How to Make Matcha Milk Tea with boba

so you want to learn how to make matcha milk tea at home i've got you covered with step-by-step tutorial with some tips along the way to ensure your success but first let's go over some definitions milk tea can simply refer to any milk drink hot or cold that has milk added to it but it's also sometimes used to describe boba milk tea specifically and that's the kind that i'll be demonstrating today okay let's get started to make the boba you'll need one quarter cup of tapioca pearls aka boba recommend the boba pearls sold by u.s boboko and i'll have those linked below i've also used the boba from nuts.com which are great and i'll have those linked below too two cups of water two tablespoons of brown sugar simple syrup to make brown sugar simple syrup place one quarter cup of sugar and one quarter cup of water in small saucepan bring to boil stirring often and remove from heat pour into jar and allow to cool before storing in the refrigerator you'll want to start with cooking your boba because this will take the longest amount of time you should cook your boba according to the instructions that came with your specific boba but i'll show you how cook mine bring the water to boil in small saucepan add the boba pearls and cook stirring often for 30 minutes if you don't stir the boba pearls then they'll start to stick to the bottom of the pan remove from heat cover and allow to rest for 20 minutes strain the boba and place in 16 ounce glass place one to three tablespoons of the brown sugar simple syrup on top of the boba pearls and allow to sit for 15 minutes letting the pearls sit in the syrup for 15 minutes allows them to absorb the flavor and the sweetness of the brown sugar simple syrup if you skip this step then the boba will be bland check the package that came with your boba but typically boba will only stay good for about four hours after cooking it sadly this is not something that you can make up day ahead and it will still be good now while the boba pearls are soaking up that syrup it's time to make the matcha milk tea you'll need two teaspoons of matcha powder recommend buying ceremonial grade for the best matcha flavor thrive market and encha matcha both have ceremonial grade matches for great price and i'll have those linked down below as well you'll also need one quarter cup of hot water that's no more than 170 degrees fahrenheit or 76 degrees celsius three quarters cup of whole milk one quarter cup of cream and ice place the matcha in small bowl pour two tablespoons of the hot water on top of the matcha and whisk until smooth and there are no more clumps of matcha then pour the rest of the water on top and give it whisk the reason only whisk in half of the water at first is because it's easier to get matcha smooth with less water now you can accomplish this without whisk but it will be more work pour in just enough of the water to make paste and use spoon to mix up the matcha smooshing it on the sides of the bowl to break up any clumps then gradually add the rest of the water once it's smooth okay add some ice on top of the boba pearls in the glass pour the milk and cream on top of that now for the best part pour the matcha mixture on top of the milk and watch the magic happen now something that is absolutely essential to enjoy matcha is good boba straw boba straws are extra wide to allow you to slurp up those large tapioca pearls purchased these glass boba straws from company that makes them in the usa and of course i'll have them got both the bent and the straight options so that's how to make matcha milk tea in the comfort of your own home if you'd like to learn how to make even more matcha drinks then make sure you check out this video where teach you how to make every single one of the starbucks matcha drinks including two secret mini drinks if you don't stole the stove now while the it's gonna be the destiny