Gourmand

Milk Tea

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Also Known As

boba

About

Milk tea is a gourmand drink accord that evokes sweet, creamy tea such as boba or bubble tea. It joins the tannic warmth of black tea to a milky, lactonic creaminess and sugar. The result is a cosy, edible impression between a tea note and a dessert accord.

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Milk tea smells of brewed black tea, tannic and a little bitter, softened by sweetened milk, with a trace of dry, hay-like tea leaf. A creamy, lactonic body leads. Sugar gives a rounded, lightly honeyed sweetness, and in bubble-tea styles it turns to brown sugar, with a soft, powdery warmth behind it. A light aromatic, herbal note sits within the tea.

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Origin

Milk tea is a constructed accord inspired by tea-and-milk drinks, from British tea with milk to Asian bubble tea. It is built from lactones such as gamma- and delta-decalactone for the milk, vanillin for sweetness, a black tea accord for depth, and coumarin for a powdery warmth. There is no natural extract called milk tea.

Usage in Perfumery

Perfumers use milk tea in gourmand and comfort compositions that want the impression of a sweet, creamy tea drink. It sits in the heart, with vanilla or tonka below it. The lactonic body is slow to open and lingers as a soft, edible warmth. Bubble-tea styles add brown sugar and a tapioca note. It pairs with vanilla, tonka, brown sugar and matcha.