Making bubble tea in 5 easy steps

Drinking a refreshing drink is something that we all enjoy, but after a while we need something new and exotic, the casual beverage can be easily replaced with the more healthy bubble tea. Its sweet, its rejuvenating and it`s easy to make.

Bubble teal, also known as pearl milk tea or boba tea is made of tea, fruit flavoring, large pearls of tapioca and milk. It can be drink using a straw and can be made of any type of tea whether it is black tea, green tea or jasmine.

The process of making bubble tea is simple and all the ingredients can be found at any local Asian grocery store: tea bags, large tapioca pearls, bubble tea powder mix which is made of milk powder and flavoring powder, and if you like- sugar.

Step 1: Boil the water in a pot and add the tapioca pears, 8 cups of water for one cup of pearls. Stir while it is boiling for 5 minutes then turn off the heat and let covered while simmering. It is important to boil the pearls just right, because if they are boiled too much they dissolve and if they aren`t boiled enough the pearls won`t be chewy.

Step 2: Boil the water in a pot and add the teabags, ¾ cups of water for each teabag, let it boil for around 5 minutes. The tea can be of any kind, green, black or fruits. It all depends on the kind of tea that you like to enjoy.

Step3: Bubble tea powders: Boil the water in a pot and add the power, up to ¾ cups of water for 1 or 2 scoops of powder. These will add the color that you want.

Step4: Into a glass add the dissolved bubble tea powder, 1 tablespoon of the cooked tapioca pearl and ¾ cup of the tea base. Sugar or syrup can also be added now if you prefer your drink sweeter.

Step5: Mix everything and let them cool in the fridge for about 1 hour. Hot or cold the tea will always be refreshing, it all depends on the way you like it.

(Mandatory) Step 6: Enjoy

Making tea is not hard, it`s an opportunity for people who like to experiment in the kitchen. Ingredients can be changed, and the procedure is easy.

More delicious bubble tea recipe and ingredients can be found on bobateadirect.com .

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