Strawberry Jasmine Green Milk Tea

As spring draws to an end and summer comes to a start, there’s nothing that better screams summertime than strawberry season and nothing pairs better with strawberries than milk tea 😉

The fresh, sweet, slightly acidic taste of this strawberry puree pairs so perfectly with the aromatic, light, clean flavor of jasmine tea. Turning this into a milk tea by adding some half and half introduces some creaminess that really rounds everything else out!

One of my favorite boba shops in the Bay Area had added this new item onto their menu a while back ago and that became the inspiration for this recipe! To be completely honest, I don’t usually gravitate towards fruit flavored milk teas because, at most places, they taste incredibly artificial, but this place had made it so well. The strawberries paired so well with the green tea and it easily became my go to drink there!

I tend to steep green tea for a little bit longer than I do black tea because I find that green tea has a more subtle, lighter flavor. Steeping it for a bit longer helps to extract more of that flavor out and get it into the milk tea. Be careful about steeping it for too long though because it can easily make your milk tea too astringent because of all that tannic acid!

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Prep Time: 5 minutes Cooking Time: 10 minutes 10 minutes

Nutrition facts: 200 calories 20 grams fat

Rating: 5.0/5

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Ingredients

1 cup stemmed and cut strawberries
1/2 cup white sugar
3/4 cup water

1 and 1/4 cup water
5 teaspoons Jasmine Tea leaves
1/4 cup half and half
2 tablespoons white sugar

Instructions

Strawberry Puree

1. Pour the strawberries, sugar, and water into a blender
2. Blender the mixture until smooth and transfer to a separate container

Jasmine Green Milk Tea

1. Boil 1 and 1/4 cup of water in a small pot
2. Once boiling remove the pot from heat and let cool without a lid for a minute
3. Put the jasmine leaves into the hot water and cover the pot with the lid
4. Let the tea leaves steep for 5 minutes
5. Pour the tea into a jar while straining out the tea leaves
6. Add the sugar into the tea and stir well until all the sugar is dissolved

Assembly

1. Pour 1/4 cup of the strawberry puree at the bottom of a cup
2. Put a couple ice cubes on top of the strawberry puree
3. Pour the tea over the ice cubes (trying not to directly hit the strawberry puree so we don't agitate it too much)
4. Then pour the half and half over the tea
5. Mix and enjoy!