HEYTEA Longjing Milk Tea
Dragon well tea with milk and nothing else. Same base as the Cloud version for less money, and my pick if you do not want a cap on top.
- Milk Tea Collection
- Contains dairy
About the Longjing Milk Tea
Longjing Milk Tea costs $7.99 at 240 calories. Longjing, known in English as dragon well, is a pan fired Chinese green tea, and this drink is that tea with milk. No foam cap, no fruit, no syrup. It sits alongside Jasmine Milk Tea and Black Milk Tea at the same price as the third of the plain milk teas.
Pan firing is what makes this leaf work with dairy. Most green tea goes thin and grassy under milk, but a fired leaf develops a chestnut and toasted rice character that behaves much more like a light oolong. What you taste is roasted rather than vegetal, noticeably rounder than jasmine while staying well short of the malt weight in a black tea.
Against Cloud Longjing Milk Tea at $9.49, this is the same tea and milk without the salted cheese cap. The saving is real and so is the difference in the drink. The cap brings salt and body, and the plain cup is drier and more direct. At 240 calories against 250, it is also the lighter order.
What you gain by ordering plain is the tea itself. A cheese cap is a strong flavour and it sits over everything underneath it, so a good leaf is partly wasted on it. If you ordered the Cloud version and struggled to find the tea in there, this cup answers exactly that complaint.
Order this as an everyday cup, as a milk tea for people who normally find milk tea boring, or as the cheaper route into the Longjing base. Skip it if you want richness, because there is very little here beyond tea and milk. Cloud Longjing Milk Tea adds the cap and Supreme Brown Sugar Bobo Milk Tea sits at the dessert end of the same section.
A brown sugar bobo topping suits this base well, since the roast in the tea and the caramel in the syrup work on the same part of your palate. That combination costs less than any of the ready made brown sugar drinks here.
Longjing Milk Tea sizes and prices
The Longjing Milk Tea comes in one cup size only, at $7.99 for 240 calories, so there is no upgrade to weigh up. That price makes it the 5th dearest of the 7 drinks in the Milk Tea Collection section.
| Size | Price | Calories | Cal per dollar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular cup | $7.99 | 240 | 30 |
Listed US menu price before tax. The Longjing Milk Tea is one of 7 drinks in the Milk Tea Collection section and city to city variation applies to all of them, cross checked across public US menu listings on 06 September 2026.
Best toppings for the Longjing Milk Tea
The Longjing Milk Tea starts at $7.99 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 Longjing Milk Tea to $13.43 and 520 calories.
| Topping | Add on | Cal | Cup total | Why it works here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Sugar Bobo | +$1.58 | +100 | $9.57 340 cal | Caramel against a roasted tea, which is the most natural pairing available on this base. |
| Cheese Cloud | +$2.88 | +120 | $10.87 360 cal | Adds the cap for {PRICE:cheese-cloud} and rebuilds the drink as the Cloud version, though ordering that outright is usually cheaper. |
| Matcha Jelly | +$0.98 | +60 | $8.97 300 cal | Chew for {PRICE:matcha-jelly} without added sweetness, which keeps the dry character of the plain cup intact. |
These three suit the Longjing Milk 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 Longjing Milk Tea at home
Two ingredients, which means your tea has to be good and it has to be brewed correctly. Dragon well is sensitive to heat, and a scorched batch tastes of nothing but bitterness. There is nowhere to hide it. In store this is $7.99.
Ingredients
Longjing tea base
Milk
To serve
Method
All steps done. Your Longjing Milk Tea is ready to pour.
Tips that actually change the result
- Buy dragon well from a tea shop rather than a supermarket. Cheap versions taste of hay and there is nothing in this drink to hide that.
- Flat, spear shaped leaves are the sign of a properly made Longjing. Broken leaf brews harsh.
- Resteep the leaves once for a second, lighter batch. Dragon well holds up well to a second infusion.
Ways to change it
- Soften 60g cream cheese, whisk in 40ml cream and a pinch of salt, and float that over for the Cloud build.
- Boil 1/2 cup tapioca pearls, finish them in brown sugar syrup, and spoon them in while still warm.
- Warm the milk gently and skip the ice for the hot version.
How the Longjing Milk Tea compares
Three plain milk teas plus the capped version of this one. The leaf and the cap account for every difference, and I take the plain cup when the tea is the point.
| Drink | Price | Calories | Base | Dairy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longjing Milk Tea (this drink) | $7.99 | 240 | Longjing green tea | Yes |
| Cloud Longjing Milk Tea | $9.49 | 250 | Longjing green tea | Yes |
| Jasmine Milk Tea | $7.99 | 220 | Jasmine green tea | Yes |
| Black Milk Tea | $7.99 | 230 | Black tea | Yes |
More from Milk Tea Collection
Jasmine Milk Tea
Same price, 20 calories lighter, on jasmine green tea.
Cloud Longjing Milk Tea
$1.50 more, 10 calories heavier, on the same base.
Black Milk Tea
Same price, 10 calories lighter, on black tea.
Red Blossom Milk Tea
$0.50 less, 10 calories lighter, on black tea.
Longjing Milk Tea questions
How much is HEYTEA Longjing Milk Tea?
The regular cup is $7.99, level with Jasmine Milk Tea and Black Milk Tea. The Cloud Longjing Milk Tea version with the cheese cap is $9.49.
What does Longjing tea taste like?
Toasted and nutty rather than grassy, with a chestnut character that comes from pan firing the leaf. That roast is why it works with milk when most green teas do not.
How many calories are in a Longjing Milk Tea?
This cup carries 240 calories. The version with the cheese cloud cap is 250.
Should you order this or the Cloud version?
The Cloud version costs $9.49 and adds a salted cheese cap that brings body and covers some of the tea flavour. Order this plain cup if the tea is what you came for, and the Cloud version if you want a richer drink.
Does Longjing Milk Tea contain dairy?
Yes, milk is one of only two ingredients. Anyone avoiding dairy is looking at the fruit tea side of the board, where Crisp Grape Boom and Kale Boost Tea have no milk in the standard build.
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