Thai tea boba is a combination of Thai tea and boba pearls. It is one of Thailand’s most popular drinks and my all-time favorite beverage.
Thai tea is a beautifully robust blend, often infused with spices like star anise and tamarind and sweetened with sugar and creamy condensed milk.
It is widely loved because of the rice flavor and the vibrant orange color. Bubble tea or boba originated in Taiwan with the most classic brown sugar boba tea flavor. If you want to expand your experiment in the world of bubble tea, try this Thai tea boba.
What’s Tai Tea
Tai tea is usually black tea with spices. You can get the mixed Thai tea mixture or use regular black tea as a base and add spices by yourself. The blended black tea has a strong aroma due to the spices.
When brewed, sweetened condensed milk is usually added to rich the flavor and taste of the Thai tea. I use the mixture this time.
If you don’t have boba pearls, simply make a lovely iced thai tea.
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup of cooked boba pearl
- 5 tbsp. brown sugar
- 2 cups of hot water
- 1.5 tbsp. Thai Tea black tea mixture
- 1.5 tbsp. condensed milk
- 1 cup milk of choice
- ice cube
How to make Thai Tea Boba
Cook the boba pearl
Firstly, pour some water into a pot and bring it to a boil. Once the water is boiling, add the Boba pearls and let them cook for five minutes or maybe 20 minutes, depending on the instructions on the package. After this, strain the pearls and rinse them with cool water.
Pour the cooked pearls back into the pot, add brown sugar, and add 1/3 cup of boiling water. Cook the mixture over low heat for another five minutes. Please remember to stir at all times to avoid burning.
If you are in a hurry, skip adding water. This batch of boba can be used with four servings of milk tea.
Steep the black tea
Add around 2 cups of hot water to Thai black tea, steep for about 10 minutes, and strain the leaf out to get the tea base.
Make Thai Milk Tea
When the tea base has cooled, add the condensed milk and stir. Then add the milk and continue to stir.
Assemble
Add 3 tbsp brown sugar boba pearls to the glass. Tilt the glass vertically and rotate it to coat the wall with syrup evenly. This will create a dirty, messy look similar to tiger milk tea.
Finally, add ice cubes to the glass and pour the Thai milk tea to finish. Now, you can enjoy this excellent milk tea.
Thai Tea Boba
Ingredients
Brown Sugar Boba
- 2/3 cup of cooked boba pearl
- 5 tbsp. brown sugar
- 2 cups hot water
- ice cube
Thai Milk Tea Base
- 1.5 tbsp. Thai black tea
- 1 cup hot boiling water
- 1.5 tbsp. condensed milk
- 1/2 cup milk
Instructions
Cook the boba pearl
- Firstly, pour some water into a pot and bring it to a boil. Once the water is boiling, add the Boba pearls and let them cook for five minutes or follow the instruction. Turn off the fire and let it stand for another time period the same with your cooking time.
- Pour the cooked pearls back into the pot, add brown sugar, and add 1/3 cup of boiling water. Cook the mixture over low heat for another five minutes. Please remember to stir at all times to avoid burning.If you are in a hurry, skip adding water. This batch of boba can be used with four servings of milk tea.
Steep the black tea
- Add around 2 cups of hot water to Thai black tea, steep for about 10 minutes, and strain the leaf out to get the tea base.
Make Thai Milk Tea
- When the tea base has cooled, add the condensed milk into it and stir. Then add light milk and continue to stir.
Assemble
- Add 3 tbsp. brown sugar boba pearls to the glass. Tilt the glass vertically and rotate it to coat the wall with boba pearl syrup evenly.
- Finally, add ice cubes to the glass and pour in the Thai milk tea to finish. Now you can enjoy this wonderful milk tea.