Shocking! The entire court was drooling with envy because of me.

Chapter 429 Sweet Bubble Tea

"pearl."

Li Sanwan: "..."

I can't understand it at all.

This dough is no ordinary dough; it's made by mixing brown sugar syrup and tapioca starch together. As for tapioca starch, it didn't exist in ancient times; Shen Qing obtained it from the system.

These two items are essential materials for making pearls.

Shen Qing rolled the kneaded dough into a long strip, cut it into small pieces, and then rolled it into a round ball shape with his palm.

The water in the pot boiled, and all the small round balls were put into the pot. After a short while, she scooped out the pearls and mixed some brown sugar syrup into them.

The bouncy pearls are now ready.

Li Sanwan, standing to the side, couldn't understand and could only turn his attention back to his milk tea.

By this time, the tea in his pot had been brewing for the right time, the tea soup was deep red, and the tea flavor had been fully released.

He carefully filtered out the tea leaves with fine gauze, leaving only the tea soup.

Then, holding the fresh milk in one hand and stirring it slowly with the other, he poured the milk into the tea.

The tea and milk are mixed in a pot. The last step is to sprinkle some salt on top and simmer over low heat until the tea soup is thick. This is how you make milk tea.

"Madam Shen, my milk tea is ready," Li Sanwan said, keeping an eye on Shen Qing.

He had already mentally prepared himself to leave with Shen Qing.

He wants to eat delicious food with Madam Shen every day!

Shen Qing was still making milk tea at this moment.

The black tea is a modern blended black tea provided by the system, with a richer aroma and less astringency than ancient tea bricks.

The step of brewing tea is actually not much different from Li Sanwan's method.

However, after filtering out the tea leaves, what she was going to add was not just fresh milk.

"I'll need a little more time. Since Mr. Li has already prepared it, let His Majesty and the others try it first," Shen Qing said while busying himself.

"Madam Shen, here's a bowl for you. Try it when it's cooler."

Li Sanwan brought a bowl to Shen Qing.

To be honest, he was really looking forward to Madam Shen tasting his milk tea.

"Thank you." Shen Qing nodded and began pouring milk into the tea.

Of course, in addition to milk, she also added some condensed milk and heavy cream, and when it was almost cooked, she added a drop or two of vanilla extract.

The next step is simple: place the tapioca pearls at the bottom of the cup, and slowly pour the milk tea into the cup from a height. That's how you make bubble tea.

Shen Qing took a sip and found it to be quite good. The pearls were chewy and the milk tea was sweet but not cloying, with a very modern feel.

I took another sip of the milk tea that Li Sanwan had placed next to me.

It has a rich milk flavor with a hint of the bitterness of tea bricks and a slightly salty taste. It's really delicious, the kind of delicious that's simple and unpretentious.

To be honest, these are two different styles of drinks and can't be compared.

But right now in Liao, her bubble tea would definitely beat Li Sanwan's milk tea.

Firstly, sweetness makes people feel happy, and people tend to prefer sweet foods when making choices.

Secondly, the people of Liaodong were used to drinking milk tea, but had never drunk bubble tea before, so she found it unusual.

With everything ready, Shen Qing served several cups of bubble tea and took them out.

"Mr. Li's milk tea is unmatched, Madam Shen. I advise you to admit defeat now. Admitting defeat now will save you some face!" Yelü Meng was already gloating.

The others also looked very grim.

They all tried Li Sanwan's milk tea, which was as mellow, delicate, and fragrant as before, with just the right amount of saltiness.

Milk tea is good, but they don't want to lose Madam Shen.

Shen Qing, however, remained calm and presented the bubble tea she had made to the Emperor of Liao.

"Your Majesty, the bubble tea is ready. Please have a taste."

The Emperor of Liao sighed and picked up a cup of bubble tea.

Upon closer inspection, the milk tea was dark brown, with many small, shiny black spheres floating around it. Steam rose continuously from the rim of the cup, and it smelled quite fragrant.

Take a sip through the bamboo straw, and the milk tea and tapioca pearls flood your mouth together.

The caramel sweetness of brown sugar, the aroma of black tea, the milky fragrance of condensed milk and regular milk, and the extremely subtle and unique flavor emanating from a drop or two of vanilla extract all intertwined in my mouth at this moment.

Take a bite of the pearl; it's bouncy and chewy, and as you chew, the sweetness inside gradually seeps out.

"Delicious, so delicious, Madam Shen! Are these round things pearls? Chew them carefully!"

The emperor's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but ask.

Shen Qing smiled faintly and replied, "Not bad."

"This bubble tea is so delicious! I hereby declare that Lady Shen's bubble tea is the best drink in the world, bar none!!"

The emperor shouted, and then took another sip of bubble tea.

Everyone around was stunned.

Yelü Meng immediately broke down: "How is this possible? How could this bubble tea possibly compare to Mr. Li's milk tea? Father, are you deliberately showing favoritism...?"

"Let me try it! Let me try it!" Yelü Gan interrupted Yelü Meng and took a cup of bubble tea.

As soon as he drank it, his eyes widened.

"I choose bubble tea, I love it! It's so sweet!!"

It was amazing; he had never tasted such a delicious drink in his entire life.

This tastes completely different from the milk tea on the grasslands. It's especially fragrant, and the tapioca pearls are particularly bouncy and refreshing to chew.

"I'll have some too," Empress Xiao said, offering a cup of wine.

Yelü Qi realized he had to grab it quickly, or it would be gone.

So he hurriedly grabbed a glass: "I'll try it too."

"The bubble tea is so delicious!!!" they both exclaimed in unison.

Li Sanwan frowned, his eyes filled with disbelief.

How could that be? He's been making milk tea for decades, how could he possibly be inferior to Madam Shen's weird pearl milk tea?

"Madam Shen, may I try some?"

Shen Qing generously handed Li San a cup: "Of course."

Li Sanwan couldn't wait to take a sip.

This milk tea is very smooth, with a silky feel as if it's gliding across your tongue, quite different from the thinness of regular milk tea.

A sweet aroma emerges, rich and mellow, with a hint of milk in the sweetness and tea in the milk.

More importantly, this tea is neither astringent nor bitter, but only fragrant.