The Science In Tea Base

Oh My Boba! | Published: November 2nd, 2022

Tea base is an important component of boba tea. The quality of tea base determines the upper limit of boba tea. Having a comprehensive knowledge of the tea base can help you master in ordering your perfect boba tea!

Next, let's take a look of different types of tea in bubble tea brings different flavors.

There are three main categories in tea base:

Black tea: The most traditional tea base for Boba tea. It is sweeter, smoother than green tea. There are seven black tea blends including

Earl Gray, Darjeeling, Assam Leaf, English Breakfast,Lemongrass Classic, Pu-erh Tea, and Dimbula Ceylon. Many milk tea brands use black tea blends to create an unforgettable flavor in boba tea.

Green tea:

Western was catching up in Black tea, whereas Asia still has a dominant role in green tea, especially Japan and China.Green tea is lighter and more refreshing than black tea with an "echo" of sweetness, which poses a prolonged flavor around your tongue. There are many categories in green tea blends including Gyokuro, Genmaicha, Sencha, hojicha, matcha, and longjing.

Fruit tea is often combined with fruit purees or fruits syrups to impart a sweeter flavor. Almost every fruit flavor that you can imagine has been integrated into boba tea! The most common ones are strawberry, passionfruit, mango, and melon.

While most bubble tea has tea as the base, there are some versions that don’t have tea at all, includi ng shaved ice and alcohol.