National Bubble Tea Day: History and 3 easy recipes you can try at home
Every year on April 30th, National Bubble Tea Day is honored. Tapioca balls are used as the garnish on bubble tea, giving the beverage the appearance of pearly bubbles floating on top. Numerous modifications have been made to it, including boba shoes, smoothies, slushes, coffees, regular tapioca pearls, fruit jelly, grass jelly, and more.
This day is designated specifically for relaxation and consuming various kinds of boba tea. Or you could simply try making your own bubble tea! Let's learn about the history of the much-loved drink.
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Origin of National Bubble Tea Day
In the late 1980s, the tea houses started selling beverages, topped with black and white tapioca balls. In Taiwan’s night markets, shaken tea and milk drinks were also popular. Bubble tea can be called in two different ways “boba” or “pearl tea." Soon, it became a popular part of Taiwanese culture and spread from Taiwan to the rest of Asia.
The owner of the Chun Shui Tang tea house in Taichung, Taiwan, started serving cold Chinese tea in the 1980s after seeing how popular cold coffee was while on vacation in Japan. Owner Liu Han-Chieh credits Lin Hsiu Hui, the product development manager at his teahouse, for creating bubble tea. She spilled some custard with tapioca balls into her glass of iced tea in 1988 while fiddling with her beverage during a conference. To the pleasure of customers, the resulting beverage was so well received by other guests that it was included in the tearoom's menu.
3 bubble tea recipes you can try at home
Simple Milk Bubble Tea
Satisfy your craving for tea with a deliciously sweet milky recipe of bubble tea.
Ingredients
1. 8 cups water
2. ½ cup tapioca pearls For the tea
3. 2.5 tablespoons black tea
4. 4 cups water For the simple syrup
5. ½ cup white sugar
6. ½ cup water Final Drink
7. 1¾ cup brewed tea
8. ¼ cup milk
9. ¼ cup simple syrup
10. ¼ cup ice
11. ½ cup tapioca pearls
Instructions
1. Make your bubble tea in five simple steps at your home.
2. Start with your simple syrup by adding equal amounts of water and sugar.
3. Boil it with tapioca pearls with the guidance given on the package.
4. Brew your tea to your desired consistency
5. Now, add prepared syrup, iced milk, and tea into a glass and add the boba and enjoy Bubble Tea at home!
Matcha Bubble Tea
This is the combination of matcha milky tea with boba pearls.
Ingredients
1. Matcha
2. Filtered water
3. Tapioca pearls/balls
4. Dark brown sugar
5. Oat milk
6. Ice
Instruction
1. To make syrup, combine boiling water and brown sugar in a bowl and mix until the sugar is completely dissolved.
2. The next step is to prepare the tapioca balls. Boil the water, then add the balls and let them cook for a few minutes.
3. Next, combine tapioca balls and brown sugar syrup. The tapioca balls and bubble tea acquire a sweet flavor throughout this process. Put them apart.
4. Pour the cold filtered water and matcha into a cocktail shaker, and mix vigorously.
5. The tapioca balls should now be dipped in dark brown simple syrup and topped with ice.
Taro Bubble Tea
It is also called Taro milk tea, the drink delivers a purple color.
1. Taro powder
2. Tapioca balls
3. Green tea
4. Sweetened condensed milk
5. Milk
6. Filtered water
7. Ice
Instructions
1. Brew hot water for the green tea, then throw away the tea bags and set them aside to cool.
2. Prepare tapioca balls according to the instructions on the package.
3. Pour the tea, milk, sweetened condensed milk, taro powder, and ice into a cocktail shaker. Shake well. Gently shake them.
4. Next, put the ingredients in the proper order: tapioca balls, taro milk tea, and ice.
5. Appointed to serve.
