Lychee boba iced tea

Stone and grove, Olive leaf tea (Cobram)

Method

Tea infusion

Fill a medium sized saucepan with.1.5kg of water and place it over medium to high heat. Bring water to a rolling boil and add in the tea bags.
Remove from the heat and allow the tea leaves to soak overnight or for 2hrs.
Remove the tea bags and cool down the mixture until completely cold.

Boba

Bring a medium saucepan half filled with water to a simmer. Gently sprinkle in the tapioca pearls and bring to a boil.
Cook the pearls for 15-25 minutes or until soft and squishy.
Remove from the heat and strain the pearls. Run the pearls through cold water once and transfer the pearls into a bowl. Add in the brown sugar and mix until well combined, set aside.

Lychee foam

Place the contents of the tinned lychee into a tall glass. Bloom the gelatine in a bowl of ice cold water. Once it has turned into a jelly texture, squeeze out excess liquid and set aside.
Using a stick blender blend to make a puree. Pour the mixture through a sieve into a medium saucepan. Add in the lemon juice and sugar. Bring to a simmer over medium to low heat.
Add in the bloomed gelatine and cool down over an ice bath until cold.
Pour mixture into a siphon gun and charge twice, shaking well after each edition.
Place the siphon gun into a bucket of ice water and set aside for 15 minutes.
Gently press the latch to release the pressure and the foam should be thick but soft.
If the siphon is left in the ice water too long simply submerge the base of the siphon into hot water for 1-2 minutes and shaking well to emulsify the mixture.

Assembly

Add a heaped tablespoon of boba on the bottom of the glass. Fill the cup 3/4 full of ice.
Add 50ml sugar syrup, 65ml lychee puree then add in just enough olive leaf tea infusion to leave a cm off the rim of the cup. Add 1-2 tbsp of lemon juice.
Spoon a generous amount of raspberry puree on top and lastly a plume of lychee foam to finish. Repeat for the other glasses and make sure to mix the drink before sipping.

Ingredients

Tea infusion

Boba

Lychee foam

Assembly

Garnish