How to Make Hong Kong Milk Tea
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Hong Kong Milk Tea is the most ubiquitous drink of choice in the bustling south China metropolis and one of the most famous milk teas anywhere.
There is the classic British milk tea, the Teh Tarik and the Chai but for my taste, Hong Kong milk tea is up there with all of them and whenever I am in Hong Kong I have to get myself a cup and an egg custard tart from Tai Cheong.
But how can you make Hong Kong Milk tea without a trip over there? In this video, we go through the history of Hong Kong Milk tea and we try to create the perfect recipe for making it at home easily.
To make Hong Kong Fling Milk Tea you will need:
A bright, brisk and acidic chopped Ceylon Loose Leaf Tea
Optional: Empress Oolong (meileaf.com/p/...)
Optional: Fire Phoenix (meileaf.com/p/...)
Optional: Jujube Red Dates
Evaporated Milk
Optional: Egg Shell
Saucepan
Jug
To make an iced Hong Kong Milk Tea:
Make the hot tea as in this video but before adding milk, freeze in ice cube holders. When you are ready for an iced milk tea, load up a glass with iced-tea cubes and strain over a small amount of hot tea (or boiling water) - enough to melt most of the iced-tea cubes. Stir well and add more iced-tea cubes if necessary. Add milk (usually with some extra condensed milk for sweetness).
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13:55 - skip to the actual tea making
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I love Hong Kong milk tea so much, reminds me of home while i'm in another country!
Finally! A follow up to a request I had last year!
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... but really interesting. Watched for the second time, it gave me some interesting ideas, I think I have to experiment combining the ideas of HK style milk tea, Indian chai, and alpine milk.
Hey guys! Awesome twist! I’d love to see how you guys would take on a “Mei-sala chai” !
Hong Kong Milk Tea... Frisian Tea... somebody's gonna make a Builder's brew video soon? ;-)
By 18:00 I lost my will to make Hong Kong milk tea
Love this episode. Big thumbs up from Hong Kong! Personally I think using Da Hong Pao for milk tea is a bit of overkill (probably because milk tea to us is a cheap, everyday thing), but I do mix Ceylon and Ripe Pu-erh tea bags when make my own milk tea in the office for a little extra depth and rounded flavour.
How to pronounce milk in Cantonese? Is it Laai or naai?
@@SuccessforLifester older/correct way to say it is naai5 but more modern way is laai5 especially in HK where they talk fast
@@yesfinallygot1 ok thanks. Something which I think is called lazy tones. An audio course I listen to use laai. Though a dictionary said is naai
y'all should have a separate page on your website just for recipes.
As a hongkonger, I totally respect that you two take Hong Kong milktea very seriously. Great effort! keep up with the good work!
Is milk tea Laai or naai in Cantonese?
@@SuccessforLifester for milk it's naai
@@stacyowl1658 Thanks. I think due to the lazy tone, many also use laai. In fact a Cantonese teacher audio taught it as laai
@@SuccessforLifester I said it as nai, and my friend corrected me saying it’s “lai.” Then I discovered lazy tone. Funny, huh? lol…
@@elith6930 I am sticking to nai. As lazy tone seems like a modern development
I remember when I was young before true tea I would over steep like 15 Lipton original black teabags in 500ml of water with honey and whole milk. It's something I still enjoy when I'm feeling nostalgic.
How long do you steep it for?
Don your passion for tea is full of so much joy and inspiration. Love your videos!
Btw - please don‘t drop that foodie video in Hong Kong idea! It would be a joy to watch you and celine eat your way through the streets of Asian metropolises. Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mmmmmmmm...... Please remember that when you go to Yunnan for the Puerh video! Thanks!
You guys are having so much fun, you crack me up! Now I’d like to learn about Tibetan yak butter tea. 😋 Cheers from Norway!
IMO the milk tea at Lan Fong Yuen has dropped in quality a little bit. There's another famous cha chaan teng near Tsim Sha Tsui/Jordan called the Australian Dairy Company which does really good milk tea. Definitely try it out next time you visit!
Australia! :3
You have to bear with the infamous bad manners of the service staff there.
Milk is pronounced as laai or naai in Cantonese ?
@@SuccessforLifester most ppl say laai, but i believe naai is the right way. Similar to the way how some English speakers say shouldov instead of should've, the wrong way has been popularised because its way easier to say
oh and if you find yourself in HK, this place in Cheung Sha Wan still does the same super authentic milk tea I had in my childhood. goldgardenfood.com/
It tastes way better than the run-of-the-mill manufacturer pre-mixed tea at most restaurants
Traditional Chai tea made in our homes is made with whole milk and often ground cardamom. Condensed milk is not used in indian subcontinent. its whole milk cooked and reduced with black tea. There is another milk tea that is made with green tea leaves and pinch of baking soda called “kashmiri pink tea” a speciality of kashmir. You should try these two teas (if anyone adds condensed milk they are conning you)
Yes, I was wondering where the notion came from that Chai would be made with condensed milk. Having lived in South-India most of my life I have never seen people use condensed milk in Chai - not in Kerala, Tamil Nadu or Karnataka. Maybe in the UK that is the case. In any case Hong Kong milk tea is a treat too.
kashmiri pink tea or noon chai is a little more complicated than just green tea with baking soda😅 but yes a delicacy of kashmir for sure!
Chai is my absolute favourite thing in the world♥️😊
What are you talking about? I grew up drinking condensed milk tea in my home country Bangladesh. It is in Indian subcontinent. Are you a Chai tea elitist of some sort? Adding whole milk is a new trend here.
Celine is so beautiful! Fantastic content, thanks!
DP ie Who is Celine? She’s famous?
@@bidenisthebestpresidentlma4141 Celine is Don's wife.
Hello. You always put a lot of research and effort in your work, and thus the end product is always exceptional. God bless you both, with love.
These videos keep getting better. Respect for your decision.
I happened to have all the ingredients and teas for this in my house! I made your blend according to the instructions and it was splendid. Thanks for the video!
Major points for having all those ingredients! 😳😂👍
Milk + Egg Tart + Pineapple bun , YUMMY!!!
Amen!
Discovering diversity of traditions is always interesting. Something like milk in tea can be rare for tea lovers, it can be also unsatisfaying in some ways, but it has its own tradition and story. So you can at least experience a part of the story by tasting a drink. Just enjoy and remember. Make it in your way if you like it. It can be great or not - but this is the journey. Thanks Don.
You encouraged me to enjoy a trial of it - now mind you I have never been to Hong Kong - I did a heaping teaspoon of cut black orange tea - then had it with some A2 cream and sweetened with monk fruit. It was quite enjoyable.Don't be to hard on me I am a new tea drinker.
The girl in the video is really beautiful
I also spent many years perfecting my own hong kong milk tea. I almost always make them in my office. Over the years I switched from saucepan to percolator to just steeping very long, because the former 2 methods are rather unsustainable in an office environment. Have you tried these brewing methods? If so, why were they not used? Do you know of simple ways to brewing the strongest tea? Thank you for the video. I learned something as I did not think of grinding up your loose leaf, and I'm happy tea experts are also into hong kong milk teas,
For me, I used thermos to get the tea temperature hot and extra tea leaves to get it stronger. As I can’t use stove to make it in office. :)
Does your office have an espresso machine? You should give that a try
I love you two, and the quality of your vids are amazing
Are they together?
Yep they are married :)
Starbucks here 🇨🇦 has just introduced black tea latte
Correction..Chai milk or Karak the Indian name for Chai milk is not made by condensed milk. It’s made by Rainbow Evaporated milk but not that sweetened condensed milk. I like karak thumbs up if you do.
Marriz thanks for writing this, even the everyday cup of chai is made with fresh milk and cardomom and cooked till slightly reduced!
Hello from India....I have been researching tea pulling which brought your video in my search list...it gave me immense pleasure to realise that this milk tea loved in Hongkong, is also made in the tea stalls of Chennai in Southern India. They use the same stocking cloth filter, and steel tumbler for pulling the tea....milk is simmering on a separate boiler....in the final serving cup, they first add some sugar, then the milk, then the tea brew leaking out from the filter directly into the cup. Then pulling from cup into tumbler...the tea is unique, not the regular milk chai ubiquitous to India, but absolutely divine and unforgettable....I have been trying to replicate it in my own kitchen in Mumbai (western India), but with little success...I will use the input from your video, and see if I can reproduce the tea experience I had in Chennai... many thanks for your video, I admire your deep knowledge and love for tea...
What's the difference between this and royal milk tea?
ClockworkAvatar Royal milk tea is normally made with a somewhat high quality Assam or Darjeeling tea. The tea flavor is less pronounced as it is boiled *with* milk, similar to chai.
Royal milk tea is a Japanese invention, it is much smoother and lighter in body, a light tea with milk.
The Hong Kong milk tea is a very very very strong potent black tea enriched with thick evaporated milk. Essentially milk tea on steroids. Pungent and thick.
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me! found the secondary location but can't find that damn number... Edit: Found it! Those really are tricky.
@@MirrorscapeDC haha don't feel bad, this one definitely took me the longest 😅
Lol I've been looking for that number for like 20 minutes now.
I've been looking for over an hour now and im starting to lose my mind.. Oh gosh am I really that stupid ^^
@@161crusher161 think about the possible interpretations of 'light'
Happy to be a Sri Lankan, we produce the world famous Ceylon tea which has that authentic taste. I m a HK milk tea lover too.. Specially when it's served in that ice bucket.
Ahmad tea's ceylon black works very well as a base for this milk tea
Agreed! 🤝
Celine's expressions causes my mouth to water! Great video! Greetings!
Made my own version of your recipe this morning with what I had and it turned out beautifully. I used Ceylon, Empress Oolong, and Butterfly Light. I didn’t have jujube but I relied a little on the chenpi for some citrus fruitiness. It was perfect with my breakfast.
Wit_Tea_Taster What a great idea to use chenpi! I am going to have to try both versions... 🙂
urbanequinox it worked great! I am definitely going to try their version when I can because I know it’ll be closer to what they were tasting in Hong Kong than my own attempt with what I had in my tea cabinet!
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there are way too many lights and numbers in hongkong
Wow didn't expect a milk tea video from you guys! What a pleasant surprise..
Anyone have good vegan options for this tea recipe? Someone suggested peanut milk below but that’s a tricky one with allergies.
Would love to hear more about this 🙏
Sorry bud, I had to skip over your video because of super long boring intro talks.. better if you keep videos to their point and not sth else. I am just being honest here even though it might taste salty.
I am usually a pure tea guy but this looks delicious!
Can`t wait to try it out when/if(?) I visit Hong Kong!
We are pure tea peeps but sometimes a milky brew hits the spot and this iconic tea is worth a try.
Assam tea, ceylon, english breakfast, earl grey, green oolong, put it in a sock , run it through 8 times
Most use Lipton tea bags. And they certainly don't add dates!
Wow I was just looking for how to make milk tea (like the regular shop milk teas) and found this video. I didn’t know milk tea can be so complicated. I don’t know any of the teas you mentioned and was so disappointed to hear you don’t sell your blend, but this video gave me the urge to make some good milk tea at home. Thanks a bunch for your effort, to go to Hong Kong just to get the flavor profile down.
its actually 18:30
Damn let the lady talk stop cutting her off every time
lmao I was getting annoyed with him because I noticed that too
I was about to write that you can make this vegan with peanut milk and then the egg shell went in... Now I don't have anything to write except... Thanks for making the expensive detour to Hong Kong! I would look forward to cooking / food tour videos from your travels. Cheers!
The egg shell is not necessary. We did try to use nut mylks but could not find any that were evaporated which is an important part of the taste.
You can make a nut based cream just by raising the nut:water ratio. For peanuts the standard was 300g nuts for 1.5 litre of water, and for peanut cream it was 500-600g for 1.5 litre. I may return to my milk tea experiments because of your new recipe, so I will be able to confirm that it's doable in practice, not only in theory. By the way: once, while helping a friend with opening a restaurant, I practiced for a month the coffe / tea bar. I was most probably the only gong fu brewer in the neighborhood, and 100% among restaurants/bars. But most interestingly (as I now learned) I was the only one who unknowingly used the Hong Kong tea pouring technique: I always poured tea into the cup from a height like Celine here does!
haha the passion is strong with this one :P
HOW DARE YOU CONTAMINATE THE NECTAR! Just kidding, I love exploring other tea cultures. Great video!
You are verry articulated! Good video! hope that woman can add some kine of positive note in your video lol
So useful video! Can you please recommend a good Ceylon tea with a link for HK milk tea?😊
I love watching these videos my Sunday morning ritual. I remember seeing this tea on a food programme touring around China Taiwan and India.
This lady is just adorable and the gentleman is a great lead in what he does. Great stuff! Much better than the BBC's failed take on British tea.
Whoa. Was not expecting the skyline shot. How awesome guys! Wonderful video. I'll be sure to try out my own version of this. Oh and very admirable that you decided not to grind up loads of tea. High fives all around :D
Fire Phoenix is no longer available. Which Pu Erh would you recommend instead?
I would recommend trying Indian chai as well. Indian chai doesn't use any condensed milk at all, especially how my mother has been making for the past 20 years of my life. Ideally you brew similar to how you did but add whole milk to get a similar color to what you had here. Of course you want to heat up the milk a little bit before putting it in your tea. Maybe add sugar as needed if you're wanting some kind of sweetener even though it isn't needed. I'd recommend some kind of Darjeeling or Assam tea for that.
Why don't you sell the whole leaves in a measured out pre portioned packs, this will allow you to buy the leaves for selling on there own and for selling the mix for people to grind on their own to make this tea? - also sorry if this was suggested before, i'm being lazy today and not searching the other comments !
Who cares about this dude's history. Just show us the damn recipe.. JESUS!!
Some person in a forum wrote that he/she found the flavor of Hong Kong milk tea using 2 tea bags of lipton Yellow Label tea. I know it sounds heretic don't kill the messenger lol
What is a good Ceylon tea to try?
Go to Ahmad 🍵 online.
"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should." Can you really call any trip involving beef brisket noodle soup a waste, though?
Awesome! This was a great change. I hope to see more like this in the future
i tried it ,, i wasnt that amazing ,,, maybe i used the wrong tea bags
Actually recipe and brewing doesn't start until 18:27
Did you need so much waffling jeez. Get straight to the point
Nothing taste like Indian milk chai
I wonder which ancient Chinese dynasties have produced the most treasured teawares (cups, teapots, etc.).I need to find some hong kong milk tea in the San Jose/SF area if they have anything as close to it.
HK tea - one of my most bright impressions, between night Mid-level Escalator and Kowloon park.
Fantastic! I once tried to make Hong Kong Iced Litchi Tea - and failed spectacularly. I am now inspired to try again, and again . . . until I succeed. Or until Mei Leaf takes up the cause :)
he flew to hong kong that minute just to make the video. 😉😆
I'm gonna do it, I put milk in my coffee
Ps. Love your channel, never drank tea before finding this channel. I'm a coffee drinker but I'm trying to get into tea. Keep up the great work.
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WELCOME TO HONG KONG! 😂
Martin Hughes love sten Celine is in The videos, makes everything so much more livslyst.
Martin Hughes best moment indeed!
signe frenning And Celine is right, egg custard tarts are lush. I haven't eaten them for years, but back in the day... 👍
hahaha - thanks for your video. I'm accutually looking for some tea for my morning milky tea. I love woody, smoky tea with milk, but in my country most of teas are more light and realy not fit to the milky dring. Or some realy lowgrade without any complexion or interesting taste. (now i mix big leaf of ceylon with litle bit of lapsang suchong and light black puerh)
So it has been so relateble, to watch your decision to not to do that to nice tea.
lots of love and have great tea.
Yo thanks Mei Leaf, I've always wondered about the secret to hong kong milk tea! Celine is so beautiful!! Ya'll should do more travel vlogs in the future!
Sacrilege! 😋
However, that reminded me that my grandfather used to drink his tea with condensed milk - "Butterfly" brand if I remember correctly - but that was more than 50 years ago, I don't think he picked up the habit in Hong Kong!
Fabulous video, also a good break from your more classical (but also very good) videos.
Un saludo amigos de Mei Leaf, buen video interesante
integrity good one
Have you ever tried to brew with Thai tea leave? Dunno if it is similar to the Sri Lanka leave
Excellent video! Love the enthusiasm and informative. You earn a subscriber.
@ 1927- she just experienced heaven
From hk then to south asia, right?
What a great vid. I will def be making this. Thanks much
I don’t know why but he makes me think of Gordon Ramsey
how do you like a video more than once?
Thank you for this video. For years I have been trying to find a good receipe.
You would look good bald
This Fractal got me really frustrated :( Found the spot, but I cannot find the answer :(
Same, still looking for this one.
@@CrimsonSun88 Same, its been a month since i found the spot but there are way too many lights and numbers there, i still cannot find the answer:(
@@161crusher161 Yeah, I couldn't ever see it so I ended up guessing several times until I got it. :D
Where have you been all my life? 🍵
When adding the egg shell, is it rinsed or dried, or freshly cracked? Only use half of the shell or the whole shell? With lots of love from chilly Arizona USA, 60/36f today.
Rinsed completely.
I usually have to fast forward youtube videos, but your videos are surprisingly pleasant to watch for a long time
I'm new to tea and have been making this hk milk tea with ceylon op-1 tea leaves. Just noticed in the ingredients it says chopped. Is chopped the same as grinded? Thank you!
Broken leaf tea.
fuck tea without milk im tired of it
Sorry,,too much talk for tea
Your videos are too long .....
My simple method: 1 Tablespoon of Malaysia's Cameron tea dust on kettle hot water. I use full cream milk powder (everyday brand), 1 teaspoon sugar. Use the finest mesh of the tea dust few times. Pour to & fro few times. Put in pot to reheat till hot and pour serve. Taste similar HK milk tea. Hello! Milk tea is not chinese black tea.
~18 minutes for the actual recipe
Epic transition!
She's beautiful. You guys are great and honest. One time I went to Singapore and went to a very small cafe for a milk tea. I really felt that that's the best milk tea, beating all other verities of milk tea. I can't figure out what's the special ingredient in there.