China · Home-style
Milk Tea
A home-style milk tea made by brewing strong black tea and mixing it with milk powder, warm and smooth with the tea and milky flavours blending into one. The tea is left to sit long enough to turn properly strong before the milk goes in.
In China, the everyday version of milk tea is brewed at home from tea bags and milk powder rather than assembled from the chewy tapioca pearls that street shops sell. Steeping the bags for twenty minutes or more gives a concentrate far too strong to drink on its own, which is exactly the point. Set it up the night before and it is waiting in the fridge for the morning.
Ingredients
- black tea bags4 g
- milk powder2 g
- caster sugar7 g
Directions
- 1
Put two black tea bags in a cup and pour in 180 to 200ml of boiling water.
- 2
Leave to steep for twenty to thirty minutes.
- 3
Weigh out 11 to 12g of milk powder and 5 to 7g of caster sugar and add them to the tea.
- 4
Stir until smooth and drink.
Source: HowToCook · WorldBite adaptation · Unlicense source text; bilingual recipe adapted by WorldBite.