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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What is Lemon Curd Tea?

First, let’s talk about lemon curd. Lemon curd is a dessert spread made with lemons, butter, sugar and egg. It’s smooth and zesty and can be used for baking or enjoyed simply spread over bread. Lemon curd is so tasty that it really deserves a tea of its own. With the Lemon Curd Tea, Fortnum & Mason have made that a reality.

Lemon Curd Tea is made with green tea, white hibiscus, liquorice root, lemon peel and lemon curd flavouring. It comes in individually wrapped pyramid tea bags with loose tea. The packaging is pretty and cheerful and has a feel of a proper desert blend. In short, super pretty and exciting.  

This tea has only a few ingredients, and all of them contribute to the flavour. Perhaps, the most interesting one is white hibiscus, not as common in tea as its red counterpart. Hibiscus is an amazing ingredient that gives a perfect amount of tartness and is not as sour as lemon. A big difference between red and white hibiscus is that the white one won’t colour the tea. There’s also liquorice, a natural sweetener that is perfect for balancing this blend.

How to make this tea?

Lemon Curd is a loose tea in pyramid tea bags. That means it’s easier to brew than loose tea but offers a better flavour than a classic tea bag. Bring fresh water to a boil and let it cool down to 80 degrees Celsius. Steep one tea bag in 150-200 of water for 3 minutes. 

It brews into a light-coloured tea with a delicate, but deep and rich scent of lemon. There’s absolutely no astringency and green tea serves as a perfect base for this tea. It’s not grassy, it’s not smoky, it’s just smooth and rich to carry all the flavours and combine them into a true dessert tea.

Lemon Curd tea has a surprisingly delicate and refreshing flavour with gentle sweetness, zesty and creamy mouthfeel and a gentle lingering tartness of white hibiscus. It’s not overpowering, and yet it has a very rich flavour with incredible lightness.

This tea doesn’t need any condiments, but both sugar and honey would be good for this tea.

Lemon Curd green tea would be perfect for tea drinkers that like the flavour of lemon and fruity teas. Although the base for this blend is a green tea, it’s very far from a typical pure green tea flavour. It’s delicate and light and would be great for tea drinkers that rarely drink green tea, because they don’t enjoy grassy or smoky flavours or don’t like the bitterness.

At £6.95, this tea has a lot of expectations to fulfil, and it fulfils all of them. It’s a blend that’s just perfect for special me-times, when you want to feel happy, relaxed and pampered. It’s delicious, unique, and most importantly, it really tastes like lemon curd.

Tea Recap

Water or milk? Water

Day or night? Day

Hot or iced? Hot or cold

Sweetened or pure? Pure or sweetened.

Caffeine? Yes

What’s the price? £6.95

Where to buy? Get it from the Fortnum & Mason website.

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What’s in Basilur Raspberry Infusion?

Fruit teas are infusions made with dried fruit pieces and often some other herbal ingredients. They don’t contain any Camellia sinensis tea leaves, so they are technically not teas, but infusions. Some fruit teas are made only with fruit pieces, and many contain other herbal ingredients, too.

Basilur Raspberry Infusion contains hibiscus flower, orange peel, apple, stevia leaves, natural raspberry flavour and citric flavour. It comes in a classic, individually wrapped tea bags.

It smells sweet and deep, with a light, dusty note. Since hibiscus is the key ingredient, it’s also a dominant scent. Most fruity blends are made from one main ingredient, usually hibiscus or apple, secondary ingredients and flavourings. Although not a fruit, hibiscus is great for adding a deep crimson colour and unique deep and tart flavour. Another interesting ingredient in this tea is stevia, a natural sweetener with a distinctive sweet flavour and no calories. The first thought? This tea would be great for making iced or cold-brew tea.

What does it taste like?

To make a cup of fruit tea, use freshly boiled water and steep it for 5-10 minutes. Fruit teas will rarely get bitter, unless they contain lots of orange peel. This is mostly true for loose blends, rather than classic tea bags.

Once brewed, hibiscus gives it a pretty deep crimson colour. This tea smells like a rich hibiscus tea, with key notes of regular fruity teas that contain tart hibiscus. However, raspberry comes as an under flavour and really comes into a focus as an aftertaste. Raspberry scent is also pronounced, accompanied by an intense sweet note.

Basilur’s Raspberry infusion is a flavourful, strong and deep tea. It’s quite sweet but not sugary sweet. You can definitely feel that the sweetness is coming from an herbal ingredient rather than refined sugar. It has a light zesty note from hibiscus, and a light raspberry aftertaste. Raspberry is not an actual ingredient in this tea (which is often a case with raspberry flavoured teas, and the flavour is added with natural raspberry flavouring). This tea doesn’t need any sweeteners as it already contains stevia leaves. However, if you prefer very sweet teas, both honey and white sugar are a good choice.

Because of its strong flavour, this tea is a good choice for making iced teas. Steep it together with some fresh raspberries to give it a real raspberry punch.

Who would like this tea? If you enjoy strong and bold fruit teas with hibiscus, you’ll enjoy this tea too. If you are looking for a strong raspberry tea, this may not be the right infusion for you. That said, many raspberry teas are rather light in raspberry flavour, and mostly contain other ingredients including natural flavourings too.

Interestingly, the flavour is deep, and complex, even though it’s made with tiny particles. Because of its rich flavour, this tea is a great alternative to regular supermarket fruit teas.

Tea Recap

Water or milk? Water

Day or night? Day or night

Hot or iced? Hot or cold

Sweetened or pure? Pure as it already contains a calorie-free sweetener.

Caffeine? No

What’s the price? S$8.15

Where to buy? Get it from Basilur website

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What’s in Coconut Matcha Pre-Mix?

Coconut matcha pre-mix is a matcha tea with natural coconut flavouring and cane sugar. In fact, it contains a lot of sugar – 75% of this pre-mix is cane sugar, and 25% is organic Japanese matcha. That is perhaps one of the highest amounts of sugar in a pre-made matcha mix on the western market. This means, if you are using one teaspoon of mix per cup of water, you’ll be drinking 3 grams of sugar. Which is actually not that much at all – that is, if you like sweet drinks. For comparison, 1 packet of sugar or 1 sugar cube contain 4 grams of sugar each.

This blend contains caffeine too. However, the caffeine content of 1 teaspoon of this blend will b lower than a caffeine content of 1 teaspoon of pure matcha powder. Therefore, it may be a good choice if you want to reduce the caffeine intake.

Coconut matcha pre-mix smells super nice. There are a lot of green matcha notes coming through an intense creamy coconut scent and it smells very sweet. So, what’s good about pre-mix blends? They differ slightly from regular matcha powder, as you can use them straight from the pouch, with no need for sifting or extensive whisking. Plus, they usually already contain a sweetener.

How to make this tea?

The best way to make this tea is using hot water to dissolve it, then topping it up with cold water and serving with ice. This, however, doesn’t mean you can’t drink it hot. But when made with hot water, it will be a VERY sweet drink. For some tea drinkers, this may be just too much sweetness.  

This matcha is not suitable for whisking because of a high sugar content, so it’s better to use an electric frother instead or simply shake it in a water bottle.

To make a cup of coconut matcha, use ½-1 teaspoon of powder and mix it with hot water at 80 degrees Celsius. To make matcha milk tea, use ½-1 teaspoon of tea powder, add 50-70 ml water and top up with cold milk or steamed and frothed milk.

We tried both and the best way is by far to drink it with milk:

• with frothed and steamed milk served as hot latte or plus ice as iced latte
• topped with cold milk and served with ice as iced matcha milk tea

Milk will reduce sweetness significantly, and it will feel like a completely different tea, leaving only coconut and matcha to dominate the blend.

It’s one of those teas you need to treat as a dessert, especially if you are using 2 rather than 1 teaspoon of pre-mix. Because the sugar content is so high, it may not be a suitable replacement for a pure matcha powder, especially if you love the pure unsweetened flavour of matcha.

Who may like this tea? If you prefer very sweet drinks, this is a tea for you. However, it’s not suitable for tea drinkers that want to drink matcha traditionally. It’s great for making lattes or iced milk teas. As a dessert blend served with milk and/or ice, it tastes delicious. It’s perfect for spring and summer garden tea parties, or even as an after-gym drink.

Coconut Matcha Tea Recap

Water or milk? Water or milk

Day or night? Day

Hot or iced? Hot or cold

Sweetened or pure? Pure as it already contains sugar

Caffeine? Yes

What’s the price? £6.91 on Tealyra website (100 grams pouch)

Where to buy? Get it from Tealyra website

More coconut teas:

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Peach and mango are a wonderful combination. These two flavours are extremely popular for tea-based drinks and cold brew is no exception. This Peach Mango Cold Brew tea comes from Teapigs, and it’s crafted for a fuss-free steeping in cold water.

What’s in Peach Mango Cold Brew Tea?

Cold brew teas are blended specifically made for brewing with cold water rather than hot. Although you can use hot water and then simply add ice, they are crafted to give enough flavour even in cold or lukewarm water.

Teapigs has a whole range of cold brew blends, all caffeine free. Cold brewing was first popular with green and black teas, and for a good reason. Fruit blends and many tisanes will usually release less flavour than green or black teas. Green tea is usually the fastest to cold brew, while fruity ingredients will take the longest.

Peach Mango Cold Brew tea from Teapigs contains white hibiscus, apple, sweet blackberry leaves, chicory root, citric acid, beetroot and natural peach and mango flavourings. Box contains 10 tea bags (or tea temples, as Teapigs calls them). It smells super intense, sweet, with fruity peach and mango notes.

How to make Peach and Mango Cold Brew tea?

So how to make a proper cold brew tea? Even though the instructions suggest using up to 500 ml of water and steeping in cold water for only 7 minutes, this method may not offer enough flavour for all tea drinkers. As mentioned earlier, fruit blends are unlikely to brew into a strong cup of tea if you use cold water. This is true for specially crafted blends too. Therefore, this tea is better steeped in 200-400ml of warm water, and then topped with ice. This method too, will give a flavour lighter than regularly brewed tea, but it will be slightly more intense. Keep that in mind if you prefer stronger flavours.

Once brewed, the scent is all about peaches. Flavour is light though, so if you like lighter flavour, you’ll like this tea too. It has a light zesty note, a light mango note and a dominant peach note. It leaves a sweet fruity aftertaste. Peach Magno Cold Brew tea is very easy to drink and very easy to make. It doesn’t need any sweeteners, and adding some would only overpower the flavour.

Who would like this tea? Tea drinkers that want a light refreshing summer drink with no calories. This blend is great is for adding more flavour to your water, especially in summer. It’s also a healthier drink than soda. You will like this blend if you like to drink flavoured water, and if you love peach and mango flavours. Individual packaging makes it great for takin on holidays too.

However, if you are expecting strong and flavoured blend similar to a properly brewed peach hot tea or peach iced teas, it may not be flavourful enough for you to truly enjoy it.

Tea Recap

Water or milk? Water

Day or night? Day or night

Hot or iced? Cold

Sweetened or pure? Pure

Caffeine? No.

What’s the price? 4.70 GBP.

Where to buy? Get it from Ocado.

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What makes iced tea good?

What makes is so good is the intensity of flavours, perfect sweetness and lots of ice. Iced teas are typically sweetened, although you can drink them pure if they are not bitter. To get the best intensity, you need to find the best tea to water ratio.

Do you have to boil water to make iced tea?

Yes, it’s always best to make an iced tea by steeping tea leaves in boiled water first. If you don’t have too much ice, you can steep the tea beforehand and let it cool in the fridge. This is not the same as cold brewing.

Is cold brew tea the same as iced tea?

Cold brewing is a different method of preparing tea. Instead of using hot water, cold brewed teas are slowly steeped in cold water over several hours in the fridge. You don’t need any ice for cold brewing, or a kettle. Cold brewing will significantly change the flavour profile and nutrient content of brewed tea. Iced tea will have the same flavour profile as regularly brewed tea, except it tends to be stronger.

Tips for making the best iced tea

Making an iced tea at home is easy, but it’s not always straightforward. This is especially true if you are used to drinking pre-made teas. Pre-made iced teas may not always contain tea leaves and may also contain lots of sugar and fruit flavourings. All this will impact the flavour that won’t be easy to replicate at home. However, that’s perfectly ok, as you can make delicious, super flavourful drinks at home using ingredients you already have in your pantry.  

So, how to make the best tasting iced tea?

Here are the 9 simple tips.

1. Choose the right tea

You can use almost any tea you want. However, just like when making a cup of hot tea, if you want to get the best flavour, you have to have the best tea. Best tea doesn’t mean the most expensive tea, but it should be fresh and flavourful.

What tea is best for iced tea? Traditionally, this type of tea has been made with mostly tea bags. Tea bags are a good option if you want to add sugar or honey and prefer an intense flavour. Some traditional tea bags may give a murky and bitter tea. Test it out before. If it tastes good without a sweetener, it will be great for making an iced tea too.

Loose tea leaves, especially pure, will often have less bitterness, and a more complex flavour. Flavoured teas are an amazing choice as well.

But if you want to use pure teas, you can add flavour with:

• Food flavourings
• Steeping it with fresh fruits
• Fruit juices
• Fruit syrups

2. Make a strong infusion

To make the best cup of iced tea, use more leaves than normally. Adding only 50% more will intensify the flavour significantly. 1 ½ or 2 teaspoons of tea leaves per serving will give much more flavour than brewing it for 10 minutes. Over brewing may also increase the bitterness, while adding more tea leaves will intensify the flavour. Furthermore, as the ice melts, tea will become diluted. That’s why it’s always a good idea to add more tea leaves.

So what is the ratio of tea to water for iced tea?

If you are using:

• loose tea, use 1 ½ – 2 teaspoons of tea leaves per serving.
• traditional tea bags, use 1 or 2 tea bags, depending on their strength. Most tea bags will contain dust and fannings that will infuse into a strong tea, so one will be enough.
• pyramid tea bags with loose tea, you may need to add two, rather than one, depending on how many tea leaves they contain.

Use 120-150 ml of water for steeping the tea, then top up with fresh cold water later.

3. Don’t over brew it

Never over brew your tea when making an iced tea. Sure, both sugar and ice will reduce the bitterness, but ideally, you want a flavour that will taste good even without adding sweeteners. How long do you steep tea for iced tea? You can steep the tea leaves a minute or two longer than usual, but not more. This means, 4-6 minutes for black teas, and 3-5 minutes for green teas, 3-5 minutes for oolong teas and 5-10 minutes for herbal teas.

4. Add the right sweetener

If you want to make iced tea that will taste similar to drinks from supermarkets or restaurants, then you will need to add a sweetener.

White or brown sugar and floral honey are all great for sweetening iced tea. Always add sugar or honey before adding ice, so it can dissolve better. For making a calorie-free drink, you can use stevia or sugar alternatives. Iced teas are usually always sweetened.

Some sweeteners you can try:

• Honey
• White granulated sugar
• Brown granulated sugar
• Stevia (calorie free)
• Coconut flower sugar
• Simple syrup
• Flavoured sweeteners (calorie free)
• Xylitol (less calories than sugar)

5. Add more flavour with flavoured ice

You can add more flavour into your iced tea by adding flavoured ice or tea ice cubes. Because tea ice cubes are made with tea, they will not dilute your iced tea. Find the instructions for making iced tea cubes here.

Some wonderful combinations:

• Pure green tea with tropical green tea ice cubes
• Pure black tea with coconut black tea ice cubes
• Pure green tea with earl grey black tea ice cubes

6. Add citruses

Adding freshly squeezed lemon juice to green or black tea will always elevate the flavour. Lemon goes well with many tea types, but don’t add it to chocolate or nut flavoured teas. Other great citruses to add are oranges and limes.

7. Add fresh fruits

For a super fruity flavour, you can add washed and chopped fruit pieces, and steep them together with black or green tea for 5 minutes. Once ready, pour it into a glass, add sweetener and ice. Fresh fruits will make your black tea brighter and super flavourful, regardless of if you are using loose tea or tea bags.

8. Choose special iced tea blends

Many brands are offering special tea blends crafted specifically for making iced teas. These blends will have lots of flavour and usually smaller tea leaves. Although you can use any tea blend you want, special tea blends will usually always offer a desired strength and flavour. You can also use pre-made cold brew blends and brew them with hot water.

9. Use high-quality water

Water quality will significantly impact the flavour of any tea – hot or iced. Use colourless and odourless water that’s not too flat and not too hard. Avoid distilled water. Using tap water will usually be fine, unless it’s murky and smells of chemicals. If that’s the case, bottled spring water may be a better choice. Also, avoid re-heating the same water multiple times.

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How to make iced tea

The BEST homemade iced tea

Course Drinks

Keyword Iced Tea

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 1

Equipment

• Kettle
• Serving glass

Ingredients

• 1/2 – 2 teaspoons loose tea leaves or 1-2 teabags
• 150 ml freshly boiled water
• 1-2 teaspoons sugar
• 50-100 ml fresh cold water

Instructions

• Bring fresh water to a boil.
• Measure 1 ½ – 2 teaspoons of tea leaves* and steep them in 150 of water.**
• Strain the tea into a serving glass.
• Add sweetener and stir until dissolved.
• Add ice.
• Top up with fresh cold water.

Notes

* If you want to make a whole pitcher rather than just a glass of iced tea, use at least 2 tablespoons of tea leaves per 500 ml of water, then top up with more cold water later. If you are using tea bags, add 4-6 tea bags per 500 ml of water, and top up with cold water later.

** Black tea – 4-5 minutes at 95-98 degrees Celsius
     Green tea – 3-5 minutes at 75-85 degrees Celsius
     Oolong tea – 3-5 minutes at 85-90 degrees Celsius
     Rooibos and other herbal teas – 5-10 minutes at98 degrees Celsius

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What is a tea tonic?

Tea tonic is a drink made with icy cold tonic and brewed tea. The idea originated from coffee tonic; a refreshing drink made with a shot of espresso poured over cold tonic. To get a two layered look, make sure the tonic is fresh and icy cold and always pour tea straight onto the ice.

Tea tonic usually contains a caffeinated tea, so make sure to use a decaf tea for a caffeine-free drink.

What is the best tea for making tea tonic boba?

You can use any tea you want to make this drink. Earl grey is a wonderful classic choice that pairs extremely well with tonic and grape flavoured boba pearls. You can also use other types of black tea, both flavoured and pure. Stronger pure of flavoured green teas, dark oolongs, ripe pu’erh and flavoured shou mei white teas are all great choices. Choose teas you usually enjoy drinking.

Tonic is already sweet enough, and this drink doesn’t need any additional sweeteners. However, always brew the tea properly to avoid extreme bitterness or murkiness.

Some great teas to try:

• Assam black tea
• Mango flavoured black tea
• Coconut flavoured black tea
• Peach flavoured green tea
• Red robe oolong tea

Why adding popping boba?

Popping boba is a boba tea ingredient filled with fruit juices. When you bite into it, popping boba will burst, adding another delicious fruity note to tea tonic. These boba pearls are used for making fruit bobas rather than milk boba teas. They come in a whole range of flavours, such as peach, pineapple, lychee, grapes, mango etc. Popping boba doesn’t need to be cooked or washed and you can simply add them to any juice or drink.

Ingredients for making Tea Tonic Boba

Tonic: choose any tonic you want, as long as it’s freshly opened. Avoid using flat tonics. Alternatively, you can use a flavoured carbonated water too.  

Tea: make a stronger brew using 1 heaped teaspoon of tea leaves, and steep for 3-5 minutes, depending on the tea type. If you want to extract more flavour, add more tea leaves instead of steeping them longer.

Popping boba: They are usually available in smaller containers, enough for making three drinks. If you are using regular unflavoured black or green tea, choose your favourite flavour. If you are using flavoured teas, try to match the popping boba flavour with the flavour of tea. Grape flavoured pearls pair extremelly well with earl grey tea. Add popping boba before adding ice.

Ice: add lots of ice into tonic before adding tea. Set aside for a couple of minutes until your tonic is icy cold. While waiting, brew the tea to save time.

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Earl Grey Tea Tonic Boba

Super tasty tea tonic boba with grape popping pearls

Course Drinks

Keyword Black Tea, Earl Grey, Popping Boba

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 1

Equipment

• Kettle
• Serving glass

Ingredients

• 120 ml tonic or 1/3 glass
• 120 ml brewed tea or 1/3 glass
• 3 tablespoons of grape popping boba
• 1 heaped teaspoon Earl Grey tea or tea of your choice
• 150 ml water for making tea
• ice

Instructions

• Bring fresh water to a boil.
• Pour 120 ml of cold tonic into a serving glass.
• Add popping boba and lots of ice. Set aside.
• Steep 1 heaped teaspoon of tea leaves in freshly boiled water for 3-5 minutes.
• If needed, add more ice into a serving glass with tonic and popping boba. Slowly pour freshly boiled tea directly onto ice.
• Serve immediately. Add boba straw or a long-handled teaspoon.

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Ingredients for making Peach Tea Boba

Fresh peach: Only use ripe peaches, otherwise the peach flavour will be very mild. If you can’t get fresh ripe peaches, the best alternative are the canned ones. One larger peach will be enough to make 2 servings of the bottom peach layer. You don’t need to peel them. If you do, the colour of the syrup will be more yellow, otherwise it will be orange-red.

Sugar: The best type of sugar for this recipe is white granulated sugar.

Black tea: Although you can use any quality strong black tea, a second flush Darjeeling is one of the best teas to use for this recipe. It’s fruity and floral, rich and pairs amazingly well with peach. Second flush Darjeeling is widely available and a genuine delight to drink pure too. A good alternative is a malty and rich Assam or a regular breakfast blend.

Tapioca pearls: Tapioca pearls are usually used for milk teas, while fruit bobas will often contain juicy popping pearls. This recipe is great with brown sugar boba pearls as the peach layer is thicker than regular juice. However, feel free to replace brown sugar boba with peach popping boba.

Instructions

Make the peach layer: To make the peach layer wash and cut one larger peach into thin slices. Add it into a small saucepan with 150 ml of water and 2-3 spoons of sugar and simmer for 15-20 minutes. Let it cool for 5-10 minutes, then strain it through a cheesecloth. Another way is to blend it first, then strain it. Syrup won’t be as clear, but it will have lots of flavour, with a texture closer to a peach juice with pulp.

You can make this layer ahead of time and store it in the fridge.

Brew the tea: Bring fresh water to a boil. Measure 1 heaped teaspoon of 2nd flush Darjeeling tea leaves and steep them in 220 ml of water for 3 minutes. Choose high quality odourless water that won’t impact the flavour of the tea.

Cook tapioca pearls: Cook tapioca pearls following instructions on the packaging. Use at least 500 ml of water and bring it to a boil. Add tapioca pearls, wait until they are all floating on the surface, then cover and simmer for a few more minutes.

Assemble the drink: To assemble the peach tea boba, pour ½ of the peach syrup into a serving glass. Add tapioca pearls right after straining them. You don’t need to coat them. Add ice and slowly pour brewed tea over ice.

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Peach Tea Boba

Flavourful summer fruity boba tea

Course Drinks

Keyword Black Tea, Boba Tea, Peach Tea

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Servings 2

Equipment

• Kettle
• saucepan
• Cheesecloth

Ingredients

• 150 ml of water for cooking peaches ,
• 1 large ripe peach – washed and cut into thin slices (peeled or not)
• 2-3 spoons of sugar depending on how sweet the peach is
• 220 ml of water for making tea
• 1 heaped teaspoon of second flush Darjeeling tea
• 500 ml water for cooking boba pearls
• 40 grams of brown sugar boba pearls
• Ice

Instructions

• Wash and cut one peach into thin slices.
• Add it into a small saucepan together with 150 ml of water and 2-3 tablespoons of sugar.
• Simmer for 15-20 minutes. Stir occasionally until all sugar dissolves.
• Let it cool slightly then strain it through a cheesecloth.
• Bring water to a boil. Add half a litre to asaucepan to cook boba pearls and use 220 ml to brew tea. Steep one heaped teaspoon of tea leaves for 3 minutes.
• To cook boba pearls, add them into a boiling water, wait until they are all floating on the surface, then cover and cook for additional 2-3 minutes. Strain them immediately.
• Add peach syrup into a serving glass. Divide between 2 glasses.
• Add boba pearls.
• Add ice and pour brewed black tea onto ice.

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Ingredients for making Earl Grey Popsicles Watermelon

Fresh Watermelon: Summer is a watermelon season. Choose sweet and ripe watermelons and remove all seeds. Watermelon is naturally quite sweet, contains lots of water and goes well with citrusy ingredients. In short, it’s a perfect ingredient for making summer popsicles.

Earl Grey Syrup: Earl Grey syrup is a must have for making desserts with tea, especially icy treats. It’s far more aromatic than other black teas and goes well with many ingredients. Earl Grey syrup is a simple sugar syrup made with brewed earl grey tea rather than water. Although it’s possible to buy a pre-made Earl Grey syrup, you can easily make one at home. In fact, if you have a good quality aromatic earl grey tea, it would be a shame not to try making it yourself. Find the recipe here.

Lime: Lime will balance out the flavour by adding a touch of zestiness. Both Earl Grey syrup and watermelon are quite sweet, so adding some lime will bring out more freshness. You can use lemon instead, but it will give a sourer flavour.

Steps for making Earl Grey Watermelon Popsicles

Prepare moulds: Plastic popsicle moulds are super handy for making homemade popsicles. You’ll need approximately 6-7 moulds. Most popsicle moulds will have a base that will keep them upright, but if you have individual ones, you can use plastic cups to place popsicle moulds inside. Both silicone and plastic moulds will work.

Cut the watermelon: Cut watermelon into small pieces and remove all seeds. Place it into a blender and add 7 tablespoons of earl grey syrup. Syrup will add both sweetness and texture. Less syrup will give popsicles an icier, rather than smooth texture. Add lime juice and blend it for 30 seconds. Since the syrup is heavier than watermelon, it will sink to the bottom, creating a two layered look.  

Pour into mould and freeze: Pour the watermelon and earl grey syrup into moulds. Don’t add popsicle sticks just yet. You’ll need to freeze them for about 30 minutes before inserting them. Once you add sticks, leave it to freeze for a couple of hours.

How to store homemade popsicles?

Once your popsicles are frozen, store them in separate wrappers to keep them fresh and flavourful. Popsicles will keep for at least a month. However, if you leave them in moulds, the flavour may change in less than a week. To remove popsicles from a mould, simply leave them outside the freezer for a couple of minutes and gently remove them.

How to make Earl Grey syrup?

Earl Grey simple syrup is a simple sugar syrup made with brewed earl grey tea and granulated sugar. It will take only 10-15 minutes to make. What’s great about making this syrup at home is that you can choose your own ingredients and adjust both texture and flavour:

• You can choose any type of tea, making sure the simple syrup will be super flavourful.
• You can replace white sugar with granulated light brown or dark brown sugar to add a nutty caramel note.
• And you can adjust the texture by adding more sugar.

In general, you’ll need to use 1:1 ratio of tea per sugar for a regular simple syrup. However, a sllightly thicker syrup will give a nicer texture to popsicles. Always use more tea leaves, but don’t over-steep it. You want a flavourful rich cup of tea without bitterness.  

Find the recipe for making a homemade Earl Grey simple syrup here.

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Earl Grey & Watermelon Popsicles

Refreshing homemade popsicles with watermelon and earl grey syrup

Course Dessert

Keyword Earl Grey, Popsicles, Summer

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Servings 6 popsicles

Equipment

• 6 popsicle moulds
• 6 popsicle sticks
• Blender

Ingredients

• 300 grams of watermelon, cut into small chunks, de-seeded
• 7-10 tablespoons of Earl Grey syrup
• Freshly squeezed juice of 2 limes

Instructions

• Cut the watermelon into small chunks and removeseeds and rind.
• Add it into a blender, together with lime juice and earl grey simple syrup.
• Blend for 3 seconds.
• Pour into popsicles moulds.
• Place popsicle moulds into a freezer for 30 minutes. Add popsicles sticks.
• Freeze for a couple of hours or until frozen.  

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Ingredients for making Peanut Butter and Jelly drink

Peanut butter: Peanut butter is a key ingredient in making this recipe. Rather than using a regular peanut butter, opt for the powder instead. Powder is not as greasy and melts really well in liquids. It’s available from Amazon and online fitness stores.

Fruits: you’ll need 100 grams of red currants, raspberries or strawberries or other fruits of your choice. Different fruits will have different levels of sweetness and sourness, so adjust the sugar content if needed. You want a sweet, rather than a sour flavour.

Agar agar: Agar agar is a vegan friendly alternative to gelatine, and it’s very easy to use. It can be used for thickening jams instead of pectin. Do not add too much as you want a jam rather than jelly consistency. Agar agar will set fast.

Black tea: Use a stronger black tea with toasty, nutty, chocolaty or malty notes. Assam tea will usually work great in this recipe. Other good choices are Yunnan black tea and regular breakfast blends. Loose tea will often offer a more refined flavour profile and less murkiness and bitterness. However, if you have good quality black tea in tea bags, you can use them too. Use 1 heaped teaspoon of loose tea or 1-2 tea bags, depending on the strength.   

Milk: Full fat or while milk is the best choice for making milk teas, as it will have a nicer texture than semi-skimmed or skimmed milk. Vegan friendly milk alternatives such as oat milk, almond milk or cashew milk all have a good flavour profile for this recipe.

Steps for making Peanut Butter Jelly milk tea

Make a jelly: To make a jelly, add fruits and water into a saucepan and simmer for 15 minutes. Strain after 15 minutes into a clean saucepan, to remove fruit chunks. Add sugar and simmer until it dissolves. Add agar agar and simmer for a few minutes.

Combine milk and peanut butter powder: In a saucepan, combine milk and peanut butter powder and simmer while stirring. Do not let it boil. You can use a frother to improve the texture but remove the froth before pouring it into a serving glass.  

Make the tea: Bring water to a boil and steep tea for 5 minutes in boiling water. Don’t over-steep it to avoid bitterness and murkiness. If you want to achieve a layered look, do not add any sugar to tea.

Assemble the drink: Start by adding a layer of jelly. Pour it while it’s still hot. Then add ice and pour milk with peanut butter powder. Add more ice if needed. Pour the tea straight onto ice.

Can I use regular jam instead of making it?

Yes, you can use regular jam. However, when making the bottom layer yourself, you’ll get a consistency that’s closer to a thick syrup. A bit of agar agar will thicken it further without the need to use too much sugar.

Can I add boba pearls to this milk tea?

If you want to turn this peanut butter and jelly drink into a boba tea, add jelly, rather than boba pearls. When making a jelly, simply add more agar agar and pour it into a mould. Once it sets, cut it into smaller cubes and add to the drink after adding milk with peanut butter and ice.

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Peanut Butter Jelly Iced Milk Tea

Homemade milk tea with peanut butter powder, black tea and jelly

Course Drinks

Keyword Black Tea, Dessert Tea, Jelly, Peanut Butter

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Servings 1

Equipment

• saucepan
• Kitchen strainer
• Serving glass

Ingredients

• 1 heaped teaspoon black tea
• 2 heaped teaspoons peanut butter powder
• 150 ml water
• 150 ml milk
• 1 teaspoon white granulated sugar
• 70 ml water or 100 if you want a higher layer
• 100 grams of red currants, raspberries or strawberries
• 3-4 teaspoons of sugar for jelly depending on how sweet the fruits are
• 1/8 teaspoon of agar agar

Instructions

• Wash the fruits and remove any stems or leaves.
• Add them into a saucepan together with 150 ml of water and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Strain into a clean saucepan, add sugar and simmer while stirring until sugar dissolves.
• Add agar agar and continue simmering for a few minutes.
• Pour it into a serving glass. Add about 30-50 ml, depending on the sweetness.
• Add ice.
• In a saucepan, combine milk and peanut butter and simmer until dissolved. Pour it into a serving glass.
• Bring water to a boil. Steep 1 heaped teaspoon of black tea in 70-100 ml of water for 5 minutes. Strain and pour into a serving glass, straight onto ice.
• Serve.

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