How To Make Bubble Tea | Flavour Network

Ingredients

• 6 Tbsp water
• ⅓ cup dark brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp cocoa or black cocoa powder (optional, to add colour without food colouring)
• 1 cup tapioca starch, plus more for dusting – note 1
• 1 cup dark brown sugar or black sugar – note 2
• 1 cup water
• Milk of choice
• Ice cubes
• 1-2 tsp Japanese matcha powder (optional, if making matcha boba)
• Ube puree (optional, if making ube boba)
• Whipping cream (optional, if making ube boba)
• Milk of choice mixed with puréed fresh fruit such as strawberry, pear, peach, mango, lychee, etc.
• Black tea (Ceylon, English Breakfast, Earl Grey), Japanese matcha, Japanese hochija, or Chinese green tea (jasmine, oolong) with milk of choice
• Chinese green tea (jasmine, oolong) blended with fruit purée such as strawberry, pear, peach, mango, lychee, etc.
• Any fruit juice on its own
• Store-bought add-ons (optional but fun; but you’ll likely need to grab these at a Chinese grocery store): black herbal jelly, custard pudding, coconut jelly, popping boba, sweetened adzuki beans