This homemade jasmine syrup made with jasmine tea has a deliciously sweet flavor with delicate floral notes woven throughout. It’s the perfect simple syrups for adding to teas, coffee, milk teas, matchas, pancakes, ice cream, and even baked goods! All you need are three ingredients!
Floral, sweet, and fragrant, jasmine tea is one of my favorite teas to enjoy throughout the day. Recently, I made this delicious earl grey syrup with my earl grey tea and decided to try it with my jasmine tea and let me tell you, the results were so much tastier than I had thought they’d be.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- You can also use it like you do with any other simple syrup, such as adding it to lattes, matchas, pancakes, waffles, icing glazes, mocktails, etc.
- You more than likely have the ingredients in your kitchen. It’s definitely more convenient to make a small batch of this jasmine tea simple syrup than to order a large bottle online and then waiting for it to arrive.
- All you need are 3 ingredients! Tea, sugar, and water!
Ingredients You’ll Need
jasmine tea — you can use loose leaf or a bag. I recommend using good-quality tea, as some tea bags do not use whole tea leaves but use small broken leaves and tea dust. I’m using loose leaf jasmine and put it in a tea bag myself as it’s what I had on hand.
sugar — I use simple white granulated sugar. Nothing fancy!
water
How to Make Jasmine Syrup
- Add the tea, sugar, and water to a small pot.
- Bring the water to a boil and simmer, uncovered, over medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes, stirring every so often until the sugar has dissolved.
- Let the syrup cool to room temperature. Discard the tea bag or strain the tea leaves out of the syrup and transfer to an airtight container before storing in the fridge or using.
Recipe Tips and Notes
- Due to how light the jasmine flavor is compared to earl grey, this simple syrup involves simmering the tea leaves while cooking down the syrup instead of steeping it like I do for the earl grey syrup. This helps the jasmine flavor become stronger in the syrup. If you want a lighter flavor, remove the tea halfway through the simmering process.
- Simple syrup tends to be runny, but if simmered for too long, it will start thickening as the water evaporates.
- Make sure to lower the heat to a simmer once the syrup reaches a boil. You don’t want too much water to evaporate.
- You can taste as you go to determine if you want to add more sugar or simmer the jasmine tea for longer for a stronger flavor.
- Add a drizzle of honey to the syrup while simmering if you want some honey notes in the syrup.
Storage Tips
- Once cooled, store the jasmine syrup in an airtight mason jar or syrup bottle for up to 2 weeks in the fridge. I personally love using my weck jars.
Jasmine Syrup Uses
Here are some ideas of how to use your homemade jasmine tea syrup!
- to sweeten a latte
- add to sparkling water to make jasmine-flavored soda
- add to a london fog
- add it to matcha
- combine it with lemonade
- use it in my jasmine milk tea
- add to your favorite cocktails or mocktails
- make cold foam with it
- add it to frosting or icing
- drizzle it over a cake, pancakes, waffles, or french toast
Jasmine Syrup Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 teaspoons jasmine tea, (4 tea bags)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1½ cup water
Instructions
- Add the jasmine tea, sugar, and water to a small pot.
- Bring the water to a boil and simmer, uncovered, over medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes, stirring until the sugar has dissolved.
- Let the syrup cool to room temperature. Discard the tea bag or strain the tea leaves out of the syrup and transfer the syrup to an airtight container before storing in the fridge or using.
Notes
- I usually use two tablespoons per serving for my drinks.
Nutrition Per Serving
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