Bubble Tea is a popular drink across Asia.
Here is our recipe including the making of the tapioca pearls as well.
Ingredients for tapioca pearls:
- 1/3 cup water
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 cup tapioca starch
- ¼ teaspoon black food dye
Ingredients for bubble tea drink:
- 300 grams of water
- 10 black tea
- 300 grams soy milk
- Some maple syrup
How to make tapioca pearls:
- Place water in pan (medium heat)
- Add brown sugar
- Black food dye
- When it starts to boil add half of the starch
- Mix until it reaches medium consistency
- Turn heat off as soon as it can be gathered into a ball
- Add the remaining starch
- Pour on a flat surface and knead
- Knead until all traces of flour are gone and mixture is smooth
- Roll into a log with 1.5 cm circumference
- Cut into half and roll again
- Cut log into smaller pieces
- Shape each into a ball
- Cook for 15 minutes in boiling water
- Turn off heat and rest for 5 minutes
- Strain and let it cool
How to make boba tea:
- Mix in soy milk, black tea and water.
- Bring to boil
- Strain the solution and let it cool
- Finally, pour in the tapioca pearls, maple syrup and tea into a glass. Your boba tea is done!
