Milk Teas & Fruit Teas
Milk teas and fruit teas use the build on How Every Drink Is Built: brew one tea bag in the brew cup, mix the base and sugar in the mixing cup, then ice and top up. This page lists what changes from drink to drink.
Per cup, to order
Tea is brewed one cup at a time, to order, from a tea bag in the brew cup. Nothing is batch-brewed or held in a pitcher.
Which tea bag
| Tea bag (bin on the top shelf) | Drinks |
|---|---|
| Earl Grey (black) | Classic, Brown Sugar, Taro, Matcha, Matcha Tash-Style, Blue Mountain Coffee, Mocha, Thai |
| Jasmine Green | Jasmine Green, Rose Green, Sakura Rose Green, and every fruit tea except Juicy Peach |
| White Peach Oolong | White Peach Oolong Milk Tea, Juicy Peach Oolong fruit tea |
| Osmanthus Oolong | Osmanthus Oolong Milk Tea |
Milk teas
Brew cup 200 (regular) / 300 (large). In the mixing cup:
| Size | Non-dairy creamer | Flavor powder |
|---|---|---|
| Regular | 2 scoops | 2 scoops |
| Large | 3 scoops | 3 scoops |
Add the sugar, strain in the tea, mix, check for clumps, then ice and top up to 500 / 600.
| Drink | Flavor powder |
|---|---|
| Classic Milk Tea | Original Milk Tea Powder |
| Jasmine Green Milk Tea | Jasmine Green Powder (Jasmine Green tea bag) |
| White Peach Oolong Milk Tea | White Peach Oolong Powder (White Peach Oolong tea bag) |
| Taro Milk Tea | Premium Taro Powder |
| Matcha Milk Tea | Premium Matcha Latte Powder |
| Matcha Tash-Style | Premium Matcha Latte Powder, with honey and lavender |
| Sakura Rose Green | Sakura Rose Powder |
| Blue Mountain Coffee | Blue Mountain Coffee Powder |
| Mocha Milk Tea | Mocha Coffee Powder |
| Thai Milk Tea | Thai Ice Milk Tea Powder |
Exceptions
These still take 2 scoops (regular) / 3 scoops (large) of non-dairy creamer, but no matching flavor powder:
| Drink | Instead of flavor powder | Tea bag |
|---|---|---|
| Brown Sugar Milk Tea | 1 scoop Original Milk Tea Powder at either size + brown sugar syrup | Earl Grey |
| Rose Green Milk Tea | Rose syrup | Jasmine Green |
| Osmanthus Oolong Milk Tea | Osmanthus syrup | Osmanthus Oolong |
Do not use Brown Sugar Powder, or the old Peach Oolong Tea Powder (2-in-1); we don't use them. White Peach Oolong Milk Tea uses White Peach Oolong Powder; the peach syrup is only for Juicy Peach Oolong, the fruit tea.
Blue Mountain Coffee and Mocha are milk teas
Despite the coffee names, Blue Mountain Coffee and Mocha Milk Tea use their powders over brewed Earl Grey like any other milk tea. They never go through the espresso machine.
No liquid milk in milk tea
Milk teas use non-dairy creamer powder only. No dairy milk, oat milk, condensed milk or evaporated milk. (Lattes and the specials are different; they follow their own recipes.)
Fruit teas
Brew cup 200 / 300. In the mixing cup, fruit syrup to the bottom of the "MIN" line (regular) or the top of the "MIN" line (large). Sugar, strained tea, mix, ice, top up to 500 / 600. No creamer.
| Drink | Syrup | Tea bag |
|---|---|---|
| Juicy Peach Oolong | Peach | White Peach Oolong |
| Golden Passion Fruit | Passion fruit (with seeds) | Jasmine Green |
| Guava Green Tea | Guava | Jasmine Green |
| Royal Rose | Rose | Jasmine Green |
| Lychee Long Island | Lychee | Jasmine Green |
| Blueberry Green Tea | Blueberry | Jasmine Green |
| Strawberry | Strawberry | Jasmine Green |
| Mango | Mango | Jasmine Green |
| Pineapple Green Tea | Pineapple | Jasmine Green |
| California Orange | Orange | Jasmine Green |
Hot
Milk teas can be ordered hot. Skip the ice and top up with hot water to 500 / 600 after mixing. Serve in the black hot cup.
Before the first drink of the shift
- [ ] Hot water dispenser on and hot (it's switched off overnight)
- [ ] All four tea bag bins stocked
- [ ] Creamer, flavor powders and their scoops at the station
- [ ] Liquid sugar dispenser filled
- [ ] Fruit syrups, brown sugar, rose, osmanthus and peach syrups at the station
- [ ] Blender knob on Shake
Last updated: October 2026, from the recipe binder.