DealDash Cooks: Boba (Bubble) Tea

Bubble Tea is one of my favorite drinks. I crave it. Luckily, it’s easy to make at home.

Bubble tea is originally from Taiwan, it was created in the 1980s. Eventually it’s popularity spread throughout Asia, then across the world. My favorite bubble tea is the type with boba tapioca pearls, but bubble tea can also be made with small cubes of jelly, or you can even just make the regular Thai iced tea without any sort of bubbles.

You can add the boba bubbles to just about any drink, but they are typically added to either Thai iced tea or any number of different fruity-type drinks. Some of my favorites are mango and grapefruit, but they are all delicious. Here is a quick and easy recipe to get you started. After you have mastered this recipe, then branch out to different types of bubble drinks. Just a hint, though, if you’re not sure if it will taste good with the boba added, then just mix up a very small amount, enough for just a couple of sips. Otherwise you might waste your precious, precious boba!

Thai Iced Tea

Ingredients: 

• 1/4 cup dried boba tapioca pearls per serving (NOT quick-cooking boba)
• 2 tea bags, any kind, though I prefer black tea
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• Sweetened condensed milk
• Ice

Directions:

1. Bring 2 Cups of water to a boil over high heat. Add 1/4 Cup of boba and lightly stir until they start floating to the top of the water.
2. Reduce heat to medium and simmer the boba for 14 minutes. Remove the pan from the burner, cover, and let the boba sit for another 14 minutes.
3. If you are planning on eating/serving them all in one sitting you can skip this step. While the boba are simmering, make a sugar syrup to sweeten and preserve them after cooking. Bring a 1/2 Cup of water to a boil over high heat. Remove from heat and stir in 1/2 cup sugar until dissolved. Set aside to cool.
4. Make a cup of strong tea, then let cool.
5. After the boba have cooked, drain the water off. Let cool until boba are room temperature, at least 15 minutes, or refrigerate until ready to use. Boba are best if used within a few hours of cooking, but will keep refrigerated for several days. If you plan on keeping these boba for a few days, please refrigerate them in the sugar syrup in Step #3.
6. Pour the prepared tea over ice into a glass and add the boba as well as the sweetened condensed milk.
7. Enjoy!

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