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Thai Tea Bubble Tea
This is my authentic recipe for iced Thai Tea Bubble Tea! I learned how to make it after travelling to Thailand over 20 times and this sweet, creamy, delicious cold drink is so refreshing. It is one of my favorite things to enjoy on a hot Summer day and you will love making it at home!
Ingredients
Follow my recipe for Boba in Brown Sugar Syrup here: How to Make Bubble Tea
Thai Tea:
- 3 tablespoon ChaTraMue Thai tea mix
- 2 cups (475ml) water
For Serving:
- 2 tablespoon (30ml) sweetened condensed milk
- 2-4 tablespoon (30-60ml) evaporated milk or light cream
- 3 cups ice
Instructions
- Make the tea. Place Thai tea mix into a tea sock (or just place it in a tea pot or small sauce pan). Pour boiling water over top, bring to a gentle boil, then lower heat and simmer with the lid slightly ajar for 5 minutes. Turn of the heat and let it sit, covered, for 10 minutes. Remove the sock and squeeze out the tea from the soaked tea leaves, or pour the mixture through a fine mesh sieve into another jug and set aside to cool enough that it is just slightly warm, but not hot. It needs to be just a touch warm so it can dissolve the condensed milk easily. You will have about 1 ½ to 1 ¾ cups of tea left at this point after straining.
- Make the syrup and the boba tapioca pearls. Follow my recipe for Boba in Brown Sugar Syrup explained in detail on Steps 2-5 here: How to Make Bubble Tea.
- Prepare the sweet tea. Combine cooled tea with condensed milk and stir well until evenly blended.
- Assemble the bubble tea. Add about ¼ cup of the tapioca pearls along with the brown sugar syrup to the bottom of each serving glass. It’s best to use a tall narrow glass for bubble tea. Add as much ice as you want (I like to fill it up to the top). Pour in about ¾ cup of the sweetened Thai tea. Add 1-2 tablespoons of evaporated milk over top. Stir to mix before drinking, then adjust the sweetness by adding more syrup.
