Hokkaido Milk Tea

I never try to add milk into tea when I drink tea. What kind of tea will you choose to add some milk to make it taste more smooth? Will it turn into milk tea? And question is coming, Milk in First or Teas in First?

For most teas I think tea in first, taste it plain, then add milk. For a daily cup where you know your preferred steeping parameters, add your milk before or after. Always steep your tea plain, though. Then add the brewed tea to milk (or milk to the brewed tea).

I add milk to calm down really strong black teas (breakfast blends, bagged orange pekoe, some Indian or African black teas like assams and darjeelings). Certain (usually finely processed/broken leaf) blacks get too tannic for me very quickly and if you add milk it tones down the bad qualities while allowing you to taste all the stronger flavours. I don’t put milk in anything except black or rooibos teas, and never in high quality or lightly flavoured blends-you would lose the finer nuances if you did that.