This
jasmine boba tea
is made with green tea and your choice of milk. It's a quick and inexpensive
way to prepare your own bubble tea instead of buying it. You may save money and
learn something new by preparing this boba yourself.
What exactly is jasmine milk tea?
Jasmine
tea is brewed from a tea base with Jasminum sambac flowers added to give it a
smell. As a result, it is not brewed from actual jasmine flowers, unlike other
flower teas such as osmanthus gui hua cha.
Jasmine
milk tea is a variation on Jasmine bubble tea, which is jasmine tea with a lot
of sugar, milk, and tapioca balls.
What are the important benefits of
this milk tea?
Jasmine
tea contains no calories. When jasmine tea is produced with green tea as the
foundation, it contains a trace of iron, potassium, zinc, copper, and
antioxidants.
Keep
in mind, though, that bubble tea is a fairly sweet drink. Too much sugar is bad
for your health! Furthermore, according to a research published in The European
Heart Journal, adding milk to tea eliminates some of its health benefits, such
as heart protection.
Caffeine
might also make you uneasy and keep you up at night. If you prefer a
caffeine-free tea or tisane, try barley tea, turmeric lemon ginger tea, longan
red date tea, or sour plum tea.
Is caffeine present in jasmine tea?
Because
jasmine tea is commonly made with black or green tea leaves, it contains
caffeine, although not as much as coffee. The amount of caffeine in jasmine tea
depends on the type of tea leaves used to produce it.
The
jasmine blooms give it a deep floral, almost sweet scent, but it also has
bitter overtones in the background (from the tea leaf base.)
How is jasmine tea made?
To
make the tea smell beautiful, jasmine flowers and normal tea leaves are placed
in a machine for at least 4 hours. The technique would have to be repeated
numerous times for better jasmine tea, such as Yin Hao.
The
tea leaves must be re-fired after being combined since the jasmine flowers
contribute moisture. Finally, the jasmine petals, which have lost their scent,
are removed from the dried tea leaves.
Who should not drink jasmine tea?
Caffeine
may increase the chance of miscarriage in pregnant women, therefore they should
limit their intake. In addition, catechins in jasmine tea may make it more
difficult for your body to absorb iron from food. If you consume a lot of
catechins, you may be more prone to iron deficiency anaemia.
How can you improve the flavour of
jasmine tea?
Depending
on the intensity needed, jasmine scented tea should simmer for 2 to 4 minutes.
If your jasmine tea tastes bitter, try using fewer leaves or steeping it for a
shorter period of time!
We
recommend steeping it for 2 minutes at first, then tasting it every 30 seconds
to see if it suits your taste.
Which flavours pair well with jasmine
tea?
Jasmine
tea tastes like plants and has a slight sweetness to it. It complements berries
and citrus fruits such as grapefruit and oranges. Because these fruits are
known to help relieve stress and improve your mood, they pair well with jasmine
tea to enhance its health benefits.