Bubble Tea Recipe: Easy Steps To Make Boba Tea At Home

Korean cuisine has gained immense popularity in recent years in India. Recipes like kimchi, ramyun, bibimbap, kimbap, Korean stir fry zucchini, and more have won the hearts of foodies worldwide. Bubble tea is one such recipe too. Bubble tea, also known as Boba tea, is a refreshing and flavourful drink made with and without milk and chewy boba pearls made with Tapioca starch.

Bubble Tea Recipe

If you enjoy the mouth-smacking drink and wish to make it at home, here is a simple recipe to follow:

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1. Add 3 tablespoons of tea leaves into steaming hot boiled water and let it rest until it cools completely.
2. Meanwhile, prepare the sugar syrup by adding ½ cup of water and ½ cup of sugar to a saucepan and stirring vigorously. 
3. Let it heat on medium flame to boil and dissolve the sugar. Once done, keep the syrup aside to cook before pouring it into a vessel or jar.
4. Boil about 4 cups of water in a pan, add ¾ cups of tapioca pearls, and stir them until they begin to float. Let it cook for 5 more minutes. Check one pearl to ensure it has turned soft; if not, let it cook for a little longer. 
5. Once done, remove the pearls from the hot water, pour them into a bowl, and rinse them with cold water. 
6. Keep them in another bowl and mix them with sugar syrup as required. 
7. Strain the cooled tea into a vessel. Meanwhile, add the tapioca pearls into a few glasses, depending on their quantity. After adding ice cubes to each glass, pour 1 cup of tea, 1 1/2 tablespoons of milk, and 1 1/2 tablespoons of sugar syrup. 
8. Stir and it adjust taste according to preference. 
9. Serve it chilled with boba straws which are large enough for the tapioca pearls to pass smoothly. If you don’t have these straws, use a spoon to eat them.