Boba

A couple days ago I attempted to make bubble tea on my own as its one of my favorite summertime treats. My favorite flavors are taro and green tea. If you don't know what bubble tea is it's a drink that originated from Taiwan and soon became popular through-out the United States. It usually consists of either plain tea, milk tea, smoothie, or kind of like a slushy consistency. I prefer mine either smoothie whic is usually made from fresh ingredients. I usually indulge myself at the local asian market. I decided to try to make one on my own after I discoverd they sold the bubble tea pearls also known as boba which are basically tapioca balls.

To make it I basically boiled about a 1/4 cup of pearls in water until they puffed up and floated and then I let them cool. While they cooled I made a simple smoothie out of a frozen banana and soymilk. The result is this:

It ended up thicker then I wanted and I disliked the banana flavor I created, in the future I'm going to try maybe pineapple with coconut milk and some ice, also the pearls were a bit too chewy, so I believed I cooked it too long. So not the best, but was an okay attempt for my first time. Yet it was fun to experiment

I also bought these roasted japanese peas which I've been addicted to the last two years, they are one of my favorite snacks and besides those I bought some barley tea, which is used to make iced tea. As the tea bags are pretty big. It's really refreshing in the summer.