For example, some Hong Kong cafés prefer using a filled milk variant, meaning it is not purely evaporated milk (as with most retail brands) but a combination of skimmed milk and soybean oil. I made a teapot full (about 4 cups) using 4 tea bags and enough brown sugar to my tastes.

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Mix milk, sugar and tea powder and boil them over low flame for 6-7 minutes. I drink probably million tea a day but this is something else.

I made a teapot full (about 4 cups) using 4 tea bags and enough brown sugar to my tastes. Time limit is exhausted.

I hope my post can help with your own recipe! So far, I’ve had five glasses today.

Hi Alice, that sounds delicious! Thanks so much for your kind comment. Combine water and tea leaves in a small saucepan over medium heat. function() { No matter the ratios, it never quite had the same delicious taste. Hubby was in Taiwan and fell in love with the ritual of tea making, we’ve been trying to decide which tea table to purchase, so many are so beautiful and functions are different too.

Weak tea isn’t great for milk tea.

Milk tea and coffee together is called yuan yang. Let me know how uva tea or ceylon tea works for you! STEP 3: Combine tea and hot water in a teapot. The British tradition of afternoon tea, where black tea is served with milk and sugar, became popular in Hong Kong. Instead of using sweetened condensed milk, you can use a 14-ounce can of evaporated milk, with sugar, to taste. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. See the step-by-step iced milk tea recipe. Use filtered water for the best tasting tea.

Yum! Cha chow is milk tea prepared with condensed milk, instead of evaporated milk and sugar. (function( timeout ) { Do you warm your half and half or just pour in cold? Boil a little more water than needed so that it can be used to warm up the teapot.

It is called "milk tea" to distinguish it from "Chinese tea", which is served plain. Now, your teapot is nice and warm to steep tea in. Commentdocument.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "aba56d4bd593270e9fcf9b09fbeff52e" );document.getElementById("f3f623ac44").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission, at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through a link. I had a friend bring me some ????

Heating milk causes a distinctive smell and film on the liquid that not all people like. I am going to order some as soon as I can.

The darker, longer tea leaves on the bottom are uva. Since we’re adding half & half and sugar, you want to make sure the tea is strong and brewed properly with boiling water and steeped for the right amount of time. Return to heat. From the description in the steps it seems like you boil 1.5 cups but use 1/2 cup of that to heat the teapot.

Its taste is, as can be expected, sweeter than ordinary milk tea. Put the loose leaf uva tea in a steeper and sprinkle in the darjeeling tea leaves. I was hoping it was not some type of expensive milk, but here you have a post explaining (hopefully) exactly what I am missing! Super simple and delicious, my milk tea recipe is made special with half-and-half and brown sugar.

notice.style.display = "block"; I used earl gray but followed the rest of the receipe, it was very good! Thank you so much for writing this. Thanks for the great recipe! I didn’t have half and half so I just used whole milk. My wife and I used to live in Japan (both Tokyo and Kyoto) some 5 years ago and Milk Tea was one of my favorite drinks while we were there.

Boil 1.5 cups of water on the stovetop or use an electric kettle with a temperature setting, setting the water temperature to 208°F. Benefits, Uses, & Recipes, 14 Tea Recipes You Can Easily Brew Up at Home, What Is Black Tea? I'm using a generous amount of half & half (1/4 cup) but feel free to add as little or as much as you like.

Thank you so much for this pin! Thanks!

I'm a certified Tea Sommelier and a self-proclaimed iced tea master. You’ve inspired me to play around a bit with tea. It’s a dairy that’s half cream and half milk. I was inspired by the brand Gogo no Koucha’s (Afternoon Tea) Pungency Milk Tea, the name of a Japanese brand with a stronger flavor. I didn’t have half and half so I just used whole milk.

Benefits, Uses, & Recipes, What Is Ceylon Tea? if ( notice ) Specifically, a blend with 89% Sri Lankan uva and 10% Indian Darjeeling tea.  = 

I put my teapot with it in the fridge overnight. As much as it may seem to the contrary, I don’t actually want to develop diabetes. Let me know in the comments! Thank you for sharing such amazing pictures and thank you for inspiration. Hi Robin, warming up half & half would be even better but I’m usually lazy and just pour it in cold.

ingredients in several commercial Japanese milk teas, http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%81%8A%E8%8C%B6%E3%81%AE%E5%86%A0%E5%9F%8E%E5%9C%92-%E7%B4%85%E8%8C%B6%E3%81%8A%E8%B2%B7%E3%81%84%E5%BE%97%E3%82%BB%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%80%80%E9%A6%99%EF%BC%88%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%80%80%E3%82%A6%E3%83%90%E3%80%80%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%EF%BC%89/dp/B005JRBUPI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1441885050&sr=8-3&keywords=%E3%82%A6%E3%83%90%E8%8C%B6.

https://www.thespruceeats.com/hong-kong-milk-tea-recipe-766128 Would I be able to let this chill in the refrigerator after it is cool to have a nice cold milk tea later? Gives me new ideas.

The type of tea is really what makes the difference! While I’ve found uva to be the best, ceylon and assam also make great bases.

Hi i am a coffee drinker ready for a change. Thank you for this recipe, can’t wait to try this.
What is milk tea? The type of tea does seem to make a big difference, but I’m sure that milk tea is even better with some high quality milk. Hi Laura, yes, the traditional milk tea should be made with white sugar and regular milk but I created my own variation. We finally found some, and sadly we’re going back to the States in 1 week!

I’m so glad to have found your blog. TIP #2: Adjust sweetnessEveryone has a different level of sweet they like in their tea. Boil water on the stovetop or use an electric kettle with a temperature setting, setting the water temperature to 208°F. Wanted to clarify the amount of water to use for steeping the tea.

Thanks for the fun read!

I’m using this glass teapot which has a strainer built into the lid to filter out the tea leaves. Hi Erika, yes! Or do you make your own? I tried to search ‘The de kabu of Tokyo” on google and amazon, but there was nothing , I wasn’t able to find anything on the US Amazon, but here is the link on Amazon Japan for the exact tea set I bought for this post: Previously, I had tried using earl grey or English breakfast. As with everything, add to taste. I did try ice in it like I would sweet iced tea but it watered down the flavor too much. My nifty tea-steeper-diffuser-thing. Thank you for sharing this with us.

1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk. Do you have a favorite Japanese milk tea brand or type?

I hope that helps! Made decadent with half & half and brown sugar. As the name says, milk tea originated in Hong Kong.

But I like honey in mine.

display: none !important; Hi Roses, yes, you can definitely make this iced. Do you use 1 cup or 1.5 cups to steep the tea?

Now is the fun part.
I hope it will be a hit for my cafe .

Yes! You should be using white sugar not brown and use semi skimmed or whole milk. I put in about 20 grams (4 tubes), but this is probably only suitable for the sugar-obsessed. I follow this, almost to a um.., T. Lol.

I’d like to share the secret I discovered upon actually reading the labels. In its most basic form, it’s tea with milk.

Upon looking at Pungency’s label, I discovered why.

I need to figure out how to get WordPress to display the characters. Thanks you! thank you for the great info, I will try them this weekend. bottle that I kept and just didn’t know what to do with the Katakana ??

or combine it with ice?

But the ingredients list says “1.5 cups water + more to warm teapot”. Mix the tea leaves a bit.

It reminded me of a cup of chilled coffee with how creamy it was and the flavor of the brown sugar gave the tea a unique flavor I’d never had in tea before. http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%81%8A%E8%8C%B6%E3%81%AE%E5%86%A0%E5%9F%8E%E5%9C%92-%E7%B4%85%E8%8C%B6%E3%81%8A%E8%B2%B7%E3%81%84%E5%BE%97%E3%82%BB%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%80%80%E9%A6%99%EF%BC%88%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%80%80%E3%82%A6%E3%83%90%E3%80%80%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%EF%BC%89/dp/B005JRBUPI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1441885050&sr=8-3&keywords=%E3%82%A6%E3%83%90%E8%8C%B6. But tastes change with each generation, so enjoy! I’m using loose tea but you can use 1 tea sachet or 2 tea bags instead. What we want is a strong cup of tea with a deep, dark color.

My brother loved the tea this is the first time I am making a tasty tea, thanks a lot ! Personally, I prefer Uva, but both have a mellow flavor that doesn’t overwhelm or clash with the milk and sugar.

back from his trip recently and it spurred on my desire to try, however, I still could not get the taste right. setTimeout( Or, if you have time and want to make sure your milk tea doesn’t get diluted, you could cool your tea in the refrigerator. I attempted to recreate the Pungency brand milk tea here, but after I wrote this, I found that there are many milk teas that use Ceylon (Kandy) Tea, and, to my surprise, a few that even use Earl Grey Tea. Hi! I was thinking about stocking up on it when we went back home but this kind of solves it for us.

I love milk tea, I too drink a lot of it while I’m sick, but then I have my addicted choice which is either chia or matcha. Allow the tea to steep for about 3 minutes. Also you only need one tea bag per cup but you do need a decent brand of tea to get a good strong cup of tea. Black teas like Assam and Ceylon work best. I tried this recipe last night and it was delicious. Hi Kayra, thanks so much for the compliments! The name makes it sound easy to create. It was a birthday gift from one of my bosses. You can’t tell from the picture, but this is a slightly less sugary version.

Japanese Milk Tea Recipe. Sign up for my email list and get instant access to this free milk tea cheat sheet! I also had experimented with different kinds of black tea and milks to try and get the recipe right. My wife and I live in Korea and have been looking for this tea (comes in powder form) at the local grocery stores. Simmer for 3 more minutes. I’ll try the brown sugar, and the boba when I find them. Easy London Fog Drink (Earl Grey Tea Latte), How to Make Bubble Tea (Boba Tea) with Brown Sugar, How to Make Tea Lattes + 17 Tea Latte Recipes, 24 Delicious Tea Sandwiches Perfect for Tea Parties. Add 1 teaspoon of brown sugar right after you pour in your tea so that it can dissolve quickly in the hot tea.

Remove from heat. Being from England I would never put half and half in tea; only plain milk. Make your tea time creamy and sweet with milk tea. You can definitely chill for cold milk tea. STEP 4: Cover teapot and steep for 5 minutes. Everyone has a different level of sweet they like in their tea. I hope the recipe works for you! Looking forward to giving this a try, it sounds wonderful.

I really prefer it after it was refrigerated overnight and served cold. I’m so glad this post brought back some good memories. TIP #3: Warm your teapotIt’s a good idea to warm up your teapot with hot water before brewing any kind of tea to keep the water hot during the steeping process.

Cream should not go in tea at all.

Then pour in the sugar. I think most can be ignored (i.e., salt, dextrin, vitamin C, powdered milk, etc.) The main thing I’ve found is that the secret to Japanese-style milk tea is using uva leaves and perhaps some darjeeling mixed in. The taste and texture of 'Hong Kong' style milk tea might be influenced by the milk used.

Have a beautiful evening.