Oolong Milk tea with boba

Homemade oolong milk tea with homemade boba pearls

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Prep Time20

Cook Time10

Total Time30

Servings

Calories296kcal

Ingredients

For golden boba pearls

90 ml water
2 tbsp. brown sugar
1 cup tapioca starch
more starch for dusting.
1 tbsp. simple syrup or honey for coat the cooked boba pearls

Oolong milk tea for one serving

3 g oolong tea
200 ml boiling water
1/2 cup fresh whole milk
ice cubes
2 tbsp. simple syrup

Instructions

To make the boba pearls

Add brown sugar in hot boiling. Turn off the fire, and add half of the starch. Mix for 5-6 seconds. add the remaining starch.
Mix the dough when it is still hot using tools like a scraper. Knead with your hand until it is warm, but not completely cooled.
Knead until the dough is almost smooth. Then cut into four pieces, and shape each piece into a long log. Pinch a small portion and roll it into a round ball. Dust with more starch to avoid sticky. Then shift the extra flour off with a strainer.

Cook the boba pearls

Add the boba pearls to a pot with hot boiling water (at least 5 times more water), and then cook for 15 minutes. Turn off the fire, and let it stand for another 15 minutes. Transfer out and soak in cold water. Strain and mix well with simple syrup or honey.

Brew the tea

Add around 200ml of hot boiling water to 3 g oolong tea. Steep for 3-5 minutes. Strain the tea leaves and get the tea liquid.

Assemble

Fill the serving glass with ice cubes and add simple syrup. Then pour in our oolong tea liquid.
Pour in milk and top with boba pearls.

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Notes

Note: if you make the boba pearls at home, you may have leftovers. You can use them in other bubble teas. Dust the uncooked boba pearls and then freeze them in an air-tight bag. Next time, put them in hot boiling water and cook directly.

You can also using other types of boba pearls like popping boba, jellies or crystal boba in this oolong bubble tea.

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