I'm obsessed with milk tea boba. I've found some local places from which I've been getting it, but boba tea can get expensive.
So, I thought I try making it at home. And an instant pot makes it so easy.
In fact, if you ever make bubble tea in an instant pot, it will be the only way you'll ever make milk tea boba again.
Boba is a milk tea with tapioca pearls (or fruit-flavored pearls) or tapioca balls. Boba tea may also be referred to as Bubble Tea.
Boba (or Bubble) tea is a Taiwanese iced tea with chewy tapioca pearls sitting at the bottom. it consists of a tea base mixed with milk.
If you don't like iced tea, I still highly recommend trying Boba tea. I do not like iced tea. yeah, yeah, I'm from the south and supposed to like it, but I don't. This kept me from trying bubble tea for a long time.
But, I finally gave milk tea boba a try.
And.
I love Boba tea.
As much as I dislike iced tea, that's how much I love milk tea boba.
In fact, I'm a little bit obsessed with tapioca pearls. They do make the boba tea for me.
Tapioca pearls (or balls) are edible translucent spheres produced from tapioca, a starch extracted from the cassava root. When used as an ingredient in bubble tea, they are most commonly referred to as boba or pearls.
They are generally soaked in a sugar syrup to make them sweet and chewy.
Milk tea is exactly as the name implies - tea with milk, as I mentioned above. It seems that in Taiwan, milk tea is/was consumed regularly. So, what a genius move to pair the Boba and milk tea together.
A perfect marriage!
Generally, the base for milk tea or Boba tea is tea, either black tea or green tea and milk, of course. The milk is usually sweetened with either honey or brown sugar syrups. Whether you use black or green tea is just your own personal preference because either one is fine.
You can make milk tea boba in a crock pot or on the stove, but the instant pot is the quickest, easiest way to make milk tea boba.
Prep time 10 minutes
Cook time 15 minutes
Ingredients:
Milk Tea:
Instructions:
This recipe utilizes brown sugar because I love the richer taste of brown sugar milk tea.
I know you'll love this recipe if you like milk tea boba. And be sure to check some more of my favorite instant pot recipes.
So, whether you call it milk tea, milk tea boba, boba tea, or bubble tea, give this easy recipe a try. I think of all the boba milk tea recipes out there; you'll keep coming back to this one. But I think I'm going to give boba strawberry milk tea a try next.
Save your money on expensive milk tea boba and make it yourself.
Have you ever tried boba or bubble tea before?
This milk tea boba made in the instant pot is delicious and easy.
1. Place the boba pearls in the instant pot with 2 cups of water. Close lid and pressure valve. Pressure Cook on high for 5 minutes. Release pressure manually when finished.
2. Drain and rinse pearls and add 2 tablespoons of brown sugar. Stir.
3. Set instant pot to sauté and add 4 cups of water and tea bags. Bring tea to a boil and remove tea bags. Add the remaining brown sugar to tea and mix in milk.
4. Add 1/4-1/2 cups of pearls to a glass and mix the tea over ice.
Nutrition Information: Yield: 4 Serving Size: 8oz
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 267
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