Homemade Taro Bubble Milk Tea
Calling all milk tea and boba lovers out there! This taro bubble milk tea recipe promises a better creamy, flavorful, and fresh milk tea than milk tea shops. With only a few simple ingredients, you can make the three main parts of this recipe: milk tea base, taro paste, and tapioca pearls. Trust me - you will never go back to spending in milk tea shops again once you learn this foolproof recipe.
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 100 g sugar
- 10 g black tea
- 300 g boiling water
- 500 g milk
- 240 g taro
- 80 g purple potato
- 50 g white sugar
- 80 g milk
- Tapioca pearls (adjust the amount according to your liking)
Instructions
- 1
Prepare Taro Milk Tea:
- 2
In a pot, heat sugar with black tea.
- 3
Continually stir until the sugar starts to melt.
- 4
Add 300g of boiling water and 500g of milk. Mix well.
- 5
Strain the tea and transfer the milk tea base into a container.
- 6
Prepare Taro Paste:
- 7
Steam taro and purple potato for 30 minutes.
- 8
Mash the steamed taro and purple potato with white sugar and milk until you have a smooth paste.
- 9
Cook the Tapioca Pearls:
- 10
Boil the tapioca pearls until they float to the surface.
- 11
Then, remove and rinse them with cold water.
- 12
Set aside.
- 13
Assemble the Taro Milk Tea:
- 14
Start by adding a layer of taro paste to the bottom of the cup or boba glass jar.
- 15
Decorate the milk tea glass with a layer of smeared taro paste.
- 16
Add the tapioca pearls and pour in the milk tea.