Reddit reviews WuFuYuan 1, 8 Fl Ounce (Ven_FD08-137)

People use all sorts of tea to make pearl milk tea. I believe the canonical tea is cheap Ceylon, but a lot of places use even cheaper Assam instead. Some people add a second tea, like high-mountain oolong, to add complexity. In HK, they often add ripe pu'er. I've also seen many people recommend Golden Sail lychee black tea and Sunflower jasmine green tea, which are cheap Chinese supermarket brands.

Thai tea is usually Ceylon with condensed milk, food coloring, and often star anise (and sometimes clove, cardamom, vanilla). The leading brand is Number One. That's what your favorite restaurant probably uses. Black sugar PMT was made famous by the Tiger Sugar chain. I've tried it, and tbh I prefer the cleaner flavor of sucrose- or fructose-sweetened PMT.

I don't know how to make cheese foam, but here's my recipe for Taiwanese milk tea:

In 1 c of boiled water, steep 2 teabags of Ceylon for 15 min. Add 1/8 c each sugar and creamer. Chill completely. Shake before serving to improve the texture. Serve with pearls, either the instant ones or homemade ones with tapioca starch and black/red/brown sugar.

Sure. WuFuYuan - Tapioca Pearl (Black) - Net Wt. 8.8 Oz. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PLTLG4O/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apap_rd7nrIgeQGilw

> .5 cup boba 242 calories

Where are you getting that number? A serving of boba is 156 calories from Gong Cha, 145 calories from Kung Fu Tea, etc. If you buy boba pearls to make your own bubble tea, the calories are listed as [105 per 1/3 cup] (https://www.amazon.com/WuFuYuan-Tapioca-Pearl-Black-Net/dp/B00PLTLG4O/ref=pd_bxgy_325_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00PLTLG4O&pd_rd_r=XXYPQ5W7F6W4WS8Z1CMF&pd_rd_w=OCYTg&pd_rd_wg=WhwgC&refRID=XXYPQ5W7F6W4WS8Z1CMF&dpID=51no8Pde2bL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=detail&th=1) which would make it 157.5 calories per 1/2 cup, right in line with what a serving is at most bubble tea chains.

I got mine from a friend who came to travel as amazon is a pain, but if you search them on amazon they're there!

https://www.amazon.com/WuFuYuan-Tapioca-Pearl-Black-Net/dp/B00PLTLG4O?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_2

Depends on what you have available.

I work at a tea shop, so there's a pretty extensive list of ingredients available to/necessary for us to make drinks, buuuut if you're just looking to have some cheap PMT, there are instant pearls and tea mixes that you can buy online or at Asian markets.

My personal favorite instant pearls are http://www.amazon.com/Wufuyuan-Tapioca-Pearl-Black-Net/dp/B00PLTLG4O/ref=sr_1_3_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1463340819&sr=8-3&keywords=boba

After you make the pearls, though, you're going to want to preserve them in a syrup which you can make with maple syrup and water; keep them in the fridge while your tea cools in there too. Otherwise the pearls are pretty much flavorless :(

You can have boba with pretty much any kind of tea, commonly jasmine milk tea, earl grey milk tea, or any fruity iced tea.

Hope this helped!