Vanilla Milk Tea (Vanilla Bubble Tea)
This Vanilla Milk Tea is the perfect afternoon pick-me-up! It’s cool, perfectly sweet and SO easy to make.
Milk teas are so fun to make at home. They are just so easy and taste just as good as one from a boba shop. I know vanilla sometimes has a reputation for being boring, but I disagree! I actually love vanilla and its perfect with black tea, your sweetener of choice (I like brown sugar) and whole milk. Let’s make Vanilla Milk Tea!
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Ingredients
What is vanilla milk tea made of?
To make this bubble tea, you will need:
- Black tea
- Vanilla bean pods
- Vanilla extract
- Brown sugar, or another sweetener you enjoy
- Whole milk
- Tapioca pearls
How to make vanilla milk tea
Start by steeping two black tea bags in boiled water with one vanilla bean pod, cut in half. You can scrape the vanilla beans from inside the pod if you wish to add more vanilla flavor. Steep the tea for 5 minutes and remove the tea bags and vanilla bean. If you steep black tea for much longer than that, it will become bitter and not enjoyable to drink.
Stir in the brown sugar and vanilla extract until sugar dissolves. Add the milk and chill the tea mixture while you cook the boba. Place tapioca pearls in a small pot and cover with 2 inches of water. Bring to a boil and cook until all the boba float to the top.
Strain out the water and divide the boba evenly between two glasses.
Add ice to each glass and divide the tea mixture evenly between the two glasses.
Boba tea making equipment
Some helpful things to have when making and drinking boba at home include
- A small mesh strainer: to strain the boba pearls easily
- Boba straws: these are reusable and you can keep them forever, meaning you are ready for boba any time!
- Liquid measuring cup: steeping the tea in a large liquid measuring cup with a spout makes it easy to steep, mix and pour your tea over ice.
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Vanilla Milk Tea (Vanilla Bubble Tea)
This Vanilla Milk Tea is the perfect afternoon pick-me-up! It’s cool, perfectly sweet and SO easy to make.
Ingredients
- 2 black tea bags
- 1 cup water, plus more for cooking boba
- 1 vanilla bean pod,
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup tapioca pearls
Instructions
- Boil 1 cup water and add to a liquid measuring cup (use a measuring cup large enough that can hold the addition of the milk). Cut the vanilla bean in half and add it to the boiling water along with the tea bags and steep for 5 minutes.
- Add the brown sugar and vanilla extract, stir until dissolved. Add the milk and stir. Chill this while you make the boba.
- Place boba pearls in a small pot and cover with 2 inches of water. Bring to a boil and cook until all the boba float to the top.
- Strain boba to remove water and divide evenly between two glasses. Add ice to each glass, then divide the tea mixture between the two glasses.
- You can also make this as one larger serving, you may want a little less boba, but the process is the same.
- Enjoy!
