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Brown Sugar Boba Milk Tea

Satisfy your boba cravings by recreating the boba shop experience at home with one of the most popular boba drinks in the world. Make this homestyle boba recipe and fall in love with the nutty, smoky, and caramelized flavors!
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Course: Drinks
Cuisine: Asian
Keyword: boba, brown sugar, milk, tea
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings: 2

Equipment

Ingredients

Milk Tea

  • 4 bags ceylon black tea
  • 2 cups water
  • milk of your choice

Brown Sugar-Braised Boba

  • 1 cup boba pearls
  • 1 cup water
  • ¼ cup muscovado sugar

Instructions

Steep the tea overnight

  • The night before, fill a jar with water and tea bags. Steep overnight in the fridge.

Cook the boba

  • Fill a pot with water and bring to boil. Add boba and gently stir to break up any pieces stuck together.
  • Unless otherwise instructed by the product package, boil for 30 minutes. Turn off the heat, cover the pot, and let it sit for 20 minutes to finish cooking the core of the boba. Then rinse with water and drain.
  • In a saucepan, combine 1 cup water and 1/4 cup muscovado sugar. Stir frequently with medium heat for 5 min or until the sugar is fully dissolved.
  • Add the boba to the syrup mixture. Maintain a low simmer for 10-20 min, stir frequently until the syrup becomes slightly thick. Test the consistency by taking a spoonful of syrup and turning your spoon sideways to let it fall back into the pot. If you tilt the spoon and it falls off slowly, it is ready. If it stays in place, it is too thick so add a little water. If it runs quickly, keep boiling until it becomes a little thicker.
  • Remove boba/syrup mixture from heat.

To Serve

  • Tilt the glass at an angle, and add boba to the top of the glass. The boba will then slide its way straight down to the bottom of the glass, making the tiger stripes. Bonus challenge: make the tiger stripes even better by rotating the glass as the boba slides down.
  • Next add ice, then black tea, then milk. Tea to milk ratio is really a personal preference, but a good place to start is 1 cup black tea: 2 tbsp milk.
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