- Floral
- Sweet
Chagee Jasmine Milk Tea at Home
伯牙绝弦 · Bo Ya Jue Xian
1 serving
Ingredients
- 5 g Jasmine Longjing
- 200 ml hot water
- 30 g single cream — or 40 g cream concentrate in place of the cream and condensed milk
- 10 g condensed milk
- 100 ml milk
- 40 g simple syrup — or 20 g for a lighter sweetness
- ice — to the 500–600 ml line
Steps
- 1Steep the tea in the hot water for 5 minutes to make a concentrate. Strain it and let it cool.
- 2Put the cream, condensed milk, milk and syrup in a shaker.
- 3Add the cooled tea and fill with ice to the 500–600 ml line.
- 4Shake really well for about a minute.
≈ 230 kcal per serving
Bo Ya Jue Xian is CHAGEE's signature drink, jasmine green tea with fresh milk. The name comes from the story of Bo Ya, a qin player, and Zhong Ziqi, a woodcutter who understood his music. When Ziqi died, Bo Ya broke the strings of his qin and never played again. People still use the phrase for losing a friend who really understood you.
Most of the flavour comes from the tea, so a good jasmine matters here. Ours is scented the traditional way, with fresh jasmine flowers instead of added flavouring, and you can still smell it through the milk and cream.
Jasmine milk tea is one of the most popular drinks in modern Chinese tea culture, and this version quickly became one of our favourites.