Brown Sugar Milk Tea

5 from 60 votes

Creamy and smooth, this brown sugar milk tea will improve your mornings. Simple to make and totally addicting, you’ll never drink iced tea in any different way!

Prep Time10

Cook Time5

Total Time15

Course: Coffees and Lattes

Cuisine: Japanese

Servings: large cup

Calories: 489kcal

Author: Tatiana Kamakura

Ingredients

⅔ cup water
3 black tea bags 1 tablespoon loose black tea
1 ⅓ cups whole milk cold
¼ cup heavy cream plus 2 tablespoon (36ml)
2 tablespoon packed brown sugar

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Instructions

Using a stove or electric kettle, boil the water.
In a cup, place the black tea bags and pour the hot water over it. Let steep for 5 minutes. Don’t rush it, or you’ll end up with a weak black tea, and that’s not good for milk tea.
Gently press all the liquid out of the tea bags and remove them from the cup. Stir the brown sugar until dissolved and wait for the mixture to cool to room temperature. If using black tea leaves, remove the leaves.
In a small bowl, pour ¼ cup of heavy cream plus 1 teaspoon of the black tea and whip it until frothed. Whip only until frothed, or the whipped cream won’t mix with your drink properly.
In a jar, pour the milk and the remaining 2 tablespoons of heavy cream. Add the already sweetened and cooled black tea and mix until well combined.
Fill half a glass with ice. Pour enough milk tea to fill the glass, top with frothed cream and enjoy.

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Notes

If you want your milk tea extra strong, use black tea ice. Brew a cup of strong black tea and pour it on an ice tray.

If you’re in a hurry, place you black tea into the fridge (cover the cup or use a recipient with a lid) for it to cool down faster. You can use it warm, but your drink might be less strong as it will cool down more rapidly the ice.

You can substitute dairy milk for a plant-based milk, and heavy cream for an equivalent vegan version.

This is not a very sweet milk tea. If you like your milk tea extra sweet, add 1 to 2 tbsps more of brown sugar.

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