Jasmine milk tea at its best is light, floral, and easy to drink without feeling weighed down by sugar. If you want a jasmine drink made with real jasmine tea rather than syrup, I Love Taimei carries a proper Jasmine Milk Tea — plus jasmine teas and a Yakult-jasmine series — across 14 outlets island-wide, from a women-owned brand that has served Taiwan night market food since 2009.
What is jasmine milk tea?
Jasmine tea is one of China’s oldest tea traditions. The process is labour-intensive: green tea leaves are layered with fresh jasmine blossoms and left to absorb the flower’s fragrance over multiple rounds. The flowers are then removed, leaving tea leaves that carry jasmine’s scent naturally — no artificial flavouring involved.
Jasmine milk tea takes that fragrant tea base and blends it with milk. Done well, the jasmine leads with gentle floral aroma, and the milk adds creaminess without drowning the tea character. What you should NOT taste is overpowering sugar or artificial floral syrup.
How to tell if a jasmine drink is worth ordering
You’ll know a well-made jasmine drink before you even finish it.
The floral note comes from tea, not syrup. Good jasmine tea has that fresh, grassy-jasmine aroma because the leaves actually absorbed jasmine blossoms during processing. Cheap versions use jasmine-flavoured syrup, which hits your nose as something sugary and sharp rather than layered and natural.
The base should still taste of tea. Whether it’s milk or fruit on top, the jasmine tea should come through, not get erased. If you can’t detect any tea or jasmine in your cup, it’s just a sweet drink pretending to be something more.
Sweetness should be adjustable. Most good shops let you choose your sweetness level. Jasmine benefits from lower sweetness — around 30-50% is usually the spot where the floral character can come through.
Temperature reveals quality. Jasmine works both iced and hot. Iced is refreshing in Singapore’s weather, but hot reveals more of the tea’s complexity.
Why jasmine tea is having a moment in Singapore
After years of black tea and taro dominating the bubble tea scene, jasmine offers something different: lighter, more refined, and with a heritage story that goes back centuries. Drinkers are also becoming more discerning — after experimenting with unusual flavours, many are circling back to quality tea character. Jasmine sits at the intersection of that shift: familiar enough to feel comfortable, distinctive enough to feel like an upgrade.
For the broader picture on how ILTM approaches drink innovation, see the Golden Chrysanthemum Series — Singapore’s first wellness bubble tea series.
I Love Taimei’s jasmine drinks
Jasmine runs right through the I Love Taimei drinks menu — more than most bubble tea shops carry.
The straightforward starting point is the Jasmine Milk Tea ($3.50 M / $4.50 L): a jasmine tea base with milk, no fruit, no fuss. If you want it without milk, the Jasmine Tea ($3.20 M / $4.20 L) is the cheapest drink on the menu and keeps the floral note front and centre. Prefer it sweeter or fruitier? Honey Jasmine Tea and Grape Jasmine Tea add a layer without burying the jasmine.
Jasmine also anchors some of ILTM’s named house blends — Moon River (a honey jasmine milk tea), the Matcha Berry Jasmine Milk Tea, and the Pink Guava Jasmine Milk Tea.
And then there’s the part most shops don’t do — the Yakult Gold Series, where ILTM pairs Yakult (the probiotic fermented-milk drink) with a jasmine tea base and fresh fruit. Five variants — Grape, Lychee, Strawberry, Guava, Mango — all at $4.90 M / $5.90 L, with a Grape Yakult Jasmine Milk Tea for a creamier cup. Most fruit-Yakult drinks elsewhere use green tea; ILTM uses jasmine, a deliberate choice.
So whether you want a plain jasmine milk tea, a fruit-jasmine cup, or a Yakult-jasmine twist, there’s a version of it on the menu.
What’s different about ordering a jasmine drink at ILTM is the context. You’re at a neighbourhood spot with a full food menu behind the counter — Taiwan fried chicken, braised chicken rice, Taiwan Tempura — all prepared with no pork and no lard. The jasmine drinks belong to a broader Taiwanese menu, not a standalone tea concept that appears for a promotional window and disappears.
For more on the Taiwan night market heritage behind the menu, see our guide to Taiwan night market street food in Singapore.
ILTM’s 14 outlets span from Punggol in the northeast to Bukit Batok in the west. Many are in MRT-adjacent malls like Tampines 1, Nex at Serangoon, and Junction 8 at Bishan. Most open at 11:00 and stay until 22:00.
FAQ
Is jasmine tea the same as jasmine milk tea?
Jasmine tea is a pure tea — hot or iced, no milk. Jasmine milk tea adds milk to that floral base. At ILTM you can order both directly: the Jasmine Tea ($3.20) with no milk, or the Jasmine Milk Tea ($3.50) for the milky version.
Can you order it without pearls at I Love Taimei?
Yes. Toppings like tapioca pearls or jelly are optional add-ons across ILTM’s jasmine drinks — the Jasmine Tea, Jasmine Milk Tea, and the Yakult Gold series — so you can leave them out.
Is I Love Taimei halal?
ILTM is not halal-certified. However, all food and drinks are prepared with no pork and no lard across all outlets. See our dietary standards FAQ for details.
How much does it cost?
Jasmine drinks start at $3.20 (Jasmine Tea) and $3.50 (Jasmine Milk Tea), while the Yakult Gold Series is $4.90 (M) / $5.90 (L). Members get a discount through the I Love Taimei membership programme. Check the full menu or order through Momos.
Find your nearest I Love Taimei
If you’re after a jasmine drink that doesn’t come with a queue or a limited-time promo, ILTM’s 14 outlets island-wide are ready. Most are in neighbourhood malls near MRT stations, so it’s an easy stop on your way home.
Find your nearest outlet at ilovetaimei.com/places.
Taste it for yourself — 14 outlets island-wide. No pork, no lard.
