Peach bubble tea is a drink made with tea, milk or plant-based drink, sweetener of choice, and tapioca pearls, small chewy gummy bubbles. The pearls can be homemade or purchased ready-made (much simpler) and the preparation becomes faster. There are, of course, technical times to respect because the tea needs to cool down before it can be enjoyed in the glass. However, apart from this, making peach bubble tea is very simple and you can vary the recipe to get different combinations each time to create delicious refreshing snack drinks for summer. Give it a try!
Not to be missed
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 2 Hours
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 4 People
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Summer
Ingredients
The amount of sugar is subjective: 50/70/100 grams maximum depending on your taste.
- 8 bags peach black tea
- 4 1/4 cups water
- to taste oat plant drink (or milk)
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- to taste peach tapioca pearls
Tools
- 1 Saucepan
- 4 Glasses for drinks
- 4 straws for bubble tea
Steps
Prepare the tea: bring the water to a boil. Remove from heat and add the tea bags and sugar in an amount of your choice depending on your taste. Let the tea steep for 3/5 minutes then let it cool at room temperature.
Serve the bubble tea: prepare four large glasses and add a generous tablespoon of tapioca pearls, a few ice cubes, the tea, and two or three tablespoons of plant-based drink or milk in each glass and mix well. The bubble tea is ready to drink with the special larger diameter straws through which the tapioca pearls can pass.Actually, the original recipe calls for the addition of a syrup of water and sugar but I tell you the truth, it was already too sweet for me like this. I recommend keeping it a little lighter.
Curiosities
There are many stories about the origin of bubble tea. Some say it was born from a mistake in Taiwan in a cafe: a slightly clumsy employee dropped the tapioca-based dessert in the tea. Those who drank it appreciated it, and bubble tea went viral. Another story says that in a tea room the owner, seeing that cold coffee was served in Japan, decided to try with tea and the success was such that it led the company to great success, but there are other claims to the parentage of bubble tea around, and I think it will be difficult to understand who was really the first to invent this drink.
