30 Simple Ways to Make Bubble Tea at Home “As Delicious as the Shops”

Bubble tea is a beloved beverage, not only for its delicious blend of tea and milk but also for the unique combination of mouthwatering pearls. Making bubble tea is easy; you can step into your kitchen and craft yourself a delightful, budget-friendly cup. Let’s dive into the Mytour Blog kitchen to learn how to make bubble tea with pearls at home!

Choosing the Right Toppings for Each Bubble Tea Flavor

As a bubble tea enthusiast, you can't miss out on the various toppings that enhance the flavor of your bubble tea. Here are some ways to make delicious, simple pearls from readily available powders found at local stores or supermarkets.

Creating Black Sugar Pearl

The ingredients for making black sugar pearls include: tapioca starch, rice flour, bitter melon tea, sugar syrup, black sugar, cocoa powder, and coffee powder.

Making black sugar pearls is a breeze. Just follow these steps:

• Step 1: Combine the various powders in the following ratio - 28g tapioca starch, 4g rice flour, 1g cocoa powder, and 1g coffee powder. Adjust the ratios based on your preferences and the number of servings.
• Step 2: Cook the bitter melon tea mixture with sugar and add sugar syrup while stirring well. Be cautious not to make it overly sweet, as it will be combined with the sweetness of the milk tea later.
• Step 3: Pour the bitter melon tea mixture into the mixed powder and knead it into a smooth, elastic dough. Then cut and mold the dough into small pearls.
• Step 4: Boil the pearls vigorously for 10 minutes, then scoop them out and place them in cold water to enhance their chewiness.
• Step 5: Cook the black sugar mixture and add the boiled pearls, simmering for another 20 minutes over medium heat until the mixture thickens. There you have it, your black sugar pearls are ready.

Creating Tapioca Pearls from Tapioca Starch

The ingredients for tapioca pearls include tapioca starch, flexible agar powder, and sugar. The steps are similar to making black sugar pearls but much simpler.

Mix tapioca starch, flexible agar powder, and sugar thoroughly. Gradually pour in boiling water and stir well. Then knead the dough by hand until it becomes smooth and elastic.

Afterwards, mold and shape the dough into pearls and then boil. That completes the delectable and enticing tapioca pearls made from tapioca starch.

Basic Ingredients for Homemade Milk Tea

Here are some basic ingredients for making delicious and budget-friendly homemade milk tea that you should know:

• Tea: Various teas commonly used for making milk tea, such as Oolong tea, black tea, green tea, etc. You can use tea bags or loose tea leaves for a richer flavor.
• Milk Powder/Milk/Condensed Milk/Butter Cream: Depending on your taste and the recipe of each type of milk tea, you can flexibly use various fatty ingredients. Milk powder enhances the taste of your milk tea compared to condensed or fresh milk, as it elevates the tea flavor and adds a creamy touch. Common milk powder options include Kievit (Indonesia), B-one (Thailand), S-creamer (Vietnam), etc.
• Tapioca Pearls: To enhance the flavor of your milk tea, add chewy, elastic, and fragrant tapioca pearls. You can make your own pearls as Mytour has guided in the above section, or purchase pre-made tapioca pearls at specialized stores.

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Traditional Homemade Milk Tea with Loose Tea Leaves

Here, Mytour shares with you the method of making homemade milk tea with loose tea leaves, offering a delightful and safe experience for the whole family.

• Prepare the Ingredients: Loose tea leaves, sugar, unsweetened fresh milk, condensed milk. For loose tea leaves, choose reputable sources for quality.
• Steps to Make Milk Tea:

Step 1: In a pot, combine loose tea leaves and sugar in a 1:3.5 ratio. Then simmer and stir the mixture over low heat until the fragrance of tea permeates. 

Step 2: Once the sugar is melted and has a light brown color, add fresh milk and condensed milk to the pot. The ideal milk tea ratio between fresh milk and condensed milk is 12:1. Adjust according to your preference.

Step 3: Simmer the mixture for an additional 10 minutes, then turn off the heat and steep the tea for another 20 minutes. Next, use a strainer to filter out the tea residue, leaving you with the creamy milk tea.

Step 4: Add a dash of tapioca pearls and ice to enhance the deliciousness and allure of your milk tea, then indulge!

How to Make Jelly Milk Tea 

Similar to traditional milk tea, making jelly milk tea is incredibly simple and quick. With jelly milk tea, you'll savor a cup of milk tea with jelly agar instead of tapioca pearls. 

A variety of jelly milk teas are both diverse and easy to make. You can create fruit jelly, coffee jelly, cheese jelly, taro jelly, pudding jelly, and more. Here, we share how to make fruit jelly milk tea with traditional milk tea that you can try.

• Prepare the Ingredients:

Ingredients for milk tea: Loose tea leaves or tea bags, condensed milk, unsweetened fresh milk, sugar.

Ingredients for fruit jelly: Your choice of fruits, crispy agar powder, fruit syrup, sugar.

• Method for Making Fruit Jelly Milk Tea:

Step 1: Refer to the milk tea-making method shared by Mytour in the above section!

Step 2: Prepare the fruits by washing them, peeling, removing seeds as needed, and cutting them into pomegranate-like seeds before placing them in a mold.

Step 3: Next, prepare the agar jelly. Mix sugar and flexible agar powder evenly, divide it into portions, and mix with fruit syrup and water.

Step 4: Bring the agar mixture to a boil and pour it into the prepared fruit mold. Wait for the jelly to cool and set.

Step 5: Remove the jelly from the mold. Now, you can enjoy a fragrant and sweet fruit jelly milk tea.

Guidelines for Making Beloved Milk Tea Varieties 

Aside from traditional milk tea, there are numerous other varieties of milk tea crafted with unique combinations that captivate consumers. Here, Mytour guides you through making some of the currently popular milk tea varieties.

Learn to Brew Thai Green Tea and Thai Red Tea

• Prepare the Ingredients: Thai green tea bags 10g (Thai red tea 20g), condensed milk, white sugar, butter cream.
• How to Make Thai Green Tea (Thai Red Tea):

Step 1: Steep Thai green tea (Thai red tea) in 80ml boiling water. After 5 minutes, when the tea has fully dissolved and the water turns green (or red), remove the tea bag.

Step 2: Add 20ml condensed milk and 20ml butter cream to the steeped Thai tea, stirring until the mixture is well blended.

Step 3: Pour the Thai milk tea into a glass, add some ice, and your preferred jelly or tapioca pearls. Indulge in the rich aroma of Thai green (or red) milk tea.

How to Brew Butterfly Pea Flower Milk Tea

• Prepare the Ingredients: Butterfly pea flowers (fresh, dried, or in powder form), condensed milk, butter cream, black tea.
• How to Make Butterfly Pea Flower Milk Tea:

Step 1: Add about 2g of butterfly pea flowers to 60ml boiling water, cover tightly, and steep for 15 minutes to extract the color. Simultaneously, put black tea in another cup, soak it in boiling water, and let it steep.

Step 2: After steeping the tea and flowers, remove them and prepare to make milk tea.

Step 3: Add 30ml condensed milk and 10ml butter cream to the tea and butterfly pea flower-infused water, stirring the mixture for 1 minute to dissolve all ingredients.

Step 4: The butterfly pea flower milk tea is now complete with a beautiful green hue. Enjoy it with pearls or a salty cream topping, adding some ice for an exquisite milk tea experience.

How to Make Oolong Milk Tea

• Prepare the Ingredients: Oolong tea, unsweetened fresh milk, condensed milk, powdered milk or butter cream, sugar.
• How to Make Oolong Milk Tea:

Step 1: Steep oolong tea in 150ml of 90-degree mineral water for 10 minutes. Avoid boiling the tea directly in 100-degree water as it may compromise the flavor and nutrients in the tea.

Step 2: After 10 minutes, when the tea has expanded and the water is rich in color, use a strainer to filter and remove the tea leaves.

Step 3: In the strained tea, add sugar, condensed milk, fresh milk, butter cream, or powdered milk. Stir well to dissolve all ingredients. Adjust the components according to your taste preferences to avoid excessive richness.

Step 4: Add ice, toppings, and pour the oolong milk tea into a glass. Enjoy your drink.

Step 3: In a separate container, mix matcha powder with a small amount of warm water to form a smooth paste.

Step 2: Prepare the ingredients: Matcha green tea powder, fresh milk, sugar, red beans.

Step 1: Soak red beans in warm water for 8 hours, then rinse and cook in a pot for about 30 – 35 minutes until tender.

Step 2: Transfer the red beans (without the water) to a pan, add sugar, and simmer until the sugar completely dissolves.

• How to make matcha red bean milk tea:

Step 1: Mix matcha, sugar, and unsweetened fresh milk in hot water, then stir well.

Step 2: Add ice to the milk tea glass and top it with the prepared red beans. There you have your delightful matcha red bean milk tea.

How to make bamboo charcoal milk tea

• Prepare the ingredients: Black tea, bamboo charcoal powder, unsweetened fresh milk, sugar, condensed milk.
• How to make bamboo charcoal milk tea:

Step 1: Steep black tea in hot water for about 20 minutes, then strain out the tea leaves and collect the concentrated tea liquid.

Step 2: Add bamboo charcoal powder to the concentrated tea liquid and stir well until the powder dissolves in the water.

Step 3: Continue by adding unsweetened fresh milk, sugar, and condensed milk to create a sweet flavor, and stir the mixture well. Depending on your preference, you can adjust the sweetness by adding or reducing sugar or milk.

Step 4: Enjoy the refreshing bamboo charcoal milk tea with a hint of ice and add pearls to experience the unique blend of delicious, creamy, and slightly bitter flavors.

How to make chocolate milk tea 

• Prepare ingredients: Black tea, chocolate syrup, cocoa powder, condensed milk.
• Steps to make chocolate milk tea:

Step 1: Boil water and steep black tea for 15 minutes, then use a strainer to extract the tea essence.

Step 2: Add condensed milk, chocolate syrup, cocoa powder to the tea essence and stir well until all ingredients dissolve. You can use a shaker bottle, add ice, and shake vigorously for an even mix.

Step 3: Pour into a glass, add ice and toppings to enhance the flavor of your delicious chocolate milk tea.

How to store milk tea and pearls 

Properly storing pearls to prevent them from becoming hard

Commonly, pearls are made from various powders like rice flour, tapioca starch, etc. Improper storage can make them dry and hard, rendering them unusable.

To keep pearls from hardening after cooking, follow these steps:

• Step 1: After cooking, use a sieve or a spatula to transfer the pearls out of the boiling water.
• Step 2: Soak the pearls in cold water or rinse them under running water to prevent them from sticking together.
• Step 3: Drain the water and place them in a stainless steel container with a tight lid. Seal the container with plastic wrap, then cover with the lid and store it in the fridge. 

With this storage method, you can keep them for about 3 – 4 days. When needed, heat an appropriate amount, and you're ready to enjoy.

How to store pre-made milk tea

For storing pre-made milk tea, the best way is to keep them in the fridge at a moderate temperature to prevent bacterial contamination that may spoil your milk tea.

Seal tightly with plastic wrap before placing the milk tea in the fridge to avoid absorbing odors from other foods.

Avoid storing milk tea with pearls or toppings together to prevent the toppings from sticking or the pearls from becoming hard and losing their deliciousness. 

Storing milk tea in the fridge allows you to keep it for 2 – 3 days. Beyond 4 days, it's advisable not to consume it as the milk tea may start to go stale or sour.

Frequently Asked Questions 

Is milk tea fattening?

According to nutrition experts, a regular cup of milk tea contains approximately 350 – 500 calories. It's recommended to limit your milk tea intake to 1 – 2 cups per week to avoid excess calories and prevent obesity.

How long can milk tea last?

Milk tea, when stored properly in the fridge, can last for 2 – 3 days.

Here are all the details Mytour wants to share with you about making simple homemade milk tea. Hopefully, through this article, you'll be able to confidently create delicious, budget-friendly, and safe milk tea for your family, friends, and loved ones. Don't forget to share this article with your friends and stay tuned to Mytour.vn for continuous updates on useful knowledge!