HEYTEA Kale Boost Tea
The drink you order when you want to feel better about ordering a drink. Let me tell you what is actually in it and where the number really lands.
- Fruit Tea Series
- No dairy in base
- Under 200 cal
About the Kale Boost Tea
HEYTEA prices Kale Boost Tea at $9.99, and the cup lists 180 calories. Kale and green apple go into a jasmine green tea base, and what comes out is the driest of the full size fruit drinks here. It sits at the top of the price range while carrying fewer calories than almost anything beside it, which tells you where HEYTEA thinks the value is.
My honest description is a green apple tea with a vegetal edge. Kale is not a strong flavour in liquid form and the apple does most of the talking, so if you are bracing for a green juice you will find this much lighter and much easier to drink than that. The kale turns up at the finish as a faint grassy note rather than anything bitter. It works, and it works because the apple is carrying it.
Where this earns its place is the sugar. At 180 calories it undercuts the grape and mango builds by a meaningful margin without dropping to the very small numbers of the plain teas. You still get a full flavoured cup. Order it at half sugar and it comes down further while the jasmine base becomes clearly tasteable underneath, and that is where I think this drink is at its best.
It costs the same $9.99 as Green Grape Boom and Cloud Mango, both of which carry more calories. If you are watching the number but still want a signature drink rather than plain tea, this is the cup you are looking for. There is no dairy in the base either, so it clears two constraints at once, and very little else here manages that.
Take this as an everyday drink, as an afternoon cup that does not sit heavily, or when the sweeter fruit teas have started to feel like too much. Skip it if you want dessert. No foam cap, no pearls, no cream in the standard build, and at standard sugar it is still noticeably drier than Crisp Grape Boom. If it reads too austere, add a jelly topping rather than switching drinks.
The nearest alternatives are Crisp Grape Boom at 210 calories for something sweeter on the same tea base, or Cloud Green Grape if you like the green fruit profile but want a creamier finish. Slim Boost Tea covers similar ground at a lower price with a simpler build.
Kale Boost Tea sizes and prices
The Kale Boost Tea comes in one cup size only, at $9.99 for 180 calories, so there is no upgrade to weigh up. That price makes it the 5th dearest of the 13 drinks in the Fruit Tea Series section.
| Size | Price | Calories | Cal per dollar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular cup | $9.99 | 180 | 18 |
Listed US menu price before tax. The Kale Boost Tea is one of 13 drinks in the Fruit Tea Series section and city to city variation applies to all of them, cross checked across public US menu listings on 05 September 2026.
Best toppings for the Kale Boost Tea
The Kale Boost Tea starts at $9.99 and every topping is charged on top of that. Matcha Jelly is the cheapest of the three at $0.98, and all three together would take the Kale Boost Tea to $14.13 and 350 calories.
| Topping | Add on | Cal | Cup total | Why it works here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matcha Jelly | +$0.98 | +60 | $10.97 240 cal | Adds chew for {PRICE:matcha-jelly} and only 60 calories, which keeps the low calorie point of the drink intact. |
| Grapefruit Pulp | +$1.58 | +40 | $11.57 220 cal | The lightest addition on the list at 40 calories, and the citrus sharpens the green apple rather than sweetening it. |
| Coconut Milk Jelly | +$1.58 | +70 | $11.57 250 cal | Softens the vegetal finish without dairy. The better pick if the kale note is the part you are less keen on. |
These three suit the Kale Boost Tea in particular, and the remaining 4 options sit in the full toppings table with what each one does to a mid board cup.
How to make a Kale Boost Tea at home
Your ingredients here are a bag of kale and a couple of apples, which makes this one of the cheapest drinks on the board to reproduce. The trick I would pass on is to press rather than blend. A blender puts the fibre into your drink and the texture turns cloudy and thick.
Ingredients
Jasmine tea base
Green pressing
To serve
Method
All steps done. Your Kale Boost Tea is ready to pour.
Tips that actually change the result
- Lacinato kale presses cleaner than curly kale and tastes less bitter in a cold drink.
- Lime rather than lemon. Lemon fights the jasmine and lime sits underneath it.
- Keep the ratio tea heavy. The point of this drink is that it is a tea, not a juice.
Ways to change it
- Swap one apple for a cucumber to push it further toward the Slim Boost profile.
- Add a thin slice of ginger to the pressing for warmth on the finish.
- Use a longjing base instead of jasmine for a rounder, more roasted background.
How the Kale Boost Tea compares
Four dairy free fruit teas on one jasmine base. Kale Boost is the one I take when I want a full flavoured cup without the calorie count that usually comes with it.
| Drink | Price | Calories | Base | Dairy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kale Boost Tea (this drink) | $9.99 | 180 | Jasmine green tea | No |
| Crisp Grape Boom | $9.49 | 210 | Jasmine green tea | No |
| Green Grape Boom | $9.99 | 200 | Jasmine green tea | No |
| Passion Fruit Blast | $6.49 | 70 | Jasmine green tea | No |
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Kale Boost Tea questions
How much is HEYTEA Kale Boost Tea?
It is $9.99 for the regular cup, which puts it at the same price as Green Grape Boom and Cloud Mango despite carrying fewer calories than either.
How many calories are in Kale Boost Tea?
The listed count is 180 calories. That is lower than most of the full size fruit drinks on the board, and a reduced sugar level brings the real figure down further.
Does Kale Boost Tea actually taste of kale?
Only faintly. Green apple carries most of the flavour and the kale shows up as a light grassy note on the finish. Anyone expecting a green juice will find this considerably lighter and sweeter than that.
Is Kale Boost Tea dairy free?
Yes. The standard build is jasmine green tea with pressed kale and apple, with no dairy in it. A cheese cloud or matcha cloud topping would change that.
Is Kale Boost Tea a healthy drink?
It carries fewer calories than most drinks on the board at 180, and it has no dairy. It is still a sweetened tea rather than a health product, and the sugar level you pick makes more difference than the kale does.
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