Oolong Milk Tea – A Creamy Version
This post may contain affiliate links.Ready to try something new? Oolong Milk Tea is a very popular drink originating in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. It is the perfect blend of rich, toasty oolong tea and creamy milk. Now, it is also popular all over the world brought by the bubble tea wave. It’s smooth, slightly sweet, and super refreshing whether served hot or cold.
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If you love milk tea, experiment with different types of tea. Stronger flavor like Assam milk tea, if you like black tea. For a caffeine-free beverage, you can choose to make Rose milk tea or Butterfly Pea Flower Latte instead.
Oolong milk tea’s color may be much lighter than Assam milk tea or Earl Grey milk tea, but I really like the taste. You can still taste the oolong tea in it which is much different than other black tea.
Recipe Ingredients
Ingredient Notes
Oolong tea leaves – Choose a good Oolong tea leaves. Loose tea leaves tastes better than the ones in tea bags.
Palm sugar – Palm sugar has the earthy sweetness flavor and works well with brewed tea. Add to your desired sweetness.
Tapioca pearls – Tapioca pearls come in brown color and white color. They also come in many sizes. The brown color has some palm sugar in it.
Heavy cream – For a creamier texture, you can use heavy cream. If you prefer it lighter, substitute this with milk.
How to Make
STEP 1. Put 3 tbsp oolong tea leaves in a pot with strainer. Pour 300-400 ml hot water (85-97°C) Cover the lid. Let it steep for 3-5 minutes. (Images 1, 2)
STEP 2. Boil the tapioca pearls until it becomes almost transparent and soak them in a water with sugar in it before use). Here are more details on how to cook tapioca pearls. (Images 3, 4)
STEP 4. Pour some of the tea into a serving glass. Add palm sugar or honey. Stir well. Pour whipping cream and / or fresh creamy milk into the tea. Stir well. (Images 5, 6)
STEP 5. Add cooked tapioca pearls at the bottom of the glass (Image 7). Sieve a pinch of ceylon cinnamon ground on top (Image 8). Enjoy!
Pro Tips
- Keep the tea leaves for later brew. If you like it, you can brew it up to 2 more times.
- You’d better keep a different pot for brewing. Take some of the tea to make oolong milk tea. This is to prevent contamination of the tea leaves.
- Loose leaf tea tastes much better than tea in teabags, so try to get the tea leaves.
- If you like it less creamy, you can choose evaporated milk instead of whipping cream. Or the best thing is choose fresh milk.
- You can add additional topping like cinnamon ground on top.
- For sweetener the best choice is honey, followed by molasses, organic palm sugar, coconut sugar, or brown sugar.
- Some people add a pinch of salt to balance the sweetness. Try it out!
Frequently Asked Questions
Creamy Honey Oolong Milk Tea
Ingredients
- 5 tbsp oolong tea leaves
- 400 ml water
- 2 tsp palm sugar
- 50 ml whipping cream
- 20 ml milk
Instructions
- Boil 400 ml water. Wait until it cools down a little to 93 degrees Celcius.
- Put the tea leaves into a pot with a strainer.
- Pour the water into the pot. Let it steep for 3-5 minutes.
- Pour the tea into a different pot. You can use the tea leaves again for multiple brewing.
- If you want to use tapioca pearl, you can boil it until it becomes transparent.
- Drain the water, soak the tapioca pearls in a sugary water for a while.
- Put the tapioca pearls at the bottom of the glass.
- Pour the tea. Put 1-2 tsp palm sugar. Stir well.
- Pour the whipping cream and milk. Stir well.
- Sieve a pinch of cinnamon ground on top. Enjoy!
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Notes
- Keep the tea leaves for later brew. If you like it, you can brew it up to 2 more times.
- You’d better keep a different pot for brewing. Take some of the tea to make oolong milk tea. This is to prevent contamination of the tea leaves.
- Loose leaf tea tastes much better than tea in teabags, so try to get the tea leaves.
- If you like it less creamy, you can choose evaporated milk instead of whipping cream. Or the best thing is choose fresh milk.
- You can add additional topping like cinnamon ground on top.
- For sweetener the best choice is honey, followed by molasses, organic palm sugar, coconut sugar, or brown sugar.
- Some people add a pinch of salt to balance the sweetness. Try it out!
This Oolong milk tea with tapioca pearls recipe is just like the one you get in boba stores! Love it to the max!