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Tapioca pearls are used to brand the ever-popular Taiwanese drink chosen boba tea, or bubble tea. It's a lightly sweetened potable made with tea and milk poured over round, soft, chewy pearls of tapioca. The chewiness of these pearls is key to what makes the beverage so well-liked; hard, crunchy boba would ruin the experience! You can go along the pearls soft by storing them in simple syrup; only make certain to utilize them inside a few days before they start to naturally harden.

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    Cook your tapioca pearls co-ordinate to the instructions on the bundle. In general, you'll use about 6–viii cups (1,400–i,900 mL) of water for ane cup (150 grams) of dry tapioca pearls. Using enough h2o is important because the pearls volition absorb tons of water while they cook; not using enough could cause them to turn gummy and stick together.[1]

    • The tapioca ordinarily cooks in boiling h2o for fifteen minutes before you remove the pot from the heat. And so, yous unremarkably need to let the pearls sit in the water for an additional 15 minutes.
    • The instructions might differ depending on the size of the pearls or whether or not yous're using quick-cooking tapioca. Always check the instructions to make sure you're preparing it properly.

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    Make a uncomplicated syrup while the tapioca pearls are cooking. In a small bucket, combine 1 cup (240 mL) of water and 1 cup (198 grams) of white saccharide. Bring the mixture to a boil and allow it melt until all the sugar has dissolved, and then remove the pan from the heat.[2]

    • If you like vanilla, you lot could add together ane teaspoon (4.nine mL) of vanilla extract to the unproblematic syrup once information technology has been removed from the rut. This will infuse the tapioca pearls with a light vanilla flavour.

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    Drain the tapioca to remove the excess water. Identify a colander in the sink and carefully cascade the cooked tapioca into information technology. Try to pour so that the pot is facing away from you to protect your face and arms from the hot steam. Once the tapioca is in the colander, give it a good shake to jostle off whatever remaining h2o.[three]

    • Ever be careful when working with hot water. Article of clothing oven mitts when you pick upwardly the pot if information technology's nevertheless hot to the affect, and cascade slowly so you're less likely to become splashed.

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    Transfer the cooked tapioca into a glass jar or bowl. Don't wait and let the tapioca sit in the colander; information technology could start to stick together, which isn't what you desire. Simply pour the pearls into the container. Make sure information technology's large plenty to leave most 1–2 inches (25–51 mm) of headspace at the meridian.[4]

    • Make sure the container you're using is clean before y'all put the tapioca into it. You lot don't want whatever cross-contagion happening to your boba!

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    Comprehend the tapioca pearls with the simple syrup you made earlier. The elementary syrup will help keep the pearls soft until you're prepare to utilize them, stop the pearls from sticking together, and infuse them with a lovely, sweet flavour. After y'all cascade the simple syrup in, give the basin a quick stir with a spoon to make sure all the pearls are covered.[v]

    • The tapioca pearls should be completely submerged in the syrup. If you need more, make another batch to add to the container.

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    Shop the tapioca in the fridge and use it within one-2 days. Later on a few days, the tapioca will offset to harden and the consistency won't exist as chewy as y'all'd like. You may exist able to use information technology on the third day nonetheless, but examination a pearl earlier making your drink to ensure it's nevertheless chewy.[6]

    • If your container has a lid, use it. If not, cover the container with plastic wrap. This should help the tapioca dry out less quickly.
    • Uncooked, dry out tapioca can exist stored in your closet for 12 months.[seven]

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    Brand a strong loving cup of your favorite tea. The beauty of boba is that yous can tailor it to whatever flavor you adopt. You could make green tea, black tea, jasmine tea, mint tea, oolong tea, or even matcha tea. Bring 1 cup (240 mL) of h2o to a eddy and add together 1-2 teabags of your preferred tea. Let it steep for most 15 minutes before removing the teabags.[8]

    • Remember that you'll be calculation ice, boba, and perhaps some milk to your tea, so you want it to be extra strong.
    • If yous want to enjoy boba tea regularly, you could make an entire pitcher of tea and keep information technology in the fridge so that you always have some set to go.

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    Allow the tea absurd before assembling your boba. You could either leave your tea on the counter and permit it cool to room temperature, or you could put it in the fridge to help it absurd even faster. Avoid adding ice to information technology at this phase as that would dilute the tea, and you'll already be adding ice to information technology afterwards on.[9]

    • Not all boba tea is served with water ice, so if you want a cold drink but don't desire to add ice, put your tea in the fridge for a few hours.

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    Add together 1/2 cup (75 grams) of boba to the bottom of a make clean glass. This amount can be adapted based on how much tapioca you lot adopt in your tea. Feel gratis to add together a niggling more than or less every bit you desire. Employ a spoon to transfer the boba so that yous get a niggling bit of the simple syrup along with it.[10]

    • Depending on how sweet you like your tea, you can ever add together more elementary syrup, likewise.

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    Stir together the tea and milk in a separate glass. You lot can use milk, creamer, sweetened condensed milk, almond milk, soy milk, or whatsoever other kind of milk that you lot similar. Similar with the boba, you can use as much or every bit little milk as you prefer.[11]

    • You lot can always add more than milk to your tea subsequently it is all assembled if you want to.
    • If you want chilled boba but don't want to put ice in your drink, shake the tea and milk in a cocktail mixer with a few ice cubes before straining the liquid over the tapioca pearls.[12]

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    Cascade the liquid over the tapioca pearls and and then add together ice if y'all want. Sometimes if the tapioca pearls get as well cold or come into direct contact with the ice before other liquid has been added, they tin start to harden. Adding the water ice last should help keep the boba soft and chewy.[thirteen]

    • Information technology's common to see boba tea served both with and without ice. If you skip the water ice, just brand sure to chill your tea in the fridge beforehand and then it's every bit cool equally possible.

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    Enjoy your boba tea with a large straw. Once your tea is assembled, y'all tin can add more milk or sweetener if you prefer. Some people fifty-fifty elevation their tea with fresh or frozen fruit to get in more than like a dessert drink. Utilise a broad straw so you can suck up the tapioca pearls and bask them as you drinkable.[14]

    • You lot can purchase wide straws online if you can't find them at your local grocery store. Some Asian supermarkets may also behave them.

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  • Considering tapioca pearls only stay soft for a few days, attempt to not make more in one batch than y'all can reasonably utilize within that fourth dimension. That way, you shouldn't take to throw whatsoever one-time tapioca out.

  • Invest in some extra-large straws if yous plan to brand boba tea at domicile. Otherwise, you lot won't be able to easily relish the tapioca pearls along with the tea.[15]

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  • Big pot
  • Tapioca pearls
  • Minor bucket
  • Measuring cups
  • Colander
  • Oven mitts
  • Drinking glass jar or container
  • Spoon
  • Tea
  • Cup
  • Spoon
  • Straw

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