Ever wondered how Boba shops make the most delicious boba toppings like tapioca, aiyu jelly, puddings, etc? Especially their salty and sweet cheese foam tea topping? Wonder why it melts into your drinks beautifully and adds just the right amount of flavor without being too overpowering? We, too wanted to learn the secret to making a delicious cheese foam, so we set about and researched and tried multiple shops variations to see what the common ingredients were and created our own version that we could fine-tune with various flavors!
This post is all about creating delicious cheese tea from scratch that will be perfect for your boba, tea, coffee, and other drinks.
Commonly Asked Questions For Cheese Foam
What is cheese foam made of?
Cheese tea foam is made from cream cheese, heavy whipping cream, sugar, and milk. The combination of these ingredients creates a sweet cream-like mixture that is often used as a topper for beverages such as milk tea, tea, and coffee. You can often add other flavors to make the cheesy foam more sweet, salty, or flavorful.
What is sea salt cheese foam?
Sea salt cheese mouse is like a normal cheese foam made from heavy whipping cream, sugar, milk, and cream cheese. The only difference is that it’s made using sea salt and is often topped with sprinkles of sea salt when served.
How do you drink cheese tea?
Cheese foam is typically served as a topping for beverages. When cheese tea foam is served over a sweet milk tea it creates a perfect balance as the milk tea is very sweet and flavorful while the cheese foam has a sweet, cheesy, creamy, and salty profile.
What is cheese foam on boba?
Cheese foam on boba is a beverage topper made from cream cheese, whipping cream, sugar, and milk.
What flavors can you add to cheese mouse?
You can add pretty much any flavor you desire to a cheese tea foam. You can add sea salt to make it salty, cinnamon, ube, vanilla, strawberry, chocolate, and so many other flavors. Just remember that if you’re adding to a very sweet flavorful beverage then it might be best to use a less flavorful cheese tea foam. On the other hand, if you’re adding cheese foam to a bitter beverage like coffee or unsweetened tea then you should most definitely use a sweeter flavorful cheese foam to balance out the beverage.
What is Cheese Foam?
Cheese foam is a delicious and creamy foam topping that was made popular in Asia for being a perfect pairing for milk teas and iced tea drinks. This unique foam topping is made by incorporating cream cheese, sugar, heavy whipping cream, salt, and milk. The ingredients- are then mixed together and they create a fluffy and airy whipped topping that slowly melts into tea drinks or coffee drinks.
Is Cheese Tea Good For You?
Cheese Tea is a heavy dairy topping and its sweetened, thus we dont recommend consuming any high fat product as a daily thing. Howver, cheese tea consumed weekly should not be a problem when tied with a health balanced diet. Ofcourse, those at risk of heart disease should avoid diets filled with fatty ingredeints so we would suggest avoiding fattening topping like this one.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Authentic cheese foam recipe that will taste just like your favorite boba shop!
- Customizable ingredients and flavor mean you can me this recipe your own by swapping out stuff to fit your needs and flavor desires.
- Easy to make and no complicated ingredients are required.
Cheese Foam ingredients and equipment
Equipment
- Hand held mixer
- Mixing bowls
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Whisk
Ingredients
Cream cheese
- Any cream cheese will work for this recipe. Vegan alternatives are cashew cream cheese or tofu sour cream.
Milk
- Milk thins out the mixture and adds to the creaminess of the cheese mouse. Any plant-based milk will work to create a vegan cheese foam though the taste may change if using flavorful milk like coconut milk for example.
Sugar
- Any type of sweetener can be used to sweeten your cheese tea. However, coloring and consistency may vary depending on the sweetener you use for example brown sugar may change the coloring while using honey or agave may change the consistency a bit. Vegan options for this are agave, monk fruit sweetener, and stevia.
Heavy whipping cream
- Heavy whipping cream creates a very thick creamy aspect of the cheese foam. Though this can be replaced with vegan options like full-fat coconut cream or soy milk and tofu.
Salt
- Salt is entirely optional as some prefer a salty aspect to balance out their sweet drinks. You can use any type of salt you desire, a popular salt to add is sea salt to create a sea salt cheese tea.
Cheese Foam Recipe
Pair this Cheese Foam with a Matcha Latte or Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew!
Recipe Calls For
- 3 oz cream cheese
- 4 oz whipping cream
- 2 oz milk
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt (or to taste)
How to make it
- In a large bowl whisk together cream cheese, sugar, and milk. Whisk until smooth and sugar are fully dissolved.
- In another bowl use a hand mixer and mix whipping cream until stiff medium peaks have formed.
- Combine the whipping cream with the cream cheese mixture.
- Add salt.
- Stir until fully combined and thick and foamy.
- Keep refrigerated.
Recipe notes:
- If looking for a vegan recipe simply swap out sugar for monk fruit sweetener, stevia, or other plant-based vegan sweeteners. Swap out milk for plant-based milk. Whipping cream can be swapped out for full-fat coconut cream. Cream cheese can be swapped with vegan cashew cream cheese, hummus, or tofu sour cream.
- Simply scoop and serve cheese foam over your favorite beverage like coffee, tea, or milk tea.