Make the tea. Boil 4 cups of water. Add the tea bags, stirring a couple times to make sure the tea is saturated with the hot water. Remove from heat and let the tea sit in the …
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(You’ll need ⅓ cup boba pearls per 2 servings of homemade bubble tea, so cook as many servings as you plan to use immediately.) After boiling, remove from the heat and drain the boba pearls. I prefer to use a slotted spoon to gently remove them from the hot water.
Remove pot from heat and carefully drain boba pearls. Transfer to a bowl and cover with water until ready to use. (Otherwise they’ll stick together!) In a blender, combine frozen banana, coconut cream, and coconut milk and blend until smooth. Add cooked tapioca pearls to boba tea cups, pour in blended milk tea, serve with a boba straw, and enjoy!
Just make sure the final tea is a little strong, so that it can be diluted with milk, and still have a great taste. What type of tapioca pearls to use? I like to make my own boba pearls for bubble milk tea whenever I can. The recipe is simple, but making the balls can get really tedious.
That’s because they are made of starch which is high in carbohydrates and not good for a keto diet. Reducing the carbs also helps bring down the calorie content, which makes this a very nice keto drink (that’s also kind of a snack). Also, it is so much fun to make keto boba pearls at home.