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Vanilla Boba Milk Tea - Iced or Hot
Quench your thirst with this refreshing vanilla milk tea. Made within 15 minutes using just 5 simple ingredients.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 11 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
2
- 1 bag tea (black, green, oolong, etc)
- 1/2 cup quick-cooking tapioca pearls
- 2 tbsp sugar (brown, white, granulated)
- 3 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup milk (I used unsweetened oat milk)
- 1 handful ice cubes (for serving)
Instructions
- 1
Prepare tea by adding 1 tea bag (or 2 tsp of loose leaf tea) to 1 cup (235ml) of boiled water.
- 2
Steep for 5 minutes & then let cool down completely.
- 3
Add tapioca pearls to a small saucepan filled with boiling hot water. Simmer for 3-5 minutes. Important - Read the instructions on your tapioca pearls packaging. Cooking times vary per brand!
- 4
Reserve 2 tablespoons of water and drain the rest.
- 5
Add sugar and the reserved water to the cooked boba pearls. Stir well and set aside.
- 6
Fill two tall glasses with ice. Add boba pearls. Then add vanilla extract on top.
- 7
Add cold tea and cold milk on top. Stir well & enjoy!