![]() ![]() How many tapioca pearls per cup? I used 1/3 cup/50g/1.7ozs of dried tapioca pearls (weight before rehydrating) per glass of tea or drink. They firm up and lose their deliciously addictive chewiness within 30 minutes or so. Important tip with tapioca pearls: ONLY make the pearls when you are ready to drink the bubble tea. I prefer the other ones because they are faster, don't require boiling and taste like brown sugar but these will work in a pinch too. You can buy these at Asian grocery stores I bought mine at my local Food Works supermarket.Īnother type of tapioca pearl that takes 5 minutes boiling to prepare. These newer ones are amazing and just have to sit in some boiled water for 2 minutes and that's it. Prior to these there were tapioca pearls that you had to boil for 30 minutes or so. You can make your own tapioca pearls but it's so much easier (obviously) to buy them and these ones above are the easiest and take just 2 minutes to make. Which bubble tea pearls to use? My favourite are these brown sugar bubble tea pearls. You can easily do it if you follow the directions carefully. This is the most challenging of the three (although really not that hard). This bubble milk tea doesn't actually contain any tea and is on the sweet side. It is named tiger because of the eye catching stripes formed with the milk and brown sugar. The third is a brown sugar tiger bubble milk tea. The base of this is like a strawberry frappe and the topping is an addictive light cheesecake topping with a touch of salt! It usually doesn't contain any tapioca pearls (but feel free to add them if you want, it's your tea!). The second is my favourite: a strawberry cheese milk tea made with fresh strawberries and a cheesecake foam topping. The first is a classic Hong Kong bubble milk tea and is the easiest milk tea to make. I will show you how to make three types of bubble tea which will help you branch out to make your own bubble tea flavours (I have some other flavour suggestions below). The drink that accompanies these pearls can be a fruit tea, black tea or milk tea or have no tea at all and be plain fresh milk or a fruit juice. These recipes use tapioca pearls (I personally like these better). ![]() The second are popping pearls which are filled with syrup and pop in the mouth. The first are tapioca bubbles which are chewy and sweet. There are generally two types of "bubbles". ![]() You suck these up with supersized straws and it's addictive, fun and tasty. The bubbles referred to are the chewy, jelly-like balls that sit at the bottom of the drink. Nowadays cities seem to have a proliferation of bubble tea stores, particularly cities with a large Asian population like Sydney. What is bubble tea? Bubble tea comes from Taipei in Taiwan and started in the late 1980's. Dust the balls with the flour to prevent them from sticking to each other.Bubble tea is such a delicious treat but did you know that it's super easy to make at home and much healthier done this way? You can use the best ingredients and control the sugar in your bubble tea drink so that you can enjoy it more often! Roll each piece into a ball and place in a bowl with a bit of tapioca flour. Cut the ropes into ¼-inch (6.35 mm) pieces. Roll the dough into long, thin ropes about ¼-inch (6.35 mm) thick, cutting in half crosswise if they get too long. Knead until all of the flour is incorporated and the dough is smooth, adding more flour or water as needed if the dough is too sticky or too dry. Turn the dough out onto a clean surface.Stir until the dough comes together in a ball (not all of the flour will be incorporated at this stage). Turn off the heat and add the remaining tapioca flour. Add half of the remaining tapioca flour and stir vigorously until a sticky dough forms. Add a bit of the tapioca flour and cook, stirring constantly, until smooth. Cook until the sugar dissolves and the mixture comes to a boil, 3–4 minutes. ![]() Make the boba pearls: Add the water and muscovado sugar to a medium pan over medium-high heat. ![]()
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