Sunday, July 26, 2009

Instant What???

Stopped by the nearby Asian (i think it's Vietnamese) grocery store to get more aloe vera juice and saw this. Has anybody else tried this instant mix? I'm too lazy to make it from scratch ;)
Dede Instant Boba Milk Tea 3-in-1 mix (12 packs) $2.99
Ready to make some thai tea boba? Ingredients: Left to Right: Thai Boba Milk Tea 3-in-1 Mix Tapioca Pearls Big Boba Tea Straws STEPS: I decided to cook the tapioca pearls first. uncooked hard tapioca pearls a.k.a. boba 1) Boil 10 cups of water for 1 cup of tapioca pearls into a large pot. Bring the water to a boil and pour tapioca pearls into the water and stir it slowly. Cover and leave for 20 minutes. Turn off the stove and let it sit there for 15 minutes. 2) Strain and rinse with water. 3) Cook sugar syrup. You will need 1 cup of white sugar, 1 cup of brown sugar, and 2 cups of water. Mix, cook at medium high heat, and bring to a boil. Turn off stove and let it cool. Pour the syrup in the cooked tapioca pearls and store in one container. 4) Put 1 packet of instant boba milk tea mix in a glass of water. Mix thoroughly. Since it's a 3-in-1 mix, no need to add creamer and sugar. 5) Add a scoop of tapioca pearls mixed with sugar syrup. Add ice, big straw, and serve. Don't forget to refrigerate the leftover mixed cooked tapioca pearls and sugar syrup. MY VERDICT: Ofcourse, the authentic brewed thai tea tastes better (this doesn't taste exactly like the real thing, you know how instants are) but this is good enough for me ;) ***

21 comments:

Christine said...

WHOA! They need to bring that to an asian store near me! Thai tea is so yummy :)

Unknown said...

mmmmm...this sounds good. We have some aloe vera juice in our fridge. my mom likes them a lot lol.

Catherine said...

Hehehe, I <3 boba milk tea. I usually make it from scratch since then I can control how sweet the drink is. We buy the Thai Tea bags from 99 by the bucketload (no seriously, SO is so obsessed last time he got 7 boxes LOL).

Melissa Joy said...

I've never seen that before...it looks so cool! I want to make my own boba drink =)

sheri amor said...

yum I love milk teas :) that is some good drink

Jasmin said...

Ooo.. Wow! Never knew they had this. haha.

Sassy J'adore said...

Oh...that sounds interesting to make one's own tapioca. I luv tapioca. hehe. =) It looks interesting to try, but I'm not sure if it will turn out good.

Awesome Ed Hardy glass cup. =)

amynaree said...

the bobas are so colorful!.... they look yummy :)

Edna said...

mmmm, make some for me please :)

Daniel and I have been talking about coming back in November for my birthday, but we have to see how intense my school schedule is first..

Which part of LA are you at? Maybe you can make me some boba :)

Anonymous said...

Ohhhh looks yummy.

melanieh127 said...

that looks so yummy! and way cheaper than getting boba at the store i think im going to try it =D thanks for the instructions!

Jane said...

that's awesome!!

to make the real thing isn't hard either you can buy the thai tea mixture &just add half+half but i can't track the mixture anywhere where i live &don't feel like ordering online! /=

but that is pretty cool! (=

XOXO
Jane.

MK said...

my hub and i actually tried to make some bobba from the same brand and booooooooooy was it nasty. lol i guess we forgot to add sugar. -_- but the recipe didnt call for sugar *shrug

Zuuchini said...

so much work just for a tea...lol i'll leave it to the bubble tea store to do it for me

C. said...

i want i want! how did you get colored boba?!?! OMG I WANT I WANT!

Dayzee Dukes. said...

OMG my BF loves Boba Milk Tea. I'm going to the Filipino Market and Asian Market to see if they have these!!!!!!

Skye said...

omg yummmmmmmmmmmmmm
i love these drinkkkk
urz looks greatttt

KillaCamilla said...

that brand also makes an amazing Thai Tea! I love that stuff iced! MMMMmmm!

Kalmo said...

Hi!

I found your blog off Jamilla's blog, and I really like it! This post was really cool, I love boba tea. ^^ Thanks for the great pictures! You def. have a new subscriber!

Kay said...

I love making thai tea boba! I use the same brand too. Cute blog :)

Linh said...

OMG! i love thai tea!! i miss this so bad! i drunk that 24/7 in the states xD
we dont have it in germany :(