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Are you tired of paying 3 bucks for a tiny glass of bubble tea?
Screw the shops! DIY!
Equipment
Stove, pot/steamer, strainer, bowl, glass. spoon
Ingredients.
Water, Tapioca, Teabags, brown sugar.
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sugar like this. easy!
Step 1 Tea!!! Put a teabag in boiling water or just go buy some green/black/taro/honeydew/etc tea from the grocery!
Step 1.1 DON'T Forget bubbles!!!!!
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If your Asian you might have one of these at home. Go find it!
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Using the electric steamer.
1 Put 2 cups of water in the steamer and start it. Boil water in a kettle
2 Once the kettle boils pour the water into the inner pot of the steamer and add tapioca
3 Press the button and go have fun! (do whatever) It'll take around 1 hour
4 Open it up add another cup of water into the steamer. NOT THE POT WITH TAPIOCA. Mix up the tapioca and press it again. (go have fun!)
Using a pot.
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If you don't have one just go buy bubble tea...
IMPORTANT!!!!
You MUST have AT LEAST 10 mL of water per gram of tapioca. The ratio of water to weigh of tapioca should be great than 10 : 1 I use around 13-15, you cannot get away with 9, they taste like shit, because they haven't completely cooked through.
1 Bring the water to a boil and pour in the tapioca. Stir evenly.
2 Boil it on high heat for 40 min.
3 Turn off the heat and let it sit. (approx 15 min)
4 Boil for another 40 min
Finishing off the bubbles!
5 Pour the tapioca into a strainer and rinse with cool water.
6 Mix in brown sugar. Wait about 15 min for the sugar to set in and your done!
Step 2. Add things you like into the tea.
Milk, more sugar whatever.
Tips & Tricks.
-Condensed milk gives it a certain flavor, you may try adding some in your bubble tea if you like it however it's very sweet.
-Tapioca can be bought at your local chinese supermarket. Usually it'll be sitting by things like lychee jelly, taro flavor drinks, etc.
Credentials:
I am Taiwanese. LOL that's it.
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Calgary25980 Posts
Wiggity WHAT? You can make your own bubble tea???
I have to try this ASAPLY. Thanks for the thread!
And I pay $5.50 but it's delicious 
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gonna... try... this....
I'm basically on a DIY period right now. Brewed my own beer, grew my own sugar crystals, now I need my bubble tea....
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Is this a Canadian thing since all posts are Canadian?
Sounds sweet nonetheless, hope I can buy it somewhere though lol
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:O i spend so much on this stuff. Should just try making it on my own. Thanks!
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Bubble tea so delicious. Great thread.
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Where do you get tapioca because I can't find it in my Asian supermarkets. Is it an online order? And about how much is it per bag?
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u went to the trouble of making ur own bubble tea bcz of 3 measly bucks?
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Awesome, a video, complete with a TL.net shirt, would be sweet!
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Desire of bubble tea has increased by one zillion percent.
But uh, where do you find the bubbles from? Recommendations?
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don't you need condensced milk? I hear it's a huge difference from using regular milk in bubble tea
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It's not a Canadian thing. It's pretty popular everywhere now.
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condensed milk is pretty much a necessity, never made boba tea without it and never will.
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interesting interesting...
<3 bubble tea
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Hmm. Bubble tea? I only know two kinds of teas: hot and iced. Can someone enlight me please?
edit - nevermind. Google will save us all. ^^
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If I dont use tapioca, is it still bubble tea ?!?!
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On May 18 2011 02:24 a176 wrote:
If I dont use tapioca, is it still bubble tea ?!?!
You can use lychee or jelly instead of tapioca. I hear tapioca is pretty hard to perfect.
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I did everything except the brown tea at the end >< Gonna try that on Saturday  !
Love bubble tea~
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Bookmarking this immediately. The closest boba place is a 20 minute drive... no more! Delicious bubble tea in the comfort of my home :3 thank you!
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On May 18 2011 01:15 Chill wrote:Wiggity WHAT? You can make your own bubble tea??? I have to try this ASAPLY. Thanks for the thread! And I pay $5.50 but it's delicious
Yeah you can even order straws, tea mix, and bubbles off amazon.com, its prettty expensive but if you make it regularly obviously it adds up to less than buying it from tapioca express each time or whatever your local bubble tea place is.
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On May 18 2011 01:20 nVusPip wrote:
Is this a Canadian thing since all posts are Canadian?
Sounds sweet nonetheless, hope I can buy it somewhere though lol
Boba originated in Taiwan but is extremely popular all over asian communities, like in Hong Kong, Mainland China, even Korea and alllllll over California and other high population of asian-cities in the US.
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Lol funny how so many people haven't made it before 8D
nomnomnomnomnom
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On May 18 2011 03:12 Zlasher wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2011 01:20 nVusPip wrote:
Is this a Canadian thing since all posts are Canadian?
Sounds sweet nonetheless, hope I can buy it somewhere though lol Boba originated in Taiwan but is extremely popular all over asian communities, like in Hong Kong, Mainland China, even Korea and alllllll over California and other high population of asian-cities in the US.
Yeah, Bubble Tea is the Canadian name for it. Everyone around here just calls it Boba.
The profit margin on this stuff has to be utterly absurd.
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Than I shall call it the drink of Boba Fett....
Awesome guide, I might try this I do have a rice cooker and home that is close to being a steamer I think.
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I work at a bubble tea shop called Serissa Cate, and I must say making bubble tea yourself is really fun! However for a good bubble tea, I think the tea is equally as important as the tapioca, they both have to be good!
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hmmm...i never had bubble tea, but a local restaurant started selling it recently...is it that good?
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On May 18 2011 08:02 Whole wrote:
hmmm...i never had bubble tea, but a local restaurant started selling it recently...is it that good?
Depends if they make it good.
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In most bakeries around here its mainly the black pearl tea, never drank it myself. Or milk tea in that case, I'll stick to cold coffee or lemon tea. D:
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now give me the recipe for frozen yogurt and we're all goooood.
i made it once without the right pearls, they were clear/white instead of black. it was really weird.
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On May 18 2011 08:25 kainzero wrote:
now give me the recipe for frozen yogurt and we're all goooood.
i made it once without the right pearls, they were clear/white instead of black. it was really weird.
Frozen yogurt is just plain white yogurt with the ingredients you like and either liquid sugar or honey to add sweetness. then you just chill it in the freezer...
you can get creative and it still won't be too bad
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A lot of places make the worst bubble tea its just overly sweetened tea with really poorly made bubbles, for proper bubble tea you have to find a good place, standard stores in asian suburbs like Tapioca Express and Quickly's make the good stuff.
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Posting here so I can find it later. Never heard of it before but sounds delicious
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Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
On May 18 2011 01:13 Mykill wrote:
Credentials:
I am Taiwanese. LOL that's it.
That is all I need to believe you, lol. Taiwanese Bubble tea so famous.
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Is it possible to substitute honey for the brown sugar? Having something to sweeten the tapioca is pretty essential for this.
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I've always been too lazy to do this, I have an asian friend that's willing to do it for us xD
On May 18 2011 08:02 Whole wrote:
hmmm...i never had bubble tea, but a local restaurant started selling it recently...is it that good?
Good bubble tea is ama-ma-mazing
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On May 18 2011 03:12 Zlasher wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2011 01:20 nVusPip wrote:
Is this a Canadian thing since all posts are Canadian?
Sounds sweet nonetheless, hope I can buy it somewhere though lol Boba originated in Taiwan but is extremely popular all over asian communities, like in Hong Kong, Mainland China, even Korea and alllllll over California and other high population of asian-cities in the US.
Well where I live (in canada), there are more bubble tea places than there are stores in a mall.
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I love making bubble tea! Homemade bubble tea so good!
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Mmmm this sounds/looks so tasty, thanks for the guide.
On May 18 2011 10:17 Percutio wrote:
Posting here so I can find it later.
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On May 18 2011 12:29 JoeSchmoe wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2011 03:12 Zlasher wrote:On May 18 2011 01:20 nVusPip wrote:
Is this a Canadian thing since all posts are Canadian?
Sounds sweet nonetheless, hope I can buy it somewhere though lol Boba originated in Taiwan but is extremely popular all over asian communities, like in Hong Kong, Mainland China, even Korea and alllllll over California and other high population of asian-cities in the US. Well where I live (in canada), there are more bubble tea places than there are stores in a mall.
Well I'm assuming your'e from either Vancouver or Toronto aka the two most asian cities in Canada lol.
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On May 18 2011 14:07 Zlasher wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2011 12:29 JoeSchmoe wrote:On May 18 2011 03:12 Zlasher wrote:On May 18 2011 01:20 nVusPip wrote:
Is this a Canadian thing since all posts are Canadian?
Sounds sweet nonetheless, hope I can buy it somewhere though lol Boba originated in Taiwan but is extremely popular all over asian communities, like in Hong Kong, Mainland China, even Korea and alllllll over California and other high population of asian-cities in the US. Well where I live (in canada), there are more bubble tea places than there are stores in a mall. Well I'm assuming your'e from either Vancouver or Toronto aka the two most asian cities in Canada lol.
Yeah, there are some differences when you compare them with the rest of canada...
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On May 18 2011 01:20 nVusPip wrote:
Is this a Canadian thing since all posts are Canadian?
Sounds sweet nonetheless, hope I can buy it somewhere though lol
pretty sure bubble tea is an Asian thing, either from Taiwan or Hong Kong.
bubble tea is pretty cheap in Vietnam, like $.5 per cup lulz
nice guide indeed
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boba can also be made with instant milk tea! just go to your nearest asian grocery store and purchase instant milk tea (they come in little packets) and follow the instructions -- i usually add condensed milk to mine. then, i stick it in the fridge for a couple of hours and make the balls. then...wah-la! instant milk tea from powder!
i tried this once my freshman year of college with my roommate. it turned out nicely -- only thing was, we didn't have the proper cups. lol
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