Panda Milk Tea - Gong Cha Boba Copycat
This panda milk tea boba recipe is based on green or black tea and resembles the Gong Cha taste with just a few easy ingredients.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 11 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 1 cup tea (black or green)
- 1/2 cup black tapioca pearls
- 1/2 cup white tapioca pearls
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 cup milk (I used unsweetened oat milk)
- 1 handful ice cubes (for serving)
Instructions
- 1
Add 1 tea bag (or 2 tsp of loose leaf tea) to 1 cup (235ml) of boiled water.
- 2
Steep for 2-3 minutes. Then let cool down completely.
- 3
Add black pearls to a pan full of boiling hot water and white pearls to another pan.
- 4
Let both pans simmer for approx. 5-6 minutes. Tip - Cooking time vary per brand. Follow the instructions given on your boba pearls packaging.
- 5
Reserve 3 tbsp of boiling water from each pan. Then remove pearls from heat and strain separately.
- 6
Cover both types of pearls with the reserved water & sugar. Stir well & set aside.
- 7
To serve, add a third of the pearls to a large glass. Then fill the glass with ice cubes.
- 8
Add cold tea and milk.
- 9
Stir well & adjust to taste. Then top off with the remaining pearls as seen in the image.