A salted caramel milk tea recipe is a perfect way to make an amazing milk tea at home. Spending minutes to make, you will have a delicious drink to enjoy any time of the year. 

Introduction

In salted caramel milk tea recipe, how to make a milk tea base is the most important step. There are two popular ways to make milk tea bases. The first one is making separate tea bases and milk bases. The rest is cooking both milk and tea leaves in a saucepan to make a milk tea base. In this article, FGC will show you both 2 ways to make milk tea through the following salted caramel milk tea recipe. 

How to make salted caramel at home?

Salted caramel is the main ingredient that creates the distinctive taste of salted caramel milk tea recipe. It is the combination of 4 simple ingredients: sugar, butter, heavy cream, and salt. Making salted caramel at home is a convenient way to adjust the taste of salted caramel to your liking. Once salted caramel is successful, you can try any salted caramel milk tea recipe you want. 

Ingredient

• 200g granulated sugar
• 90g butter
• 120ml heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon salt 

Instruction

Step 1: Heat granulated sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir constantly until the sugar is completely dissolved. 

Step 2: Once sugar is melted, add butter to the saucepan and continue to stir until the butter dissolves and combines well. 

Step 3: Immediately slowly pour heavy cream and stir to mix with the caramel and butter sauce. When all the heavy cream is in the saucepan, stop stirring and let it boil for 1 minute.

Step 4: Remove from heat, add salt to the saucepan, and stir. Let the salted caramel sauce cool down and store it in a sealed glass jar.

Salted caramel milk tea recipe

This is the original recipe to make salted caramel milk tea. You just need 4 ingredients and spend about 20-30 minutes making your favorite drink. Many variations of salted caramel milk tea are created from this recipe. This salted caramel milk tea recipe is also called classic milk tea because it brings the bold taste of black tea and does not use any toppings. 

Ingredient

• Salted caramel sauce
• ¼ cup of whole milk
• 1.5 teaspoon black tea or 4 tea bags
• Ice cubes

Instruction

Step 1: Prepare black tea base

Steep loose-leaf black tea or black tea bag in hot water for 3-5 minutes. If using tea leaves, pour through a sifter to separate the tea leaves or tea infusion and get only the tea liquid. Then chill the brewed tea. 

Step 2: Prepare caramel-flavored milk 

Boil milk over medium heat in a saucepan and mix with the salted caramel sauce. Stir constantly until they combine. You can adjust the sauce to get your favorite taste. Remove from the heat and let it cool.

Step 3: Assemble salted caramel milk tea

Add black tea base, then salted caramel and milk mixture to a glass. Put some ice cubes in the glass. You can also top it with caramel froth and salted caramel sauce to make it richer. Your salted caramel milk tea recipe is ready. Mix and enjoy!

Salted caramel milk tea recipe (with boba pearls)

Boba pearls are also known as tapioca pearls which are small and have a soft and chewy texture. It is regarded as the indispensable topping in milk tea, helping consumers have fun and feel relaxed when chewing these boba pearls. You can make boba pearls on your own, the way is not too complicated. However, in this salted caramel milk tea recipe, we use quick-cooking boba pearls, it is easy, convenient, and time-consuming. 

Ingredient

• Salted caramel sauce
• 1.5 cups of whole milk
• 1.5 teaspoon black tea or 4 tea bags
• ½ cup of boba pearls
• 1 cup of brown sugar
• Ice cubes

Instruction

Step 1: Prepare milk tea base

Pour whole milk into a saucepan and add salted caramel sauce. Then stir constantly to combine all the ingredients. Keep the mixture on low heat, and let the mixture come to a simmer. Then put black tea leaves or tea bags into the mixture and remove from heat. Let them steep for 5 minutes and use a filter to separate the tea infusion and get only the milk tea base.

Step 2: Cook boba pearls

Add water to the saucepan and turn on the heat. When water is boiled, put in boba pearls and reduce heat to cook. It will take about 5 minutes for the pearls to float to the top. Turn off the heat, place boba pearls in iced-cold water and then let them strain. At the same time, use another saucepan to heat the mixture of brown sugar and water until the brown sugar is completely dissolved. Then add cooked boba pearls to the mixture and steep. 

Step 3: Assemble salted caramel milk tea

Put the mixture of boba pearls and brown sugar in a large glass. Then add the salted caramel milk tea base. Place some ice cubes in the milk tea glass and top it with salted caramel sauce if you want. Now mix and enjoy your salted caramel milk tea recipe.

Vegan salted caramel milk tea recipe

Plant-based diets are gaining more and more attention in modern life. Many consumers are looking for these foods and beverages. Vegan salted caramel milk tea recipe is a special version of this milk tea that uses all vegan or plant-based ingredients. In the vegan salted caramel milk tea recipe, whole milk is replaced by almond milk. Or else, you can also use oat milk or soy milk. They have the same texture as whole milk and do not change the overall taste of milk tea. 

Ingredient

• 150g sugar
• 50ml almond milk
• 400ml coconut milk
• 1-2 teaspoon salt
• 1.5 teaspoon black tea or 4 tea bags
• Ice cubes

Instruction

Step 1: Make the vegan salted caramel 

Add the coconut milk and sugar to a saucepan. Stir to mix and bring to a gentle boil for 20-25 minutes. When the mixture turns into a thicker and dark brown color sauce, turn off the heat and continue to stir with a little salt. Then cool it down.

Step 2: Brew the black tea

Boil water in another saucepan and brew the black tea leaves or tea bag for 5 minutes. Then put the almond milk and vegan salted caramel sauce. Stir and heat on low for a few minutes. Use a filter to remove the tea infusion and leave the milk tea to cool.

Step 3: Serve in glass

Pour the vegan salted caramel milk tea into a glass and put in some ice cubes. You can mix tapioca pearls or top them with salted caramel sauce according to your taste. Now your milk tea is ready to enjoy.