Brown Sugar Milk Tea (aka Tiger Milk Tea Boba)

Brown Sugar Milk Tea (aka Tiger Milk Tea Boba)

Tiger milk tea boba (also called brown sugar milk tea or brown sugar bubble tea) pairs thick, rich brown sugar syrup that has notes of caramel and toffee with creamy milk and chewy boba for a refreshing treat.

Course Drinks

Cuisine Taiwanese

Keyword Brown Sugar Bubble Tea, Brown Sugar Milk Tea, Tiger Milk Bubble Tea, Tiger Milk Tea, Tiger Milk Tea Boba

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Servings servings

Calories 471kcal

Author Faith Gorsky

Ingredients

Boba:

10 cups filtered water
1 1/3 cups black tapioca pearls
1 cup dark brown sugar

Brown Sugar Milk Tea:

2 cups prepared tapioca pearls boba
1/2 cup brown sugar syrup from making the boba
4 cups ice
4 cups unsweetened milk any kind you like

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Instructions

For the Boba and the Brown Sugar Syrup:

Add the water to a 5-quart pot, and bring to a boil. Once the water is boiling, add the tapioca pearls and boil for 20 minutes. They will float to the top fairly early in the cooking process; when this happens give them a stir.
After boiling for 20 minutes, reserve 1 cup of the cooking liquid, and then rinse and drain the boba.
Put the boba back into the pot. Stir in the reserved 1 cup of cooking liquid and the brown sugar. Bring to a boil, and boil until the liquid is syrupy, about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Strain the boba, reserving the brown sugar syrup. Add the boba to a bowl with 2 tablespoons of brown sugar syrup and 1 tablespoon of water (this will help prevent the pearls from sticking together).

To Assemble the Brown Sugar Milk Tea:

Drizzle 2 tablespoons of brown sugar syrup in stripes down the sides of each of 4 glasses. To each glass, add: 1/4 cup boba in the bottom, 1 cup ice, 1 cup milk, and 1/4 cup boba on the top.
Serve immediately.

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Notes

Brown Sugar Syrup: If you want the brown sugar syrup even thicker, you can boil the syrup for an additional minute or so after you remove the boba pearls. Remember that the syrup will thicken as it cools.

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