Since we made the effort to cross the narrow sea into the East Bay, we spent the rest of the day bopping around Oakland and Berkeley. If you haven't rode in a car while grasping onto a giant cake box for 45 minutes over bumpy roads, then I don't think you know what stress is. Reuben and I joked around how we were acting like our prized child was coming home from college and we were pulling out all the stops! If my prized child was coming home I probably would have made 4x the pasta and had at least 2 baked good options ready.I did have a 2 tier flowery birthday cake chilling in my refrigerator though! Katie and Reuben helped me deliver it to a friend out in the East Bay and only 2 flowers plopped off! It's okay though I had my spare buttercream emergency kit ready. You want to know how to make time go by incredibly fast? Have your best friend come to visit you for the weekend and do all the fun things! We welcomed my BFF Katie with a homemade pasta dinner (still working on my noodle skillz) and a tasting from Reuben's beer cellar/our hallway coat closet. But if you’ve been feeling a bit scattered or anxious lately, I encourage you give the bulletproof version a try! If you just want to make a plain Milk Tea Latte, then just omit the olive oil and CBD. It obvisouly doesn’t erase the reasons for my anxiety, but it does help me organize my thoughts and helps keep me calm and I sort through all the craziness in life. I’ve had some issues sleeping and with anxiety the last few months and their CBD has done wonders for my state of mind. I LOVE adding just a few drops of my Rosebud CBD Oil in for a much needed calming effect. I’m obvisouly not a nutritionist, so please consult with an expert before you dive deep into this world. It’s meant to be highly energizing and great for people who are on a low carb high fat meal plan. Classic bulletproof coffee has the addition of clarified butter and MCT or coconut oil. I’ve since started adding a few teaspoons of Brightland Alive Extra Virgin Olive Oil to my lattes, which sounds odd but it actually adds a nice bright flavor to the overall deep and sweet drink. So what makes this milk tea latte bulletproof? I used to add collagen protein into my morning lattes for a little extra pep in my step. We’re not at that level yet and make due with our handy immersion blender. If you have a fancy latte / milk frother machine, then by all means use that. You could just swirl together all the ingredients in your mug for a low key morning drink situation, but I like the extra step of blending it in my immersion blender because the frothy makes the drink feel a little more special. In lieu of coffee or matcha, I’ll make myself a frothy cup of this Milk Tea Latte. I also just prefer to be cozy and bundled up as a general human. When the drink is still warm you can taste all the individual flavors of the tea and condensed milk. But having a warm mug of this magical drink is my preference. I made a big pitcher of milk tea last month and it was a life saver for those few hot days in SF. The smell of the aromatic tea is so recognizable - roasty, nutty, and slightly sweet. I mentioned the pantyhose earlier because some cafes brew their tea with pantyhose for a smoother texture, so you might hear people calling it pantyhose tea… I don’t think anyone actually says that. Hong Kong Milk Tea is specifically strongly brewed black tea or ceylon tea, evaporated milk for that silky creaminess, and condensed milk for sweetness. You may be wondering, “But, Kristina, isn’t milk tea literally just milk and any kind of tea?” NOPE. It’s just the best there! Maybe it’s the pantyhose… Whenever my dad would take us to Hong Kong, I would dream of all the sweet milk tea I’d be sipping on everyday. If you know me, then you know I’m obsessed with milk tea or lai cha.
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