Strawberry Milk Tea
Refreshing and easy to drink, this strawberry milk tea recipe has a lot of fresh berries and can be made with or without tapioca pearls.
Servings: 2 tall glasses
Calories: 467kcal
Ingredients
Strawberry Compote
- 6 medium strawberries washed and stem removed
- 3 tablespoon sugar
Strawberry Milk
- about 10 medium strawberries washed and stem removed
- 1 ¾ cup milk dairy or plant-based
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Strawberry Milk Tea
- ½ cup boba pearls cooked
- 6 tablespoon strawberry compote
- ice cubes
- 1 cup black tea
- 2 cup strawberry milk
- ¼ cup brown sugar syrup
Instructions
- For the strawberry compote, wash strawberries and remove the stem. Dice strawberries into small cubes.
- In a small saucepan, add diced strawberries and sugar. Cook for about 3 minutes on medium-high temperature, so the strawberries soften and the compote gets less watery. Stir frequently. Check the video to see how it should look like.
- Prepare the boba following the package instructions.
- Rinse boba pearls, placing them into a small bowl. Pour brown sugar syrup over them. Let the boba rest for 10 minutes so it can soak in the sugar syrup.
- Prepare the strawberry milk. Wash and remove the stem of strawberries. In a blender’s cup, add strawberries, your choice of milk and vanilla extract, and blend for about 1 minute or until smooth.
- Strain milk to remove strawberry seeds.
- Divide evenly boba pearls between 2 tall glasses. Do the same with the strawberry compote. Give it a stir to mix.
- Fill ⅔ of the glasses with ice. Pour half a cup of black tea in each glass, then one cup of strawberry milk.
- Stir to combine and serve right away.
Video
Notes
When making fresh strawberry milk, you can use dairy milk, or your favorite plant-based milk. For this recipe, if using plant based, my favorites are oat milk and almond milk. You can use vanilla flavored or plain, sweetened or unsweetened plant-based milk.
If you’re not using boba pearls, add 2 tablespoons of brown sugar syrup after adding the strawberry compote.
If you want your drink sweeter after tasting, add 1 tablespoon more of brown sugar syrup and stir. You can also make this recipe with store-bought strawberry milk: they usually come with sugar. You can also use sweetened plant -based milk if making fresh strawberry milk.
If you want a very strong strawberry taste and sweeter drink, you can also double the amount of strawberry compote.
For a stronger black tea taste, use black tea ice cubes. They’re super easy to make and adding them prevent from the drink to become watery when the ice cubes start to melt.
Don’t prepare boba pearls in advance, as boba pearls don’t keep well. After 4 hours, boba pearls get mushy and won’t be pleasant to chew like freshly made pearls.
Store leftover boba pearls, if there’s any, in an airtight container at room temperature. Use within 4 hours. Don’t store them inside the fridge, as boba pearls harden when refrigerated.
How to make a sugar-free strawberry milk tea:
- Use your favorite sweetener instead of sugar when making the strawberry compote;
- Use sugar-free strawberry milk if buying, and sugar-free milk if making fresh;
- Look for a sugar-free syrup to replace brown-sugar syrup;
- My favorite sugar replacement is monk fruit sweetener.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 467kcal | Carbohydrates: 93g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 32mg | Sodium: 162mg | Sugar: 42g
