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How to make Royal milk tea at home
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Royal Milk Tea Recipe

How to make this comforting milk tea at home
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Prep Time:4 minutes
Cook Time:7 minutes
Resting time:4 minutes
Total Time:15 minutes

Equipment

  • Small sauce pan with lid
  • A wooden spoon (or similar) to stir
  • Strainer (Only if you use loose leaf tea)

Ingredients

  • ½ Cup water
  • 2 tsp. black tea or 2 tea bags
  • ½ Cup milk
  • 1-2 tsp. sugar

Instructions

  • Bring water to a boil.
    Once the water has boiled, remove turn the heat off, add the tea, cover the pan and let steep for 2 minutes.
    Boiling water in a pan
  • Once the 2 minutes are over, remove the lid (it smells so nice when you do it!) and the milk.
    Turn the heat on (medium-high).
    Letting black tea rest to make Royal milk tea
  • Stir occasionally.
    Take the milk off the heat just before it reaches boiling point, but when it's about to start boiling.
    A comparison of making Royal milk tea with black tea teabags vs. with loose tea leaves
  • Remove tea (strain into a cup or just take the tea bags out) and sweeten to taste.
    Straining Royal milk tea

Notes

  • Feel free to use your preferred sweetener (honey, dates syrup, keto-friendly sweeteners…)
  • If you are only making one serving, you can add your sweetener together with the milk
  • You can enjoy Royal milk tea hot or cold. But when I want this hot, I prefer making it this alternative way (no stovetop involved).
  • Other delicious variations for this recipe:
    • Make it a Hokkaido milk tea by adding 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract or vanilla honey
    • Switch the black tea for hojicha or for oolong tea

Nutrition

Serving: 6oz. | Calories: 100kcal
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: Japanese
Keyword: black tea, milk tea, with milk
Servings: 1 Serving
Calories: 100kcal