Blueberry boba with homemade blueberry milk
This blueberry boba made with homemade blueberry milk is a drink to impress. It is filled with the taste of refreshing blueberries, coupled with a subtle hint of tea, and served with the smoothness of milk. And not to forget the chewy tapioca pearls, that add a textural layer to this drink.
Ingredients
- 1 Black tea teabag
- 1 cup fresh blueberries (or frozen)
- ⅓ cup Uncooked boba
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 cup Whole milk
Instructions
Step 1 Brew the tea
- Place a tea bag in a cup. Then, to brew the tea, boil 1 cup of water. When the water starts to boil, turn off the heat and pour the water into the cup.
- Lift the tea bag 2-3 times in the cup to allow movement of tea leaves to ensure maximum flavor extraction. Then cover the cup with a plate and steep the tea bag in the boiling water for 3 minutes.
- Uncover the teacup and remove the teabag.
- After brewing the tea, refrigerate it for at least 2-3 hours or until chilled.
Step 2 Make Blueberry milk
- In a pan, put washed blueberries with sugar. Cook them until they become all mushy and sauce thick and bubbly.
- When done, empty the contents into a strainer or strain through a muslin cloth or a cheesecloth. Push the pulp through the strainer or cloth. Set aside and let the sauce come to room temperature.
- Now add the cold milk to the gathered sauce and mix well.
- Refrigerate the blueberry milk until you are ready to assemble the blueberry boba.
Step 3 Cooking boba
- To cook ⅓ cup of brown sugar or black boba, bring 3 cups of water to a boil in a saucepan. Then add the boba (tapioca pearls ) to the boiling water.
- Let them boil for 4-5 minutes or until they come floating to the top. After the boba starts to float, cook them for additional 5-7 minutes at medium heat. Then, turn off the heat and cover the pan and let the boba soak for 5 more minutes.
- Now, strain the water and gather the cooked boba.
- Transfer them into a bowl. Then add maple syrup to dunk the tapioca pearls until ready to assemble the bubble tea.
Step 4 Assemble the blueberry boba
- To assemble the blueberry boba, start by putting the boba into the glasses. Add more or fewer boba pearls depending on how much you want in your tea.
- Then add ice cubes to each glass. Next pour in half a cup of brewed tea per glass.
- Finally, add the strawberry milk.
- Put a boba straw and give it a generous stir. There you have it. A blueberry boba!
Notes
- Replace fresh or frozen blueberries with the fresh or frozen wild blueberries.
- To brew the tea, the water temperature should be 212°F (100°C), which is the boiling point of water. As soon as the water begins to boil, you've attained the ideal temperature for steeping the tea.
- Make the tea ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator.
- Cook the tapioca pearls or boba right before making the blueberry milk tea. They taste best when made fresh.
- The amount of time it takes to cook boba depends on the sort of boba you use. It is preferable to use boba that cooks quickly.
- If you want, add some wild blueberries or blueberry popping pearls instead of tapioca pearls. It makes the recipe easy and quick to make.
- You can also use blueberry tea bags in place of black tea.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition
Calories: 293kcal
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