Brown Sugar Boba Tea

An irresistibly easy recipe for brown sugar bubble tea – a.k.a. tiger sugar boba! Learn how to make brown sugar milk tea at home + a homemade brown sugar syrup recipe. A satisfying black milk tea served over chewy boba pearls, in a glass drizzled with sweet stripes of syrup.

Course Drinks

Cuisine American, Taiwanese

Keyword brown sugar boba, brown sugar boba tea, brown sugar bubble tea, brown sugar milk tea, brown sugar syrup for boba, how to make brown sugar boba, how to make brown sugar milk tea, tiger milk tea, tiger sugar boba

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 10

Total Time 40

Servings drink

Calories 177

Author Alyssia Sheikh

Ingredients

Brown Sugar Syrup

1 cup brown sugar
½ cup water

Brown Sugar Bubble Tea

1½ cups milk of choice
1 bag chai tea or black tea of choice (optional)
¼ cup boba tapioca pearls
1 Tbsp brown sugar syrup (above)
1 boba tea cup + straw

Instructions

Brown Sugar Syrup

In a saucepan, bring water and brown sugar to a boil over high heat, stirring regularly.
Once boiling, turn heat down to medium and simmer until mixture has thickened slightly, about 5 minutes.
Transfer to a glass jar or cup and allow to cool to room temperature. It will thicken as it sits.
Can be stored overnight in the fridge. (Yields ~1 cup brown sugar syrup.)

Brown Sugar Bubble Tea

To make brown sugar milk tea, bring milk of choice to a boil in a saucepan. Remove from heat, add black tea bag, and steep 10-15 minutes.
Remove tea bag and transfer milk tea to a glass container. Chill in the fridge 10-20 minutes before serving.
Option: If you don’t want a true “milk tea,” you can skip the tea bag and this boiling process and just use plain milk of choice instead.
Boil boba tapioca pearls for 3-5 minutes, according to package directions. (See my process below).
To assemble drink, add ¼ cup cooked boba pearls into boba tea cup. Drizzle brown sugar syrup to coat inside edges of cup. (Or, pour syrup directly onto tapioca pearls / whisk with milk tea to sweeten.)
Pour brown sugar milk tea over boba. Serve with a boba straw and enjoy!
Yields 1 brown sugar boba tea drink.

Boba Tapioca Pearls

Fill a deep pot halfway with water and bring to a boil. Add black tapioca pearls and stir lightly. (Cook ¼ cup boba for a single serving, or as many servings as you plan to enjoy within the next few hours.)
When tapioca pearls float to surface, turn down heat to medium. Cover pot and cook 3-5 minutes, until desired consistency is reached.
Use a slotted spoon to scoop and transfer boba to a bowl of cold water until ready to serve. (This will prevent them from sticking together.)

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Notes

Nutrition provided for brown sugar bubble tea made with unsweetened almond milk.

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