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The Brown Sugar Boba Ice Cream Bar have been quite the craze, and as the weather gets warmer they are going to be in high demand - even with the exorbitant prices. Here&#039;s how you  make brown sugar boba ice cream bars at home - from scratch!

Brown Sugar Boba Ice Cream Bar

100 g Glutinous Rice Flour (plus additional for coating)

g Brown Sugar (for the boba)

Brown Sugar (for the syrup)

Water

Heavy / Whipping Cream (cold)

Condensed Milk (cold)

also chill the mixing bowl

Brown Sugar

1½ tsps Cornstarch

In a large heatproof bowl add in glutinous rice flour and 50g of brown sugar. Pour in boiling water, mix together with a spatula immediately. Fold together until all the flour, water, and sugar combines into a sticky dough.

Being mindful that the ingredients may be hot, pour out onto a surface and knead until everything comes together and a soft spongy dough forms. It should not be dry or too wet and feel like very soft Playdough.

Cover the dough in plastic wrap while making the dough balls. Prepare a bowl with a few tablespoons of the glutinous rice flour for the rolled balls.

To make the balls, pinch off a piece and roll in your fingers or hands. These balls should be smaller than 1cm or ⅓ inch in diameter.

Place the rolled ball into the bowl with glutinous rice flour. Carefully toss, mix, or stir the bowl every so often to ensure that the balls are nicely coated and don’t stick together.

Bring a medium to large sized pot to a boil. Sift out any extra flour from the bubbles. Add the bubbles into the boiling water.

Boil for 3-5 mins or until all are floating and soft.

Heat a wok over medium heat. Add the other ½ cup of brown sugar to the wok. Add in the bubbles and stir constantly. Cook until the sugar has melted, caramelized, and it’s dark brown in color. Adjust the heat accordingly, don’t allow it to burn.

Pour out into a heat proof bowl and set aside.

Boba / Bubbles / Pearls

Heat a wok over medium heat. Add in ½ cup of brown sugar and a ½ cup of water.

Stir constantly until sugar is melted, caramelized, and a nice dark brown color has formed. This should be a medium thickness in syrup.

Turn down the heat, add the cornstarch slurry. Bring the heat back up, stir until a medium to thick syrup has formed. Set aside to cool. Once cooled, pour into a squeeze bottle.

Brown Sugar Syrup

Make sure to start with cold ingredients. In a large bowl, add the cream, mix with a hand mixer, or by hand until soft peaks have formed.

Add in the condensed milk, continue mixing until well combined and not yet to a stiff peak.

Ice Cream

Fill a piping bag or large ziplock bag with a mixture of ice cream and bubbles. To make life easier, I like to put my bag inside of my blender or tall container with the top folded over the edge. I layer a few spoons of ice cream and a spoon of bubbles. I then squish the mixture to disperse the bubbles throughout. Alternatively, you can just add the bubbles into the ice cream and stir. Then fill the bag with the mixture.

Line the outside of the mould with some of the brown sugar syrup using a squeeze bottle. I like to do a thick layer at the top and allow the ice cream to push it down.

Cut one corner of the bag and pipe into the mould, stop about ⅔ of the way. Tap the moulds on the table a few times to get rid of any bubbles. Continue filling the mould.

Leave a little bit of space at the top for the popsicles to expand. Stick in your popsicle stick about ¾ of the way in.

Tap moulds on the counter to remove any air bubbles.

Place into the freezer for at least 6 hours and ideally overnight.

To remove from mould allow to sit for a few mins on the counter.

Assembly

A simple DIY for 3-ingredient homemade tapioca pearls (aka boba) - including how to cook tapioca pearls and a delicious brown sugar bubble milk tea recipe.

Homemade Boba 'Tapioca Pearls' Bubble Milk Tea

tapioca flour (plus a bit more for dusting)

tbsp brown sugar (use Taiwanese brown sugar AKA 'black sugar', if possible)

tBsp water

tBsp brown sugar (soft)

almond milk (or any other milk

Heat up the water and sugar over medium heat. Stir until all the sugar has dissolved. Then turn off the heat.

Add about 1 tablespoon of the tapioca flour and stir until well combined. Make sure there are no lumps.

Turn the heat on again and stir the mixture until it starts thickening. Once it becomes thicker, remove from the heat.

Add the rest of the tapioca flour and mix well until you obtain a sticky dough.

On a lightly floured surface (floured with tapioca flour), knead the dough until it becomes uniform, soft and elastic. Tapioca dough can be very sticky, so add some extra flour, if needed.

Roll the dough* into thin long rod-like pieces. Each roll needs to be quite thin, as the tapioca pearls will expand when cooked later on.

Cut the rolls into small pieces. Then quickly roll each into a ball. **Repeat with the rest of the dough. Now you have your dried tapioca pearls ready. ***

DIY Tapioca Pearls (Boba)

In a large saucepan, boil enough water to cover your boba. Then add the tapioca pearls to the boiling water (carefully, so you don't splash yourself). Stir well, so they don’t stick to the bottom of the or each other.

Cover the pot with a lid. Boil for 20 minutes, then let them rest for another 20 minutes. Finally, drain the boba.You can now either add them to your favourite tea or milk drink or first make a sugar syrup for an extra special treat. I definitely suggest going for the extra next step though, as this takes the pearls from being 'nice' to 'more please' - adding a caramel-like flavour and softening the texture. 

How To Cook Tapioca Pearls

For a traditional boba, then a black tea base is the norm. However, you can also use a variety of herbal teas, flavoured milks and even juices/smoothies as your drink base. If making a tea then simply steep the tea bags/tea leaves in warm milk (alternatively, make a tea as you would typically in the water, adding milk to dilute) and leave this to chill in the fridge until you want to use it. For my recipe, I decided to use Bantha Milk AKA &#039;Blue Milk&#039;, as my base. This drink is a sweet butterfly pea flower and lavender coconut milk (inspired by the Star Wars blue milk) and the combination of flavours with the pearls is delicious. 

How To Make Bubble Milk Tea:

To make the tapioca peals with brown sugar syrup, warm up the brown sugar over medium heat for a couple of minutes. The sugar only needs to be warmed up, not completely melted.

Add the boba and stir well to coat all the pearls with the sugar.

Add the warm sugary boba to a cup or glass (use a glass for a great visual effect) and roll the cup/glass to coat the walls with melted sugar.

Then add ice cubes (optional) and your liquid - the cold brew tea/ iced tea, flavoured milk, juice or smoothie. You can also top it with some whipped cream and then serve.

DIY Brown Sugar Boba Drink

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Bubble Milk Tea is such a fun and refreshing drink. This simple 3-ingredient recipe shows how to make tapioca pearls (aka boba), how to cook them and how to make a delicious brown sugar bubble milk tea.

Homemade Boba &#39;Tapioca Pearls&#39; Bubble Milk Tea

This method works for tapioca pearls from Bossen &amp; Tea Zone. It can also work as a starting point for tapioca pearls that don’t come with instructions.

30 & 30 Method for Cooking Tapioca Pearls

½ c white tapioca pearls

water

In a large pot, add 10 cups of water and bring to a boil.

When it’s a rolling boil, add tapioca pearls and lower to the medium heat.

Continue to simmer for 30 minutes uncovered. Stir occasionally to prevent the pearls from sticking.

After 30 minutes, remove the pot from the stove, cover with lid, and let rest another 30 minutes.

Strain the tapioca pearls and wash under cold running water to stop the cooking and remove the starchy outer layer.

Taste-test the tapioca pearls and test if they&#039;re fully cooked through. They should be soft and chewy, but not crumble when you eat it. Note that just because the centers may be opaque, they can still be cooked fully, but you need to taste test to make sure they’re cooked.

If the pearls are still not cooked throughout or have hard centers, repeat steps 2-6 with a new batch of water.

Optional: when the pearls are done cooking you can choose to sweeten your pearls by adding sugar or honey on top and let sit for an additional 10 minutes.

This tapioca pearl recipe will help teach you how to make tapioca pearls (boba) from scratch! Soon, you&#039;ll have extra chewy and fresh boba at home.

How to Make Boba from Scratch (aka Tapioca Pearls) for Bubble Tea

g dark brown sugar

60 ml or ¼ c water

95 g or ¾ c tapioca starch or flour

g sugar

In a saucepan over medium-high heat, add 40 grams of dark brown sugar and 60 milliliters of water and stir until the sugar is fully dissolved. Remove the pan from heat and make sure there are no bubbles any longer.

Add about 1 tablespoon of tapioca starch and mix in quickly before it gets too lumpy. Add the pan back onto the stove on medium-low heat and stir constantly until it begins to thicken. Once you start seeing the mixture thicken on the bottom of the pan, remove it from the stove and begin to stir until the entire mixture thickens.

Add the rest of the tapioca starch into the pan and continue to stir constantly until you incorporate all the starch into the mixture. It should become slightly sticky and thicker to stir.

Sprinkle tapioca starch onto a clean surface and transfer your dough. Sprinkle more tapioca starch on top of the dough and carefully knead until it&#039;s smooth and you get a less sticky texture. I knead for about two minutes and add more tapioca starch if the dough still feels too sticky. Pull the dough apart and if it snaps in the middle, then your dough is done kneading.

Cut the dough into quarters and place three of the quarters under cling wrap to prevent them from drying out.

Take one quarter and roll it into a long rope with ¼ of an inch diameter. Cut small pieces of about ¼ of an inch sections along the rope. Take one piece and roll it between the palm of your hands to form small balls. Add some tapioca starch into a bowl or sheet pan to prevent the balls from sticking. You want to move pretty quickly because you don’t want to dry out the dough. Repeat until you have formed all the boba balls.

Once you have enough balls you can start to cook them.

Making dough

Boil 10 cups of water in a large pot. Once it hits a boil, add ½ cup of boba. Wait for the boba to float and then lower to medium heat. Continue to cook on a simmer for 20 minutes.

Then move the pot off the stove, cover with a lid, and rest on the counter for an additional 20 minutes.

Strain the pearls and run them under cold water to stop the cooking process and remove the starchy outer layer.

If you want to sweeten your boba, put them in a bowl and mix in two tablespoons of dark brown sugar. Marinate for 10 minutes and serve with your favorite milk tea!

Cooking boba

This method works for tapioca pearls from Bossen &amp; Tea Zone and is not meant for &quot;quick cooking&quot; pearls. It can also work as a starting point for tapioca pearls that don’t come with instructions.

30 & 30 Cooking Method for Brown Boba

c tapioca pearls

c filtered water

tbsp sugar

When it hits a rolling boil, add the tapioca pearls and wait for them to float to the top of the water. Once the boba is floating, lower to medium heat.

Strain the boba and rinse under cold running water to stop the cooking and remove the starchy outer layer.

Taste-test the tapioca pearls and test if they&#039;re fully cooked through. They should be soft and chewy, but not crumble when you eat it. Note that just because the centers may look opaque it doesn&#039;t mean it&#039;s raw. They can still be cooked fully, so you need to taste test to make sure they’re cooked.

To sweeten your boba after they are finished cooking, add about two tablespoons of sugar or honey on top and let sit for an additional 10 minutes.

Our crystal boba recipe that makes effervescent, shiny, drinking pearls is sure to have you captivated! It has the added benefit of tasting even better than restaurant-style boba toppings. These crystal-like toppings are perfect to add to your boba tea drinks or desserts.

Crystal Boba | Agar Agar White Pearls

g agar powder

jelly powder

kg coconut water

vegetable oil (neutral flavoured)

trays ice

Mix the agar and jelly powder thoroughly together, and add them to the pot. Dissolve the powder in the water and let it rest for ten minutes.

Simmer

Simmer on low heat for five minutes while constantly stirring. After five minutes, turn off the heat, but continue stirring for another five minutes.

In a large bowl, mix water, ice, and oil.

Squeeze

Add the mixture to a squeeze bottle. Squeeze the mixture into the bowl, drop by drop.

Strain

Once the pearls have set, they sink to the bottom. Strain and wash the crystal boba.

Learn How to Make Bubble Tea with this creamy, delicious, and surprisingly simple Bubble Tea Recipe!

How to Make Bubble Tea (Bubble Tea Recipe)

black tea bags

sugar

(1 bag) quick-cooking tapioca pearls

milk (plus

Prepare the tea. Bring 6 cups of water to just a boil. Immediately remove from heat and add the tea bags and sugar to the water. Stir well to combine and steep until the water reaches room temperature (see notes).

Prepare the Boba. Approximately 15 minutes before serving, bring a small pot of water to a boil. Add the tapioca pearls (boba) and stir immediately to prevent them from sticking together. Allow them to cook for approximately 5-7 minutes (they should be floating on the top and chewy). Drain and rinse under cold water. Transfer to a clean bowl.

Assemble. Divide the cooked boba between four drinking glasses and top with ice. Pour approximately 1 1/2 cups of black tea into each glass and top with approximately 2-3 tablespoons of milk or half-and-half. Mix well to combine and taste for sweetness. If desired, add additional sugar or sweetener until desired sweetness is reached. Serve with large boba straws or long spoons.

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Three Ways to Make Bubble Tea

(boba) tapioca pearls

honey

cup tea iced tea

lemon

cup unsweetened black tea (or green tea)

milk milk

fruit

In a large saucepan, bring 8 cups of water to a boil over high heat. Add the pearls and stir gently until they begin to float to the top.

Turn the heat down to medium and cook for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Remove from heat, cover, and let sit for another 20 minutes.

Drain pearls and transfer to a small bowl. Mix in the honey and fully coat. Set aside for 5 minutes.

Divide the pearls into three tall glasses.

Create any of the following bubble teas:

Plain Bubble Tea: Add tea (or iced tea), ice, and lemon slice.

Milk Bubble Tea: Add tea, milk, and ice.

Fruity Bubble Tea: Blend fruit, milk, honey, and ice in a blender until smooth. Pour into glass.

Why use plain boba pearls when you can use mango boba in your next mango bubble tea. All you need is 3 ingredients, including fresh mango, to create fruity mango tapioca pearls at home!

How to Make Mango Boba (Mango Tapioca Pearls)

mango

tapioca starch (plus some more for dusting)

Tbsp sugar

mango coconut milk (or plain milk of your choice)

date syrup

Extract the flesh from your ripe mango.

Blend the mango into a smooth consistency. It must be as lump-free as possible for smooth tapioca pearls.

Give the mango a taste and if you think it needs it, add the powdered sugar, along with one tablespoon of tapioca starch and the warm water.

Step 1: Prepare the mango

Tapioca starch needs heat to ‘activate’ and work the way we need it to create mango boba pearls. In fact, most ‘mistakes’ made when making homemade tapioca pearls have to do with temperature.You can heat the mango tapioca mixture in one of two ways, microwave or stovetop.Stovetop: Transfer the mixture to a medium pan and heat over medium heat, stirring constantly.Microwave: Heat the mixture in 20-second bursts, stirring in between. You’ll need to do this for around 1:30 minutes or so.

Step 2: Heat the mixture

Allow the mixture to cool for just a couple of minutes before adding the remainder of the tapioca starch. Add it a little bit at a time, mixing vigorously in-between.

Keep adding tapioca until a shiny, non-sticky dough forms. It may be easier towards the end to knead it with your hands on a kitchen surface dusted with extra starch, but be careful as it is hot.As soon as it’s ready, wrap the dough with plastic wrap.

Step 3: Add the remaining tapioca

Pull off a little of the dough at a time, keeping the rest wrapped tightly to stop it from drying out.

Dust your countertop with tapioca starch and roll the dough out into a long rope/snake that’s around 3/8 inch/1 cm in thickness.

Then cut the rope into pieces every 3/8 inch/1 cm apart or slightly more if you want bigger pearls. Keep in mind the pearls will expand when cooking.

Roll each piece into a ball, then dust them with tapioca starch to stop them from sticking together. Repeat this with the remaining dough.At this point, you could freeze any pearls you don’t plan to use immediately or go ahead with cooking them.

Step 4: Shape the mango boba pearls

Place the pearls in a pot with boiling water and simmer at a lower temperature for 20 minutes with a lid on. Then remove the pan from the heat, keep the lid on, and allow them to steam for a further 20 minutes.At this point, the mango tapioca balls should be slightly translucent with a slightly ‘bouncy’ texture.

Drain the pearls through a sieve and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking process and rinse off excess starch.Alternatively, you could place the pearls into an ice bath – depending on which is easiest for you.

Step 5: Cook the mango boba

Add the date syrup to the bottom of your glass – feel free to swirl it around the inside of the glass, too, to coat the walls.

Then add the pearls, ice cubes (if using), and the mango coconut milk. Enjoy immediately!

Step 6: Prepare the mango boba drink

Boba Fruit Smoothies - Dragon Fruit and Strawberry Flavor

TO MAKE BOBA:

(8.8 oz) Black Sugar Boba

TO SOAK THE BOBA:

dark brown sugar

TO MAKE THE SMOOTHIES:

milk

ice cubes

strawberries (or substitute dragon fruit

banana

2-3 Tbsp condensed milk (adjust to desired sweetness)

granulated sugar (adjust to desired sweetness)

cream,

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

Slotted spoon or spider spoon for draining boba

Medium bowl,

Blender

Two 12 oz plastic cups with regular (flat) or domed lids

Boba straws (wide enough to allow for boba)

This fruity mango milk tea recipe that is the perfect bubble tea drink for summer!

Mango Milk Tea

green tea bag

mango nectar

quick cooking black tapioca pearls

Make the green tea: Steep the green tea bag in ¾ cup of boiling water for 5-10 minutes. Remove the tea bag and let the tea cool to room temperature. Then put the tea in the fridge and let it chill for at least an hour. 

Make the simple syrup

Heat 2 tbsp granulated sugar and 2 tbsp water on a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir occasionally until the sugar is completely dissolved. Once dissolved, remove the pan from the heat and let the syrup cool to room temperature.

Make the boba: Bring a small pot of water to a boil over high heat. Once boiling, add the black tapioca pearls. At first, they will sink, and then they should rise and float after 15-20 seconds. Slightly reduce the heat to maintain a simmer and continue to simmer for 5-10 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat and strain out the boba. Run the boba under cold water for about a minute until they come to room temperature. Immediately stir the boba into 1- 2 tsp of the simple syrup mixture. This should be just enough to coat the boba. 

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