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Homemade Boba Tea

Have you ever craved that perfect blend of sweet tea and chewy tapioca pearls but didn’t want to leave the comfort of your home? You’re in luck! In this post, I’ll show you how to make bubble tea at home with an easy homemade recipe from scratch.
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Cook Time 8 hours
Steep Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

Tea
  • 4 cups water
  • 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
  • 8 peach mango tea bags (any tea that you would like)
  • 4 cups ice cubes
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar simple syrup
  • 1/2 cup whole milk, half and half, heavy cream, coconut milk, or oat milk (optional and any type of milk you would like)
  • prepared tapioca pearls
Boba:
  • 8 cups water
  • 1 cup black tapioca pearls
  • 4 tbsp packed dark brown sugar

Equipment

  • Large Pot: To cook the tapioca pearls (boba).
  • Strainer or Slotted Spoon: For draining and rinsing the cooked boba.
  • Whisk or Spoon:  For stirring and mixing ingredients.
  • Teapot/Kettle/Small Saucepan: To brew the tea.
  • Measuring Cups and Spoons: To measure out ingredients like tea, sugar, and other additives.
  • Wide Straw: Specifically designed for boba tea, allowing you to enjoy the tapioca pearls along with the drink.

Method
 

Tea
  1. Bring 4 cups of water to a boil.
  2. Take the boiling water off of the heat.
  3. Add in ½ cups of sugar and 8 tea bags. ( I use a peach mango tea.)
  4. Let 8 tea bags steep for 5-10 minutes. Throw out the tea bags.
Boba
  1. Bring 8 cups of water to a boil on medium high to high heat.
  2. Pour in 1 cup black tapioca pearls and boil for 2-5 minutes.
  3. Stir when they start to float.
  4. Drain all but 1 cup of the water that the boba was boiling in. I found that it was easiest to take one cup of the water out and put it in a separate bowl first, and then drain the boba in a strainer.
  5. Rinse the boba with cold water and then add it and the reserved 1 cup of water back to the pot that you boiled it in.
  6. Add in 4 tablespoons of packed brown sugar, cover and steep for 20 minutes. Adding the brown sugar to the water and boba will create a delicious simple syrup that has just the right amount of sweetness.
Boba Tea
  1. Pour tea into a cup with plenty of ice. Fill up the cup until it is about ½ to ¾ of the way full.
  2. Add in ½ cup of boba with some of the simple syrup that was made from the boiled liquid and brown sugar.
  3. You can top it off with whole milk or half and half to create a milk tea. (any milk of your choosing)
  4. Get a super large bubble tea straw and enjoy!