Lychee Coconut Bubble Tea
By Joe
Source: NYT Cooking.
A tropical twist on bubble tea: jasmine tea, lychees and coconut milk blended into a frosty slush and poured over chewy pearls soaked in brown sugar syrup.
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Method
- 1
Tea. Steep the jasmine tea bags in the boiling water for 4 minutes, then remove them and chill the tea until cold.
- 2
Syrup. Boil the sugar and water together in a small pan for 2 minutes, stirring until dissolved, then take it off the heat.
- 3
Pearls. Cook the pearls in plenty of boiling water as the packet directs, usually 5 minutes and then 2-3 minutes covered off the heat, until chewy all the way through. Transfer them straight into the warm syrup and leave for 20 minutes to absorb its sweetness.
- 4
Blend. Blend the cold tea with the lychees and their syrup, coconut milk, milk, lime juice and ice until thick, smooth and slushy.
- 5
Serve. Spoon the pearls and their syrup into the glasses, pour the slush on top and serve with wide straws.
Storage
Drink the slush right away. Cooked pearls keep at room temperature in syrup for up to 4 hours. Cool leftovers in a shallow container and refrigerate within 2 hours (within 1 hour on a day above 32°C).
EU nutrition claims
- Low salt: 0.03 g salt per 100 ml (limit ≤ 0.3 g)
Per 100 ml of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 289 ml a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Caffeine · Free sugars
- Per serving: at least 15 mg caffeine (serving: 1 glass (about 125 ml green tea)). Source: about 125 ml brewed per serving × USDA FDC SR Legacy #171917 (brewed green tea, 12 mg/100 g) This brew uses more tea per ml than standard brewed tea, so the real amount is likely higher..
- Scaling: making more servings does not change the caffeine in each serving; what counts is how many servings you drink in a day. 1 serving: 15 mg · 2 servings: 30 mg · 3 servings: 45 mg · 4 servings: 60 mg.
- General guideline: EFSA Scientific Opinion on the safety of caffeine (2015): for healthy adults, up to 200 mg in a single dose and up to 400 mg per day do not raise safety concerns. 1 serving = 4 % of 400 mg. EFSA
36.3 g per serving
72.6 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 145.2 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- small saucepan
- medium saucepan
- slotted spoon
- blender
- 2 tall glasses (about 450 ml)
- 2 wide bubble-tea straws
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 474 kcal |
| Protein | 3.5 g |
| Carbohydrate | 72.6 g |
| of which sugars | 39 g |
| of which free sugars | 36.3 g |
| Fat | 21 g |
| of which saturates | 18.2 g |
| Fibre | 0.9 g |
| Salt | 0.09 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
0.7 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
