If you are a bubble tea addict, you have surely heard of the sweet and attractive Okinawa milk tea. With its rich and creamy flavor, this milk tea has been loved by many. Today, let’s join TasteVN in the kitchen to learn 2 ways to make Okinawa milk tea with the simple recipes below!
1. Okinawa milk tea with brown sugar pearls
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Preparation
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Okinawa milk tea with brown sugar pearls For 2 people
Black tea 50 gr Okinawa syrup 40 ml (Okinawa syrup) Cream powder 3 tablespoons Brown sugar pearls 50 gr Ice cubes a little
What is Okinawa syrup?
- Okinawa syrup is one of the characteristic syrups used to make milk tea. In fact, it is brown sugar, and it is named Okinawa because it originates from Okinawa Prefecture in Japan.
- This syrup not only has a delicious, sweet taste but also has many health benefits. Okinawa syrup is widely used in well-known milk tea brands.
Where to buy ingredients for Okinawa milk tea?
- You can find black sugar pearls, black tea, Okinawa syrup, and cream powder at stores selling baking ingredients or larger milk tea ingredient suppliers. Alternatively, you can also find them on e-commerce platforms.
- Additionally, TasteVN introduces you to a way to make black sugar pearls at home that ensures they are chewy and delicious with a very simple recipe.
How to make Okinawa milk tea with black sugar pearls
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Boil and filter the tea
Add about 2 liters of water to a pot and bring the water to a boil. Next, add 50g of black tea to the pot, then reduce to medium heat and boil the tea for about 8 minutes to extract the essence from the tea.
After 8 minutes, turn off the heat and filter it through a strainer. Discard the tea leaves and let the tea cool naturally. If you want the tea to have a stronger aroma, you can steep the tea in the pot for an additional 15 minutes before filtering out the tea leaves.
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Make Okinawa milk tea
Prepare a cup, add 50g of black sugar pearls (the amount of pearls can be adjusted according to your preference).
To make the milk tea, add 200ml of warm black tea that you’ve just brewed into a shaker, along with 40ml of Okinawa syrup, and stir well to dissolve. Next, add 3 tablespoons of cream powder into the cup and continue stirring until completely dissolved.
Add a little ice to the shaker and shake well for about 30 seconds to 1 minute for the ingredients to mix together. Then pour the milk tea into the cup with black sugar pearls. And there you have it, your milk tea is ready.
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Final Product
Sweet, fragrant, and rich-flavored Okinawa milk tea with black sugar, with each chewy and delicious tapioca pearl. With this recipe, your milk tea will taste just as good as those from famous brands!
2. Okinawa Butterfly Pea Milk Tea
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Okinawa Butterfly Pea Milk Tea Serves 2
Black tea 50 gr Dried butterfly pea flowers 8 pieces Okinawa milk cream powder 4 tablespoons Topping cream powder 1 tablespoon (Can be replaced with Rich cream) Cheese powder 2 tablespoons (for mixing) Vanilla syrup 20 ml Black tapioca pearls 3 tablespoons Ice cubes a little
Where to buy ingredients for Okinawa milk tea?
You can find ingredients such as tapioca pearls, black tea, Okinawa milk tea powder, Topping Cream milk powder,… at stores that sell baking ingredients or large milk tea ingredient suppliers. Alternatively, you can also find them on reputable e-commerce platforms.
See details: 3 recipes for making tapioca pearls from tapioca flour, glutinous rice flour, and delicious, chewy wheat flour
How to prepare Okinawa milk tea with butterfly pea flower
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Steeping tea
To obtain 250ml of black tea, first pour about 1.5 liters of water into a pot and bring the water to a boil. Next, add 50g of black tea to the pot. Steep the tea for about 8 minutes and then turn off the heat.
Strain the tea through a sieve to remove the tea leaves. Then, divide the tea into 2 cups, one with 200ml of tea and the other with 50ml of tea.
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Strain butterfly pea flower tea
Next, you wash 8 dried butterfly pea flowers, add the flowers to a 50ml tea cup and let it steep for about 8 minutes to achieve a beautiful purple color. After 8 minutes, you remove the flower remnants.
Tip: If you want the butterfly pea flower tea to look even more appealing, you can use 50ml of hot water to steep with the butterfly pea flowers and then add about 2 tablespoons of sugar to get a brighter purple syrup.
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Make Okinawa milk tea
Add to a shaker 4 tablespoons of Okinawa milk cream powder, 1 tablespoon of topping cream powder, 2 tablespoons of cheese powder, and 20ml of vanilla syrup.
Next, add the remaining 200ml of black tea into the shaker and stir well to combine the tea and milk powder mixture.
Then add a little ice to the cup. Close the shaker lid and shake well to blend the mixture.
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Completion
Put 3 tablespoons of tapioca pearls into the glass, then pour the prepared milk tea mixture into the glass.
Finally, use a spoon, turn it upside down, and gently pour the butterfly pea flower water over the back of the spoon into the glass. Do it gently so that the butterfly pea flower water floats on top of the milk tea.
Now you have completed the delicious and beautiful Okinawa milk tea with butterfly pea flower, so enjoy it right away.
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Final Product
The Okinawa milk tea with butterfly pea flower is divided into 3 layers: the layer of brown sugar, the layer of milk tea, and the eye-catching purple layer of butterfly pea flower.
With the fragrant and creamy, sweet flavor from the milk powder combined with a hint of astringency from the tea, and the gentle aroma of butterfly pea flower, this will be an irresistibly delicious cup of milk tea that is sure to conquer your taste buds.
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So TasteVN has brought you 2 recipes for making Okinawa milk tea at home that are really simple, right? TasteVN wishes you success with these 2 milk tea recipes to enjoy with friends and family!
