Have you ever heard of Boba Bubble Tea? My granddaughter is obsessed with it so I bought everything I needed to make it on Christmas Day to surprise her.
I had no idea how to make it so I researched it on line. There must be a hundred different ways you can make it such as with black tea, green tea, milk etc. I bought strawberry Boba, strawberry syrup, plastic glasses with lids and Boba straws. The Boba straws are large in order to suck up the Boba balls without breaking them. My husband made me a few gallons of black tea too.
Everyone picked what color straw they wanted, that way they knew which drink was theirs.
First I added about 1/4 cup of the Boba balls with some of the juice in the container.
Next I added 3 pumps from the strawberry syrup.
I added a handful of ice.
I filled the glass up with black tea.
Then I stirred and topped with the lid and the color straw they picked.
That is it, so simple!
Now for a little history about Boba Bubble Tea according to Google AI.
- It originated in Taiwan in the 1980’s.
- A tea stand owner began adding fruit flavorings to her tea which was popular with children.
- She would shake the tea to mix it together which created bubbles in the tea.
- The Boba are made with tapioca pearls. In 1988 the tapioca pearls were added to and served in cold infused tea. The tapioca pearls sat on the bottom of the glass which looked like bubbles.
- The Boba Bubble Tea spread to other countries.
- Taiwanese immigrants brought bubble tea to the United States in the 1990’s, starting in California.
- Bubble Tea is made by mixing tea with milk or fruit and chewy tapioca pearls. It also goes by other names.
It was so much fun and different to have Boba Bubble Tea for Christmas. The look on my granddaughters face when she saw the ingredients was priceless!
If you haven’t tried one yet and you see one on the menu or at the mall food court stand, buy one and see what you think of them. When you suck up a Boba pearl, you bite it or press it with your tongue and the pearl pops in your mouth with the most delicious strawberry liquid or what ever flavor you choose.