Strawberry Bubble Tea (Strawberry Boba Milk Tea) - Oh, How Civilized (2024)

Delicious and perfectly sweet strawberry milk tea with boba is easy to make at home. Get step-by-step instructions and expert tips.

Recipe Highlights

• Strawberry bubble tea (also called strawberry milk tea) is a fruity drink made with green tea, strawberry syrup, milk, ice, and tapioca balls.
• Store-bought or homemade strawberry syrup can be used. The syrup colors, sweetens, and flavors the drink.
• Tapioca balls are the “bubble” (or boba) in bubble tea. This recipe uses dry, store-bought tapioca balls that can be cooked in hot water.
• This recipe is made with a mellow green tea but any kind of tea can be used.
• My secret to the best bubble tea is to make it with warm tapioca balls. It makes a huge difference.

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Ingredient Notes

• Green tea: Loose tea, tea sachets, or tea bags can be used but I prefer using green tea in tea bags for making this drink since it’s easy, mess-free, and I don’t need the highest quality tea. Any kind of green tea can be used.
• Tapioca balls: They’re sold dry so you just need to boil them in water to soften them up.
• Strawberry syrup: The syrup what gives this drink its pretty pink color and sweet, strawberry flavor. Use store-bought or homemade strawberry syrup, but if you’re using homemade, make it ahead of time.
• Milk: Whole milk is used to make the drink creamy, but any kind of milk can be used.
• Water: Water is used to cook the boba and to make the green tea. Use filtered water, if possible, for the tea.
• Ice: Use filtered water to make ice for a better tasting drink.

For full ingredients and detailed instructions, please see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Steep tea in hot water.

Discard tea bags and let tea cool.

Step 2: Cook tapioca balls. Follow directions on package but all that’s involved is boiling tapioca balls in water for a few minutes.

Step 3: Put tapioca balls into a cup and add strawberry syrup.

Step 4: Add ice.

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Step 5: Pour in green tea. The green tea should have cooled down.

Step 6: Top with milk. Serve immediately. Stir before drinking.

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Recipe Notes

If you’re using homemade strawberry syrup, make that first.
The syrup can be prepared ahead of time and kept in the refrigerator. The syrup will keep for up to 2 weeks in an airtight container.

Use very warm tapioca balls.
My secret to making the best bubble tea is to make the tapioca balls, then assemble and serve the drink while the boba are still warm. The warm tapioca balls have the perfectly soft, chewy texture. Just be sure to not use hot tapioca balls since you don’t want to burn your mouth.

Make it extra creamy with half & half.
Instead of milk, half & half will make the drink decadent and delicious.

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Expert Tips

• The green tea can be made ahead of time and kept in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
• Instead of steeping tea in hot water then cooling it down, make cold brewed green tea. Put tea bags and cold water (same amount in the recipe) in the refrigerator for 6-8 hours then remove tea bags.
• Boba can’t be made ahead of time since they’ll start to harden after 4 hours. Ideally, boba should be made, cooled down a bit, then served right away in a drink.
• Bubble tea is served with a wide straw so that you’ll get some tapioca balls each time you take a sip of the drink.

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Questions You May Have

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