Taiwanese Milk Tea
This Taiwanese Milk Tea is easy to make. It's authentic and tastes just like the ones from your favorite Taiwanese tea shops. Serve it hot or cold, with or without ice cubes, and adjust the sweetness to your liking.
Ingredients
- 14 ½ cups water (divided)
- ½ cup dried tapioca pearls
- ½ cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
- 10 black tea bags (or ½ cup of tea leaves)
- ½ cup heavy cream (or half and half)
Instructions
- Bring 8 cups of water to a boil. Once boiling, add tapioca pearls. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes. Turn off the heat, cover with a lid, and let pearls rest for 30 minutes until translucent.
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine brown sugar and ½ cup of water. Stir until the sugar is fully dissolved, then transfer it to a bowl.
- Strain and rinse the cooked tapioca pearls, then transfer to the bowl of brown sugar syrup.
- Boil 6 cups of water in a small pot. Add the tea, turn off the heat, and let it steep for 10 minutes. If using tea leaves, strain the tea through a fine-meshed strainer. I like to serve my tea cold, so at this point, I will refrigerate the tea or put it in the freezer for one hour.
- In a glass, add 1 ½ cups of tea, a couple of ice cubes, 2 tablespoons of cream, a generous scoop of tapioca pearls, and some brown sugar syrup. You can adjust the amount of cream and syrup to your liking. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 143kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 3gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 13mgSodium: 70mgPotassium: 136mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 103IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 130mgIron: 0.4mg
Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.
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