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adrianlondon -



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make my own bubble tea

I've thought about doing that, especially as I can't actually buy (decent OR under £3) bubble tea
here in London. But finding the big tapioca balls is hard. Assuming I find a source, is it
difficult to make the bubble tea?



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polkadotspeedo -

How do you make barley tea? I love it, but after two failed attempts, I am discouraged.

What I did was buy some dried barley, put half the bag into a pan, boil and then put rock-sugar in
it. It always turn out as porridge!










choisum -

Green tea usually, 水仙 or 龍井. We also have a very nice tea in our cupboard called King
Peony and we used to have a very nice lychee tea too.










cdn_in_bj -

owshawng's comment about making iced black tea reminded me that I also like the southern "cool
tea" (凉茶) - you know, the stuff in the red cans "王老吉". It's very refreshing in the
summer! I had planned to try making it myself this past summer, but I got lazy. Oh well, maybe
next summer!










owshawng -

Adrian,

It's not too hard to make. Use a martini shaker or thermos after you've added the syrup to the tea
and shake a bit. Mixes the favor in much better then a fork or stirrer does. Just need to
experiment a few times to get the right amount of syrup to tea ratio (the ratio varies depending
on flavor.. honey tea needs less syrup then strawberry). So far passion fruit is my favorite. It
tastes the most like something you can get from a tea shop. I don't use the tapioca balls, but I
think you can get them frozen at an asian grocery store.

In the US the syrups are in the tea or juice sections of asian grocery stores. They cost about $4
US per bottle and make about 2 gallons/8 liters of tea. Roughly 5 to 10 percent of what bubble tea
costs in a NYC tea shop.










owshawng -

polkadotspeedo

Check your local Asian grocery for barley tea bags. Should be in the tea section or in the
Korean/Japanese section. I've seen bags both in 1 cup size and big enough to make 2 liters.
usually sold in packs of 10 to 20 bags. I just boil water, put the bag in the boiling water for a
minute or 2, remove the bag and let the tea cool down, then put it in a pitcher in the fridge. You
need to keep an eye on it when you are boiling the barley bag because the brew can become dark
very quickly and have a much heavier taste then what's served in restaurants. The instructions on
the bags are in Korean or Japanese so I'm not sure if this is the correct method, but it seems to
work.










polkadotspeedo -

I really like "Gu3 Shan1 Bai2 Yun1" (White mist of percussion/drum mountain) too.

Even the name is so romantic Reminiscence of the principal of YinYang (mist and rock)....










Yiwan -

Earl Gray is horrible. Perhaps mine was too cheap to be good, having such an uncomfortably coarse
taste. I like green tea, my favourites being 龙井, 铁观音 and the 日本茶 whose name I've
forgotten.










adrianlondon -

I love Earl Grey but really it's just black tea with an aroma (bergamot), so it all depends on the
quality of the tea. It's also possible to get green tea Earl Grey, so if you like the aroma but
not the tea, try that.

There's something called Lady Grey which is getting popular here in England. It's like Earl Grey
but a touch lemony.

Owshawng, you don't use tapioca balls? Sorry, but you can't call it bubble tea without the tapioca!










owshawng -

Adrian,

My wife hates tapioca and the little balls are a choking hazard for our 3 year old so no tapioca
balls allowed in the house. Besides, you can fit more tea in the cup without them

I've also convinced myself that I'm saving calories not using the "pearls' so I can then eat more
chocolate. it's very easy to gain 20 pounds/10 kilos in New Jersey and still look thin compared to
the herd, so I gots to be careful.












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