Make this popular milk tea with boba at home! Deliciously rich and sweet brown sugar is balanced with a robust black tea and creamy milk. Plus, get my secret to making the best bubble tea.
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Brown Sugar Bubble Tea
Bubble tea is an iced milk tea drink with tapioca balls (also called boba that look like bubbles) created in Taiwan in the 1980s, and brown sugar bubble tea is one of the most popular flavors.
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The cup is lined with brown sugar syrup and the drink has tapioca balls in a brown sugar syrup, black tea, and milk. It’s a fairly simple drink that’s completely delicious.
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The brown sugar gives the drink a rich sweetness with a touch of toffee flavor.
Brown sugar bubble tea is also called brown sugar milk tea.
Recipe Highlights
- Brown sugar bubble tea is an iced black tea drink with brown sugar, milk, and tapioca balls (also called boba).
- My secret to making the best bubble tea is to use warm tapioca balls. The soft and chewy texture of boba is perfect when it’s still warm.
- Using store-bought tapioca balls is the easiest way to make bubble tea at home. All you need to do is cook the tapioca balls in hot water for a few minutes. To get the tapioca balls to be nice and sweet, brown sugar is added to create a syrup.
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Ingredient Notes
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- Brown sugarBrown sugar is a mix of white sugar and molasses, giving the drink a richer flavor than white, granulated sugar.
- Tapioca ballsStore-bought tapioca balls are dried, so all you need to do is boil them in water to make them soft and chewy.
- Black teaUse any kind of black tea you like. The black tea for this drink doesn’t need to be the highest quality, so feel free to use tea bags.
- MilkAlthough you can use any kind of milk, whole milk makes the drink rich and creamy.
- WaterAs always, use filtered water to make the best tasting tea.
- IceIf possible, use filtered water to make ice.
Step-by-Step Instructions
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For full ingredients and instructions, scroll down to see the recipe.
- Steep tea in hot water.Strain tea leaves or discard tea bags and set aside to cool.
- Cook tapioca balls in brown sugar and water.
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- Add boba and line brown sugar syrup inside a cup.
- Add ice.
- Pour in black tea.
- Top with milk.Serve immediately. Stir before drinking. Use an extra wide straw to drink.
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Expert Tips
- This recipe makes a 16 ounces (2 cups) drink, so make sure to have a large enough cup.
- Black tea can be prepared ahead of time and stored in your fridge for up to 4 days.
- Instead of brewing black tea then cooling it down, use cold brewed tea. Make a batch and use the tea to make brown sugar milk tea with boba all week.
- Boba can’t be made ahead of time since they harden after a few hours.
- Add tapioca balls into the cup when they’re still warm and assemble the drink right away. Warm boba has the best texture.
- Bubble tea is always served with a wide straw is so that you get a few boba with each sip of the milk tea.
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Questions You May Have
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