Boba, and Fruit Tea and Nugget Ice…OH MY!
Summertime is here and it’s the perfect season to enjoy refreshing iced teas, featuring popular nugget ice. Enjoy Bubble Boba tea, made easily at home from a quick-prep pack. Then learn to make your own loquat fruit tea from fruit and leaves which are available in so many backyards everywhere. Finally, make your statement with trendy nugget ice made in your own countertop nugget ice maker or handy freezer nugget ice tray. It’s as easy as 1, 2, and 3!
1. AT-HOME THAI MILK BOBA TEA
Nothing makes you “bubble” with joy quite like a sweet and creamy genuine Thai milk bubble tea, made in the convenience of your own kitchen. How about ditching the tea house for now and opting for homemade Boba tea, made with all of the best ingredients, including those chewy, gummy, delicious tapioca balls which give Boba tea a fun twist from your every-day variety of iced tea.
Wow your family with an impromptu backyard tea party using a quick and easy FlavFar Thai milk tea kit which in includes the tapioca pearls that make this refreshing tea so special. Serve your family poolside, on your patio, in your backyard or on your balcony. You’ll have plenty of time to spend with your loved ones, while you all relax, read, visit and drink your yummy Thai milk ”Boba” tea.
What you’ll need:
Four tea drinking glasses with lids and straws
One Flavfar Thai Milk Tea with Instant Tapioca Pearls Bubble Tea Kit (which includes brown sugar Boba and sweetened condensed milk). Instructions are included, as well as a detailed video showing you how to make your Boba tea using your microwave and tea kettle.
TO MAKE TEA: Follow instructions in FlavFar kit, or watch video instructions on FlavFar Thai Milk page on Amazon.com.
2. LOQUAT FRUIT “SWEET” TEA RECIPE
Are you looking for a great way to use your backyard loquats? How does a refreshing glass of loquat and citrus leaf tea sound?
Loquats are a powerhouse of vitamins and minerals, including vitamins A, B6 and C. In additional, loquats are filled with bone-fortifying minerals, such as calcium, magnesium, manganese and phosphorus. With loquat trees producing abundant fruit during the spring and summer, why not turn them into a delicious tea beverage? The best thing about this natural, homemade tea is that loquats make a naturally sweet tea…..without using sugar.
What you’ll need:
- Six-eight freshly picked loquats
- Three young loquat leaves (smooth, without “fur”)
- Three young key lime tree leaves (or try lemon or kumquat tree leaves
Loquat Tea Instructions:
- Fill an electric tea kettle or stove-top teapot with enough water to fill your serving teapot. Bring to boil. Let water cool slightly while you prepare leaves and fruit.
- Wash loquat fruit and loquat and citrus leaves.
- Tear fresh leaves into pieces, placing them in the bottom of your serving teapot. Discard stems.
- Cut loquats in half (removing seeds and discarding them).
- Put loquat pieces in the bottom of serving teapot.
- Fill your serving teapot with recently boiled water, and allow tea to steep for 4-6 hours for a full infusion of the taste of the fruit and leaves.
- Fill your four tea drinking glasses with tea, add nugget ice, and put on lids. Put straws into to tea glass top, and enjoy this delicious, fruit tea.
NOTE: For a nice twist, make a pot of loquat fruit sweet tea ahead and use it to make nugget ice. Simply fill your freezer nugget ice trays with the tea. Adding loquat tea “ice” to your fresh loquat tea makes it super fruity and very loquaty-delicious!
Wondering what to do with leftover steeped loquat fruit? How about adding it to a smoothie?
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3. AND THE SPECIAL TOUCH…..NUGGET ICE!
To complete your homemade loquat tea with a very trendy touch, add nugget ice instead of traditional ice cubes. These cute, round balls of ice make for a fun and playful way to keep your tea cool, as well as looking nice and being easy to make with either a counter top nugget ice maker, or a nugget ice cube tray for your freezer. Nugget ice is best used for adults only. Children can enjoy their tea sans ice altogether, being sure tea for children is caffeine-free.
SPEAKING OF CHILDREN….. wouldn’t this squishy bubble tea plush toy be a great touch for your bubble tea backyard party with your family!
Summertime is here, and now’s the time to enjoy thirst-quenching home-made tea throughout the warmest days, using these fun and easy backyard tea party beverage inspirations. ENJOY EVERY SWEET SIP!