Lychee Milk Tea - The Versatile Fruit Flavor

Lychee Bubble Milk Tea

Lychee Bubble Tea is made using the lychee syrup to transform the original bubble tea into a lychee boba. There is also the jelly for lychee, which is placed into a boba drink, which can also be called the same thing.  Besides the jelly, there are popping pearls of this flavor too. The lychee popping pearls are deliciously juicy and juice-filled, that burst on consumption.

This is one of the top ten drinks from my top 10 bubble tea flavors blog. The lychee flavor is one of the many tropical fruit flavors that aren't so common in America, used to make flavored milk tea beverages. The other tropical flavors are jackfruit and durian, which both have their own unique taste.

So as you can see, there are many variations of this one drink to create and enjoy. We will go over some of these below in more detail, but if you would just like the syrup for making the drink from scratch, then go here:

 

The popping pearls are available here:

 

And the jelly is located in the bubble tea jelly section. Alright, let's look into the various combinations to give you some ideas for your boba shop!

 

Boba Shop Help: Basic Ingredients for Making Lychee Bubble Tea

 

These are the basic ingredients needed to make the lychee bubble tea at home, or for your boba shop if you need help as a barista.

1. Make your tea. The tea should be 2 teaspoons of the tea leaf flavor of your choice for every 16 ounces of water. Here are the tea leaf flavors for bubble tea.
2. Place 5 to 6 ounces of cooked tapioca pearls per 16 ounces into the bottom of the cup.
3. Add 2 to 3 tablespoons (3 is recommended) of lychee syrup flavoring to the drink.
4. Pour the tea, along with the milk (if you are making a milk tea) into the cup and shake, or mix it together.
   
5. If you are adding milk to create a lychee milk tea, then add 4 to 6 tablespoons of the milk tea powder mix, or use 7 to 8 ounces of milk with 8 ounces of tea.
   
6. Add ice as needed.

 

Please refer to the guide to making the perfect tapioca pearls, and cooking tapioca pearls to ensure that your bubble tea drink has good flavor and texture.

 

Lychee Boba Drink

 

The lychee boba drink is the first one that I find the most interesting. This is using the popping pearls or jelly in plain milk tea or tea, as a boba in your drink. It is very easy to do once you make your original beverages, as all that's left is to throw in the lychee. Fun and easy to do, with lots of fun experimental opportunities.

 

The tea leaves can be any, with the green tea being one of the most popular. A lot of people find the green tea with lychee to be very appealing. Using the jelly for this is more common than using exploding boba, and it only requires steeping the leaves for tea if you just want to place it in your tea.

For milk tea there is the original milk and tea.  If you would like to learn what is needed in making milk tea, then go here. Milk tea can be any flavor using the proper powders or syrups, and then the boba of one of the two types would be added.

 

By the way, lychee mixes well with other fruit flavors.

 

Main ingredients: 

 

• Lychee Popping Boba or Jelly
  

• Tea Leaves of any flavor or Milk Tea

 

Lychee Syrup Flavored Bubble Tea

 

This one here uses the syrup as the prime base flavor for the bubble tea. It can include the lychee boba too, or not, as the barista chooses. Putting the boba with it would turn it into a full lychee flavored drink. If someone just loves this flavor that much, then that might be more desirable.

Different syrups could be mixed with it to give a twist, but proper ratio would have to be used so the boba drink maintains its original tropical taste. As said above, lychee mixes good with diverse fruits, and could possibly go with non fruits, like vanilla.

The normal amount of syrup to create syrup boba teas is around 2 to 3 tablespoons per 16 ounces. I personally like my flavored drinks with a little over a hint of flavor, so it isn't overwhelming, especially if I'm adding in other ingredients. If I'm using tapioca pearls, they are always dipped in sugar, so they aren't bland on their own.