Milk Tea 101: Comprehensive guide to Milk tea in Henderson, Nevada.
2024.12.20
by Angie Lei
Chinese Cuisine
Refreshing, delicious, and unique, there’s nothing like the classic Chinese drink, milk tea. Traditionally, milk tea refers to black tea with milk. Nowadays, milk tea is an umbrella term for all drinks sold in a milk tea shop. This includes flavored milk and fruit teas, blended slushes, cheese foam tea, and many more. Modern milk tea is not the same without toppings. Some examples would be boba (black tapioca pearls), lychee jelly, grass jelly, and more. Going to a milk tea shop can often be overwhelming, here, I have compiled my years of drinking boba into a guide for you!
While the milk tea shops often have extensive menus, most drinks can be categorized into these categories:
Milk teas (奶茶/nǎi chá):
The classic and most recognizable category. This category is filled with flavored milk teas and different types of tea. The only criterion is it has to have milk.
Some items I recommend are:
Classic milk tea
Thai tea
Jasmine milk tea
Brown sugar milk tea
Fruit Teas (水果茶/suǐ guǒ chá):
Often, these are the most refreshing drinks on the menu. This category is mostly fruit-infused with different teas. Select drinks may also come with fruit.
Some items I recommend are:
Super fruit tea (usually comes with fruit)
Lychee green tea
Passion fruit green tea
Slushes:
Mostly fruit-flavored slushes. Some may come with additional toppings, such as ice cream.
Some items I recommend are:
Mango slush
Lychee slush
Honeydew slush
Specialty Drinks:
These are drinks which don’t fall into any of the major categories. They are often the shop’s original creations and signature drinks. If you are feeling adventurous, try these! I order these the most as they showcase the unique flavors of each shop.
Toppings are essential for any drink in milk tea shops! However, they do cost more. I usually don’t add more than two toppings. Some toppings I recommend are:
Boba
Lychee jelly
Cheese foam
I hope you visit a Milk Tea shop soon!
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