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Easy Bubble Tea Recipe (Boba Tea) +Video

Our sweet, chewy, and milky bubble tea recipe is easy to make and will satisfy your cravings. You can choose to use simple black tea bags or follow our custom mix of Assam, Ceylon and Oolong to make shop quality milk tea. Once you master the basics, see our cooking tips for how to create your unique drink with different toppings and fruity flavours. Author: Victoria Yap 4.91 from 31 votes Print Pin Course: DrinksCuisine: TaiwanKeyword: boba, bubble tea Servings: 1 Calories: 300kcal Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 15 minutes

Watch Us Make This Recipe (Step by Step Video)

Ingredients

For the boba pearls

  • 1.5 cups water
  • 3 tablespoon tapioca pearls

Preparing the tea

  • 5 g black tea Assam and Ceylon or 3 black tea bags (see notes)
  • 1 g oolong optional
  • 200 ml water

For the simple syrup

  • 3 tablespoon white sugar
  • 3 tablespoon water

Assembling the drink

  • 200 ml brewed tea
  • 3 tablespoon milk
  • 3 tablespoon simple syrup
  • 4 tablespoon ice
  • 3 tablespoon tapioca pearls
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Cooking Instructions

  • To prepare the sweetener, add water and sugar to a saucepan over medium heat. Once the sugar completely dissolves, your simple syrup is ready to use or store in a clean jar.Dissolve sugar in water to make simple syrup
  • To prepare the pearls, cook the instant tapioca pearls in a separate pot of boiling water for 5 to 8 minutes. Once cooked, remove the pearls from the hot water. Transfer them to a bowl of iced cold water for 2 minutes. Remove your boba from the water and set aside.ice bath after cooking boba
  • To make the tea, steep the leaves in hot water (around 85 degrees Celsius or 185 degrees Fahrenheit) for 15 minutes. Remove the loose leaves according to your desired consistency.Brew assam ceylon oolong leaves in boiling water
  • Let this cool entirely before adding simple syrup and milk.Pour in ice tea and milk
  • To assemble your bubble tea, add the tapioca pearls, ice and classic milk tea mix into a glass. Finally, add more tapioca pearls on top. Serve your boba tea with a thick wide straw and enjoy.Add bubble tea ingredients together to serve

Recipe Notes

We recommend blending 4 g of Assam (2 tsp), 1 g of Ceylon (½ tsp), and 1g of Oolong (½ tsp) for the black tea mix. However, if you can't find these, replace these with 3 black tea bags. As we're using Oolong, we're not using boiling water to brew the loose-leaf blend. Add the water to a cold mug to cool the boiling water quickly to 85 degrees Celsius. Then, wait 10-20 seconds before using it. Depending on how much ice and pearls you use, you may have some leftover base when filling the glass. Try our other ratios for a sweeter, creamier, or slightly bitter beverage. Our recipe uses store-bought instant black sugar pearls. To prepare homemade pearls, refer to our in-depth guide on making bubble tea pearls at home. One serving contains 2-3 tablespoon of chewy, soft pearls. If you like fewer pearls, reduce this to 1-2 tablespoon per glass. If you're using dark brown sugar as a replacement, halve the amount dissolved in water to make the syrup.  If you like a sweeter drink, you can double the sugar quantity to make more of our simple sweetener. It keeps in the fridge for up to a month.

Nutrition

Calories: 300kcalCarbohydrates: 71gProtein: 2gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 5mgSodium: 51mgPotassium: 74mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 39gVitamin A: 73IUCalcium: 83mgIron: 1mg

Calories have been calculated using an online calculator. Nutritional information offered on Honest Food Talks is for general information purposes and is only a rough estimate.

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