter or stronger caramel note. Brown sugar syrup is great for Butterscotch, Banana and Chocolate flavours, and regular sugar syrup may be better for Strawberry and Chocolate Mint. If you don’t have or don’t want to use simple syrup, you can replace it with light floral honey.

Learn how to make chai demerara simple syrup here.

Black sugar tapioca pearls

No boba is ever complete without a chewy topping. Black sugar tapioca pearls as great in this milk tea, with any of the flavours. Cook them as per instructions on the packaging and coat in sugar syrup.

If you want to make your own tapioca pearls at home, check out this recipe here.

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Angel Delight Milk Tea

Delicious boba tea dessert

Course Drinks

Keyword Black Tea, Boba Tea, Milk Tea

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Servings 1

Equipment

• saucepan
• Electric hand whisk

Ingredients

• 100 ml water
• 100 ml milk
• 3 heaped teaspoons Angel Delight
• 1-2 teaspoons simple syrup or honey
• 30 grams black sugar tapioca pearls
• 1 ½-2 teaspoons black tea

Instructions

• Cook boba pearls following instructions on the packaging and coat them in 1-2 teaspoons of simple syrup.
• Add water to a saucepan and bring it to a boil.
• Add tea and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
• Add milk and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Strain into a glass, add Angel delight and whisk with a hand frother.
• Add boba pearls.
• Add ice and serve immediately.

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Is white tea in tea bags good?

White tea is one of the most interesting types of tea. Partially because many of them have a very light and delicate flavour, partially because a good one is often difficult to find. This type of tea is not as common as green, oolong or black tea, and is not as often available in traditional tea bags as other tea types.

One reason is that 2 of the most popular types need to have a specific leaf shape. For example, Silver Needle is made purely of tea buds covered in fine white hair. White Peony will have tea buds, stalks and leaves. But what really makes white tea a white tea is the production process. It includes fewer steps than making other types and results in a unique flavour profile.

Now let’s get back to Strawberry and Vanilla white tea from Basilur.

What’s in Strawberry and Vanilla White tea?

Strawberry and Vanilla white tea from Basilur is available as loose leaf and in tea bags. Loose leaf blend contains unbroken leaves, jasmine flowers, rose petals and strawberries. Tea bags are made of white tea and vanilla and strawberry flavourings. Since traditional tea bags contain fannings and dust, they will always brew into a stronger tea, often with bitter notes. That’s why white tea is usually better than loose tea. Usually, but not always.

So, is this tea different?

What does Strawberry and Vanilla white tea taste like?

To make a cup of tea, bring fresh water to a boil and let it cool for a few minutes. Although white tea is gentle, you can still use a slightly hotter water and steep it for 2-3 minutes.

Basilur’s Strawberry and Vanilla tea smells lovely. It’s as close to strawberries and cream as a tea could be. It’s quite a surprise for a tea in a traditional tea bag to taste this light and natural.

Flavour is lighter than scent, with no bitterness or deep hay notes. Strawberry flavour is very light though. The best description would be that this is a delicately flavoured vanilla white tea with hints of strawberry and cream flavour. This tea doesn’t need any condiments, and it’s best served with no milk. It leaves the same lovely light aftertaste. It’s suitable for making an iced tea too.

Strawberry and Vanilla white tea is a perfect choice for daily drinking at home or in the office, as it’s very easy to make and tastes light and lovely. If you love lightly flavoured white teas, this tea is a brilliant choice. Even if you drink only loose tea, there’s a very high chance you’ll like this one too.

Tea Recap

Water or milk? Water.

Day or night? Day.

Hot or iced? Hot or cold.

Sweetened or pure? Pure.

Caffeine? Yes.

What’s the price? Starting from 3.99 GBP.

Where to buy? Get it from the Basilur website: 20 tea bags or loose tea

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Why Strawberries and Cream Matcha?

Strawberries and cream are a classic. This easy to dessert is an ultimate summer treat and one of the easiest desserts you can make. The liquid version is as delightful, and as easy to make at home. Because of its unique flavour and versatility, matcha is often used for making liquid treats. Matcha contains caffeine and antioxidants, and it’s a great alternative to milky caffeinated drinks.

How to choose the best matcha?

To make the best tasting strawberries and cream matcha, use only good quality tea powders. Any grade, including cooking or ceremonial, will be a good choice, but it has to be vibrant and fresh with an intense green colour. Avoid grey powders with a stale or dull scent. You don’t need to use the most expensive matcha for making matcha drinks, but they need to be green and fresh.  

What is a milk tea?

Milk tea is any tea made with milk, regardless if contains only a tablespoon of milk or milk only. Milk tea is different than tea with milk, which is usually a cup of hot tea served with a splash of milk. However, today, milk tea usually means boba tea, a Taiwanese drink made with tapioca pearls. This milk tea contains both milk and whipping cream, without boba pearls. However, if you want to have a proper boba, you can use a strawberry jelly instead of a syrup as a bottom layer.

Ingredients for making Strawberries and Cream Matcha

Matcha tea – You’ll need only ½ teaspoon of matcha tea powder, which is the same amount you’d use for making a bowl of traditional matcha. Pre-sifting matcha is mandatory to prevent lumps and get a beautiful green colour.

Milk – You’ll need milk for the matcha layer. Full fat milk is great for milky drinks as it will give more sweetness and a better texture. However, you can use semi-skimmed milk too. Do not add sugar to this layer.

Strawberries – Although fresh fruits will definitely taste better, frozen ones will be great for making a strawberry syrup. Gently wash them over running cold tap water to remove any excess ice and use instead of the fresh ones. The more strawberries you use, the better. However, 50 grams per 150 ml of water will be enough to get a sweet and flavourful syrup.  

Whipping cream – Many whipping creams will usually already contain sugar. Read the label before using it. Alternatively, you can single cream (or light cream). Whipping cream will have at least 20% of fat, depending on the brand and the country. On average, it will have around 30%. Single cream contains 19% and double cream almost 50. Single cream will be a great alternative as you will get a more enjoyable texture.

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Strawberries and Cream Matcha Milk Tea

Super delicious milk tea with 3 layers

Course Dessert, Drinks

Keyword Matcha, Milk Tea, Strawberries

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Servings 1

Equipment

• Kettle
• saucepan
• strainer
• chasen or electric hand whisk
• Serving glass

Ingredients

Strawberry layer

• 50 grams of fresh strawberries
• 150 ml of water
• 4 teaspoons of sugar

Matcha layer

• 70 ml of water
• 70 ml of milk
• ½ teaspoon of matcha

Cream layer

• 50 ml of whipping cream

Instructions

• Start by making the strawberry layer. Wash and slice strawberries.
• Add strawberries and 150 ml of water into a small saucepan and simmer on low heat for 15-20 minutes.
• Strain the syrup, add sugar and stir while simmering for a few more minutes.
• Bring water to a boil and let it cool to 85 degrees Celsius. (185 Fahrenheit)
• Sift matcha powder into a small bowl. Add water and whisk it using a chasen or electric hand whisk. Top up with cold milk.
• Pour strawberry syrup into a clean serving glass. Add about 1-2 cm, depending on how sweet you want your drink to be and the size/shape of your glass.
• Add ice. Large cubes will be better than small ones.
• Slowly pour cream over ice.
• Slowly pour matcha tea over ice.
• Serve with a straw.  

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Why you should try strawberry lychee green tea boba

Let’s admit it. There might be dozens of super tasty seasonal fruits out there, but nothing will ever beat the classic strawberry. Especially when they are in season and taste like strawberries should taste – rich and sweet. Lychee is adding just enough uniqueness to this recipe not to be flat and common and green tea gives a healthy and complex base. This strawberry lychee milk tea is not too milky. It has just enough milk to add one more layer of flavour and improve the texture. And last, it’s chewy and fun to drink.

Need more inspiration? Find out how to make strawberry milk tea with black tea leaves.

Strawberry lychee boba tea ingredients

Fresh strawberries and lychee – To make this recipe, you will need at least 5 large fresh strawberries and 3 lychees to make a homemade version of a simple syrup. This is not a regular simple syrup, and it’s waterier and lighter on sugar. However, it’s filled with strawberry and lychee flavour. You won’t be able to get the same intense fruity flavour is you are using store-bought strawberry syrups, so it’s definitely worth investing some time to make it from a scratch. The instructions below are for making one serving.

Sugar – use regular white granulated sugar or light brown sugar to get a light nutty caramel note. You can replace it with a sugar alternative too. You will add sugar only to a homemade syrup; however, you can add more if you feel your drink needs some extra sweetness.

Green tea – green tea will give a perfect mellow and fresh base for this boba tea. Zhen mei (chun mei) green tea is strong enough to be blended with milk and fruits and still offers a recognisable green tea flavour. Other good choices are gunpowder, which is a tad stronger, and many Indian green teas. If you don’t have a suitable loose green tea, you may use green tea bags too. However, make sure it’s not overly bitter.

Coffee creamer – 1-2 teaspoons of coffee creamer will add a perfect milkiness while preserving all flavour notes. Alternatively, use half-and-half or evaporated milk. For a vegan strawberrylychee milk tea, use a vegan creamer alternative.

Lychee boba pearls – lychee flavoured boba pearls are less common than brown sugar tapioca pearls, but they are amazing for fruity boba teas. They are much more refreshing and just perfect for summer drinks. They are available in most Asian grocery stores and on Amazon.

Instruction for making boba tea

Make a lychee strawberry syrup first: wash and slice strawberries and peel lychees and remove the pit. Simmer them in a saucepan together with sugar and water over low heat until it thickens. You can add more sugar if needed. However, this will usually be enough if you love lightly sweetened drinks. You can add more fruits too. This is not a regular simple syrup, which is made with much more sugar.

Brew the tea – Use 2 heaped teaspoons of loose tea leaves per cup of water and steep longer than usual, about 5 minutes. This will help extract more flavour. Don’t over-steep it though, as the flavour will become too bitter and the colour too dark. You don’t need to cover it while steeping.

Cook tapioca pearls – follow the instruction on the packaging to cook the pearls. This will take less than 10 minutes. You’ll need a small saucepan, lid and water. To prevent overcooking, wash them in cold water once they are done and coat them with strawberry lychee syrup.

Assemble the drink: Once you have all the ingredients ready, including lychee boba pearls coated in a homemade syrup and brewed tea, start assembling strawberry lychee milk tea. Pour tea into the glass filled with ice first. Add your boba pearls with and all syrup, then add a creamer and stir.  

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Strawberry Lychee Milk Tea

Super tasty and refreshing milk tea for summer with fresh fruits, green tea and lychee boba pearls

Course Drinks

Keyword Boba Tea, Green Tea, Lychee, Strawberries

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Servings 1

Equipment

• Saucepan + lid
• Kitchen strainer
• Kettle
• Serving glass
• cup

Ingredients

Strawberry lychee syrup

• 5 large strawberries
• 3 lychees
• 2-4 teaspoons sugar
• 100 ml water

For cooking boba pearls

• 20 grams lychee boba pearls
• ½ litre water

For making green tea

• 220 ml freshly boiled water, 85°C or 185°F
• 2 heaped teaspoons green tea – zhen mei or similar tea

For assembling the drink

• 1 teaspoon coffee creamer
• Glass of ice
• sugar optional, if you need more sweetness

Instructions

Strawberry lychee syrup

• Wash and slice strawberries and add them to a small saucepan.
• Peel lychee and remove pits. Add lychee to a saucepan togther with strawberries.
• Add sugar and 100 ml of water and simmer on medium-low heat for 15-20 minutes with occasional stirring.
• Strain the syrup into a small glass or a cup. If you want to remove all the fruit bits, use a cheesecloth. Otherwise, regular strainer will be fine. If you are using a cheesecloth, let it cool down first to prevent burning yourself.

For cooking boba pearls

• In a small saucepan, bring about ½ litre of water to a boil.
• Add tapioca pearls and wait until they float to the surface.
• Cover and simmer for 2 minutes.
• Wash them with cold water immediately and coat with homemade strawberry syrup.

For making green tea

• In a kettle, bring water to a boil. Let it cool for 5 minutes.
• Steep 2 teaspoons of tea leaves in a cup of water (220 ml) for 5 minutes.

For assembling the drink

• Fill the large glass with ice.
• Strain the tea into a glass.
• Stir in cooked boba pearls together with a homemade strawberry syrup.
• Add one or two teaspoons of coffee creamer.
• Serve with a large straw or a latte spoon.

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What is Strawberry Velvet Cake tea?

Strawberry Velvet Cake tea from Ahmad Tea is a black tea blend of Assam and Sri Lankan teas, rose petals and strawberry and vanilla sponge cake flavouring. Two different black teas make sure this blend is both full-bodied and bright. Assam in India is famous for black teas that are typically malty and strong and are often served with a splash of milk. Sri Lankan teas, on the other hand, are brisk and fresh, with less body but more floral and fruity notes. Together, they make a wonderful pair that brews into a cup that’s substantial, but with specific lightness. Sounds like a perfectly baked cake, doesn’t it?

Strawberry Velvet Cake is a loose tea in pyramid tea bags that allow enough space for tea leaves to fully expand. Dry leaves have a beautiful gentle strawberry and buttery notes over stronger black tea base, and that’s what you’ll notice immediately upon opening the box.  

Pyramid tea bags are a great option if you want to enjoy loose tea but don’t have a teapot or want to make a cup of tea instantly.

What does it taste like?

Since Strawberry Velvet Cake tea is a black tea blend, brew it using freshly boiled and steep no more than 5 minutes. This tea may become bitter if over-brewed. 3 minutes will accentuate the delicate fruity and buttery notes, without making it astringent or bitter.

The first thing you will notice is an intense strawberry scent immediately as you start steeping it. This will develop into a lighter flavour, predominantly a malty and brisk black tea, with gentle strawberry and buttery notes. It brews into a stronger cuppa with red-brown colour.

Before you even take that first sip, the colour of the tea will tell you if it will go well with milk. Teas with darker red-brown colour will usually (but not always) be better for adding milk than those with bright orange or orange-brown colour.

Strawberry Velvet Cake is not an overpowering or sweet tea, but it doesn’t need any condiments either. However, it’s a full-bodied and rich tea that is perfect for adding some milk and sugar. Even better, serve it with half a teaspoon of coffee creamer and sweeten with some strawberry jam.

If you love lightly flavoured black teas, where black tea is still a dominant flavour, but elevated with additional flavour notes, you will like this tea too. It’s not a fruity blend, it’s a delicate, full-bodied afternoon tea blend that you can enjoy with different condiments or pure. It’s a great tea for tea drinkers that want to replace their regular afternoon cuppa with a light dessert blend that is not too overpowering and has a really interesting scent and flavour. Because of the strength, this tea would be great for breakfast teatime as well.

Tea Recap

Water or milk? Water or milk.

Day or night? Day.

Hot or iced? Hot or latte.

Sweetened or Pure? Pure or with a teaspoon of strawberry jam or honey.

Caffeine? Yes

What’s the price? Starting from 4.00 GBP.

Where to buy? Get Strawberry Velvet Cake from Ahmad Tea website or Ahmad Tea Amazon store.

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What is Jammie Hearts tea?

Jammie Hearts tea is a very simple black tea blend from Birdhouse Tea Company with lots of personality. This blend is inspired by Jammie Dodgers, buttery biscuits with a sweet strawberry jam filling.

Although not described as a breakfast blend, this tea is more than perfect for an early morning cuppa or an early afternoon teatime. It contains freeze-dried raspberries and strawberries and a touch of vanilla, on a simple, full-bodied, slightly malty and brisk black tea base.

It’s lighter than a typical dessert tea, but more fun than a regular breakfast blend. This tea blend smells sweet and deep, with light vanilla shortbread notes and fruity undertones.

What does it taste like?

To make a perfect cup of flavoured black tea, use 1-2 teaspoons of tea leaves per cup of water and steep in freshly boiled water for 3 to 5 minutes. Black tea may become bitter if you over-steep it, so keep the steeping time up to 5 minutes.

Jammie Hearts smells deep, sweet and buttery, with an irresistible strawberry jam aroma. Lightly flavoured but full-bodied, this tea is a perfect alternative to regular black blends. It has a very light astringency that leaves a long and sweet aftertaste. It goes really well with milk or a coffee creamer, and it’s delicious with or without a sweetener.

If you prefer more natural blends with less intensity but more flavours than pure teas, Jammie Hearsts is a wonderful choice. It’s not a strawberry flavoured tea, and it’s not a raspberry flavoured tea either. Instead, the focus in this blend is still on black tea, rather than additional flavours, so it would go really well with teatime cakes and biscuits too, or as a base for making a simple tea milkshake or sugar syrup.

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What is Toast and Jam tea?

Toast and Jam tea is a breakfast blend dedicated to one of the most popular breakfast combo – tea, toast and jam. It’s a typical British breakfast tea with a twist that smells exactly of toast and jam. This tea is blended for tea drinkers who usually drink regular strong breakfast tea bags and want to add more flavour to their morning tea routine.  

We tried 3 different methods to make the best morning cuppa that won’t take more than 5-6 minutes of your time.   

3 Ways to Make a Perfect Cup of Toast and Jam Tea

Method one – Sweet and creamy Toast & Jam Latte

This method will take about 5 minutes of your time if you are brewing tea and heating the milk at the same time and is great for tea drinkers that like to add both milk and a sweetener into their morning cuppa.

You will need:

• 1 tea bag
• 150 ml of freshly boiled water
• 100 ml of whole milk
• 1 teaspoon of strawberry jam

How to do it:

1. Bring fresh water to a boil.
2. Steep one tea bag at 98-100 degrees Celsius for 5 minutes. Remove the tea bag and add a teaspoon of strawberry jam.
3. Heat the milk in a microwave for 1 minute. Use a tall cup. Once it’s hot, froth it with an electric hand frother.
4. Add hot and frothed milk to tea.

You can use either strawberry jam or preserve. Strawberry jam will give a light, but deep strawberry notes and sweetness. Alternatively, use honey or sugar.

Why do we like it? This method is great for turining this tea into a treat. It adds creaminess, softens black tea, and adds sweetness and light strawberry notes.

Method two – Strawberrylicious tea with milk

To make a “regular” cup of breakfast tea, simply heat the milk and add it to your tea. Why heating the milk? Because it will give a warmer, deeper flavour.

You will need:

• 1 tea bag
• 200 ml of freshly boiled water
• 30 ml of whole milk
• 1 teaspoon of honey
• ½ teaspoon of strawberry extract

How to do it:

1. Steep one tea bag in 200 ml of freshly boiled water at 98-100 degrees Celsius for 5 minutes.
2. Remove the tea bag, add strawberry extract and a teaspoon of honey.
3. Heat the milk in a microwave for 1 minute and add it to the tea. Stir.

Why do we like it? It’s easy, simple, add intensifies the jam note. Plus, if your strawberry food extract is red, it will chance the colour of this tea into pink.

Method three – Regular, but fruity cuppa without milk

You can add a spark to you regular cup of breakfast tea by simply brewing it with fresh fruits. Since Toast & Jam is a strawberry jam flavoured blend, slice up some fresh strawberry and steep them together with tea.

You will need:

• 1 tea bag
• 250 ml of freshly boiled water
• 2-3 ripe strawberries (washed and sliced)  
• ½ teaspoon of honey

How to do it:

1. Bring fresh water to a boil.
2. Wash and slice strawberries, add them to a cup together with one tea bag of Toast & Jam tea. Steep for 5 minutes at 98-100 degrees Celsius.
3. Remove the tea bags and strawberry slices and add honey. Stir.

Why do we like it? Fresh strawberries are great for steeping with black tea. This method is very simple, but adds an intense fruity flavour.

All these methods are suitable for making tea with any breakfast blend tea bags.  

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What to expect from beautiful tea leaves, but a beautiful cup of tea too. Strawberry Champagne white tea, a blend to win you over with its charm, and to be loved back, comes from Tea and a Gang, a UK based company with amazingly interesting blends.

Does The Romantic deserve its name?

What is Strawberry Champagne White Tea?

The Romantic or the Strawberry Champagne tea is a blend of many ingredients – Bai Mu Dan white tea, apple pieces rosehip, hibiscus, elderflowers, freeze-dried strawberries, orange blossoms, lime leaves and natural flavouring. It’s a beautiful blend, with an equally beautiful scent – vibrantly fruity, perfectly zesty, and topped with strawberry notes.

What is Bai Mu Dan?

Bai Mu Dan is a Chinese white tea that contains leaves, silver tips and stalks. It’s a pretty tea, and colours may range from green/grey to brown/grey, depending on the grade. Seeing a beautiful long green leaves in a Bai Mu Dan blend is a good sign the tea will be gentle. In fact, it’s a great sign in general, as white tea blends sometimes lower quality white teas with a strong hay and stale flavour.

How to brew the Romantic?

We used 2 teaspoon of tea leaves per cup of water and steeped it for 3 minutes at 80 degrees Celsius.

Strawberry Champagne definitely deserves its name – it’s light with a light slightly acidic finish, full but light floral body, a beautiful gentle strawberry scent and a light sweet aftertaste.

The colour of brewed tea may vary, from delicate light yellow (which shows that the Bai Mu Dan used for making this blend is a carefully chosen one) to dark crimson, depending on which ingredients you scoop out and how long you will brew it for. There’s no bitterness or those strong hay notes often present in Bai Mu Dan blends.

This is a tea that doesn’t need any condiments. It’s delicious on its own. If you want to use it for making an iced tea, use 2 teaspoons of leaves and brew it for 5-7 minutes. It won’t get bitter, but it will get stronger, with a darker crimson colour. Why crimson? This blend contains hibiscus too, which will always give an intense colour.

Although this is a white tea blend, white tea accounts for 30% of the ingredients. The Romantic would be great for tea drinkers that like flavoured and fruity, rather than pure white teas.

The Romantic is available as loose tea and in pyramid tea bags.

Other strawberry tea articles:

• 10 strawberries and cream blends that pay respect to the ultimate summer treat
• Strawberry boba tea recipe

Strawberry Champagne White Tea Recap

Water or Milk? Water

Day or night? Day

Hot or Iced? Both

Sweetened or Pure? Pure

Caffeine? Yes

What’s the price? Starting from 3.19 GBP for a 25 gram pouch or 4.59 GBP for box with 15 tea bags

Where to buy? Tea and the Gang website

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What is Boba Tea?

Boba tea is a popular Taiwanese milk tea served with tapioca pearls. Boba tea can be served both hot and cold, but cold boba is a preferred style worldwide. Recently, boba tea shops have been appearing at every corner, offering any possible flavour you can think of.

Do You Need to Make Boba Pearls?

All our recipes keep your time in mind, so we used store bought pre-made boba pearls rather than making them yourself. They are readily available in Asian stores and on Amazon. It will take about 10 minutes to boil them, and one pouch will be enough for 5-8 homemade boba teas. Plus, they come in different favours, so you can easily experiment with making different drinks until finding the one you love the most.

How Many Boba Pearls Should You Use?

You can use as many pearls as you want. We recommend boiling just enough to make the drink(s) you want, rather than saving them for later. Always keep an eye on boba pearls when you are boiling them because you don’t want to overcook them. Cover them with honey or simple syrup immediately because they will start drying out fast.

Do You Need to Use a Sweetener?

Boba tea is traditionally sweet, so you can avoid extra sweeteners. Honey or simple syrup you use for coating boiled boba pearls will give some sweetness too. If you are using condensed milk, avoid extra sweeteners.

What is the Best Tea for Making Strawberry Black Tea Boba?

Any strong black tea with broken leaves will be good. But don’t use the tea you wouldn’t drink on its own. It’s always a better idea to use high-quality teas to get a better tasting drink. Also, choose teas that won’t be too bitter. You will need to make a stronger infusion because both ice and milk will dilute it. Bitter tea will never give a nice homemade boba. In this recipe we used strawberry flavoured black tea.

What To Use if You Don’t Have a Strawberry Flavoured Black Tea?

If you don’t have a strawberry flavoured black tea, you can always make your own. In fact, the following technique is great for adding more fruitiness, even to strawberry black tea blends. Wash and slice a few ripe fresh strawberries and steep them together with black tea. Even only a few will give a very delicious flavour. Assam or Nilgiri Indian black teas, Kenyan black teas or Ceylon black teas will all be great for this recipe.

What to Use if You Don’t Have Fresh Strawberries either?

If you don’t have fresh strawberries, you can use strawberry aroma or freeze-dried strawberries. Both are a great option if the strawberry season is over, and you can’t find fresh strawberries in shops. Alternatively, you can make a simple syrup using frozen strawberries and use it to coat boba pearls and as a sweetener.

How to Make Strawberry Black Tea Boba Less Watery?

To make your boba tea less watery, you can cool down the tea and use less ice and choose milk with a higher fat percentage. Or, you can use either only evaporated milk, or the heavy whipping cream like in this recipe. And last, make a strong tea base. Not all teas will be suitable for making a milk tea. If the tea is using has a deep dark colour, it’s likely good for making boba tea at home.

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Strawberry Black Tea Boba

Chewy and fruity homemade strawberry black tea boba.

Course Drinks

Keyword Black Tea, Boba Tea, Milk Tea, Strawberries

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Total Time 15 minutes minutes

Servings 1 350 ml glass

Equipment

• saucepan for cooking tapioca pearls
• tea filer, teapot or an infuser for brewing tea
• strainer for straining tapioca pearls
• Glass for serving
• electric hand frother
• small cup

Ingredients

• 1 cup of ice (about 6 large ice cubes)
• 50 ml of whole milk
• 1 tablespoon of heavy whipping cream
• 30-50 grams of boba pearls (about a handful)
• 1-2 tablespoons of honey
• 1 cup of water (around 200 ml)
• 2 heaped teaspoons of strawberry flavoured black tea OR 2 heaped teaspoons of strong black tea and a handful of fresh strawberries
• A few sliced fresh strawberries for garnish
• 1 litre of water for cooking tapioca pearls

Instructions

• Bring fresh water to a boil.
• If you are using fresh strawberries, wash and slice them and add them into a cup together with 2 teaspoons of tea leaves (strawberry flavoured or unflavoured).
• Steep the tea (and if using, fresh strawberries) for ten minutes. Alternatively, to make an even richer tea, boil tea leaves and strawberries in a saucepan for 10 minutes.
• In the meantime, boil tapioca pearls following the instructions on the packaging. They only need a couple of minutes to boil and a couple of minutes of simmering. Have a bowl of cold water ready to wash them immediately once they are done. Coat them in a spoon of honey or simple syrup.
• Fill a large 300-350ml glass with ice.
• Once the tea is ready, if you are using honey as a sweetener, add more honey. If you are using a simple syrup or a sweetener that’s easily dissolvable in cold water, you can add it later.
• Pour the tea over ice.
• In a small cup, mix milk and whipping cream and use a frother to froth it for a few seconds. You don’t want a thick cream, only to blend both milk and cream together.
• Add frothed milk and cream to tea.
• Add tapioca pearls.
• Serve immediately with a large straw or a long teaspoon.

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Does it take like Eton Mess?

What is Eton Mess?

If something can scream summer, it’s Eton Mess. Eton Mess is a delicious, simple British summer dessert. It’s made with fresh strawberries, sugar, whipped cream and meringues. In fact, Eton Mess without meringue would not be an Eton Mess.

This strawberry tea blend from Bird and Blend contains apple pieces, rosehip, hibiscus, elderberries, strawberries, liquorice root and natural flavouring. It’s a fruit tea with no caffeine, which makes it great for making loads of refreshing iced tea. It’s also a bulky blend, so do use more, especially if you are making an iced tea. Also, use it within the recommended time. Loose fruit teas have a shorter shelf life than real teas or most flavoured blends.

Bird and Blend suggest trying it with milk, which would be more than fun to try. We tried it the “regular” way and hot brewed it first. And to be super fair, we tried it side by side with a proper Eton Mess.

How to brew this tea?

To make a flavourful cup of Eton Mess tea, add 2 teaspoons of loose tea per cup of water. Brew it at 100 degrees Celsius for about 5 minutes. This tea contains liquorice which is naturally sweet, so it doesn’t really need an additional sweetener.

Does it taste like Eton Mess? It has the sweetness, it has the creaminess, and it has a tanginess… However, hibiscus is more pronounced than strawberries. Nevertheless, the scent is full of strawberries and cream. To get the most faithful version of the real deal, add freshly cut ripe strawberries when brewing or even cold brew it with fresh fruits.

There’s more tartness as it cools down, and liquorice is actually adding a great “meringue” note. With a little bit of fresh strawberries, this could be a great liquid Eton Mess for summer garden parties.

Who would like this blend? This is a proper fruity tea, so tea drinkers that enjoy tangy fruit and hibiscus teas would like it both cold and hot.

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