AIP Matcha Bubble Tea (Boba)

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If you miss boba, check out this AIP friendly Matcha Bubble Tea recipe. You can make matcha boba at home with clean ingredients. It’s a refreshing and fun recipe that your whole family will love.

Prep Time2

Assemble5

Total Time2 5

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: Asian, Chinese, Japanese

Servings: servings

Calories: 200kcal

Author: Beth Chen

Equipment

Boba Straw
Large High Ball Glass

Ingredients

Honey Simple Syrup

1/4 cup Honey
1/4 cup Water

Large Tapioca Pearls/Boba

4 cups Water
1 cup Tapioca Pearls

AIP Coconut Milk Matcha Latte chilled

Instructions

To make the Honey Simple Syrup, add the honey and water to a small saucepan. Heat over low heat until the honey and water are combined. Remove from the heat and set aside until cooled.
To make the tapioca pearls, boil 4 cups of water on the stovetop then add tapioca balls. In a couple of minutes, they'll start floating to the surface. Cover the pot and cook on medium heat for 15 minutes while stirring occasionally.
Rinse the tapioca balls with cold water. Then cover the tapioca balls with water and place in the fridge overnight or for at least 12 hours.
Place the saucepan on the stovetop and bring to a boil and let cook for 10 minutes. Rinse with cold water to cool them.
Strain the water from the pearls and then add the Honey Simple Syrup. Stir to combine and set them aside in the fridge in an airtight container.
When ready to serve, place a few spoonful’s of tapioca pearls in the bottom of a large glass, fill the glass with ice and then top with the AIP Coconut Milk Matcha Latte.

Notes

The boba pearls last about 2-3 days in the refrigerator in an airtight container. After that they seem to lose their chewiness and disintegrate.
You can find the AIP Coconut Milk Matcha Latte recipe here.
Make sure to check the ingredients of the boba you purchase. Not all are as clean as this one.
Don’t try and take a shortcut by buying cooked and jarred boba as it’s normally stored in corn syrup with chemicals which isn’t AIP or even very clean.
Black boba usually contains food dye and other chemicals so avoid that as well.
I used Tropics Tapioca Pearls or Sago. The only ingredients are cassava and water. However, they also make them with just tapioca flour which would work for this recipe as well.
When you are about to begin cooking the boba, make sure the water is boiling. If not, the pearls will just begin to disintegrate, and you’ll end up with a big mess. It’s not salvageable at that point.
The amount of AIP Coconut Matcha Latte you need will depend upon the amount of ice and size of your glass.
You may notice the picture show a 3 layered drink. To get this look, separate the coconut milk from the coconut cream. Pour the coconut milk into the matcha but set the cream aside. When assembling the drink, layer the boba, ice, matcha mixture and then the coconut cream.
I used a glass boba straw which you can find here.
I also used a large high ball glass. You can find something similar here.

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