Brown Sugar Milk Tea with Homemade Boba Pearls
What is a Taiwanese cookbook without the most famous Taiwanese drink of all? Originating in Taiwan in the 1980s, bubble tea, or boba, has since taken the world by storm, with shops popping up everywhere. What makes this drink special is the chewy and sweet tapioca pearls. If you’re obsessed with bubble tea like I am, you know that it can get pricey. Save your money and make it at home! If you make boba pearls in bulk, you can have bubble tea at home any time you want!
This recipe is for pearls with a classic brown sugar milk tea, but you can add the pearls to any drink or smoothie you enjoy. Boba pearls are also gluten-free! (See the step-by-step photos to make the boba pearls on page 231.)