Jasmine Milk Tea
Here’s a boba tea with the scent of jasmine flowers to rival those bubble tea shops. This scented tea makes for a delicious drink, brimming with tapioca balls, fragrant jasmine, and powerful antioxidants to fight free radicals. You’ll love this delicious jasmine milk tea recipe with its sweet and soothing taste!
Servings: 1 Serving
Calories: 190kcal
Ingredients
Boba Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- ½ cup tapioca balls
Jasmine Milk Tea Ingredients
- 1/2 cup water hot
- 2 tablespoons Jasmine Green Tea loose-leaf
- 1 teaspoon raw sugar
- 1 ½ cup ice
- 1/2 cup oat milk
Instructions
- Make The Boba: Pour two cups of water into a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Add tapioca pearls into the saucepan and boil for five minutes (until the pearls start floating to the top). (If you don’t have quick-cooking tapioca pearls, follow your package directions.) Scoop floating pearls into a metal mesh strainer and rinse with cool water.
- Make The Tea: Heat water in a teapot or electric tea kettle to 175°F or 79°C. Add loose-leaf tea to a tea infuser and place it in a mug. Pour heated water over the tea and let it steep for 4 minutes. Remove the tea. Pour in the maple syrup and stir thoroughly.
- Assemble The Milk Tea: Scoop tapioca pearls into a serving glass. Add ice on top of the boba. Pour oat milk in next, followed by freshly brewed jasmine tea. Stir and enjoy with a reusable boba straw.
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Notes
Storage Tips
Jasmine milk tea is incredibly soothing and delicious. You may surprise yourself, though, if you make extra and realize you can’t drink it all. To store it, make sure you take the boba pearls out. These can become hard when refrigerated and lose their chewy texture. The tea itself, without the pearls, is best kept in the fridge.
- Fridge: If you remove the tapioca balls, your jasmine milk tea can keep in the fridge for up to 2 days. This is why it’s wise to only prepare enough boba pearls for your drink. Trying to keep them will only mean they go to waste. For more details, check out How Long Does Milk Tea Last In The Fridge?
- Freeze: I definitely advise against freezing this recipe. The tapioca pearls and the plant-based milk don’t keep well this way. Besides, it’s easy enough to make fresh when you want it.
- Meal Prep: It’s not good to get the chewy boba ready too far ahead of when you want them. But you can prepare your jasmine milk boba tea for guests or your family slightly in advance. Don’t do it more than 24 hours before - 12 hours is the sweet spot. You can let the tea steep first and have that ready to go with ease for a speedier prep time.
Nutrition
Calories: 190kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Sodium: 134mg | Potassium: 60mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 246IU | Calcium: 201mg | Iron: 1mg
