This delicious tea (also known as boba or bubble tea) can easily be made at home and is great alone or with a Thai meal.

Ingredients:

• 24 cup water
• 2 cup Thai Iced Tea Mix
• 1 ½ cup Tapioca pearls
• 1 cup fresh milk
• ½ cup mint leaves
• 1 ½ cup sugar

Procedures: The Syrup

1. Mix sugar, 4 cup water and mint leaves; boil
2. Cool when sugar is dissolved.
3. Set aside.

Procedures: Brewing the Tea

1. Measure 8 cup water and boil
2. Pour over tea and and steep
3. In a pitcher, strain the tea to removed the leaves(One recipe suggested a coffee filter)
4. Cool and set aside.

Procedures: Cooking the Pearls

1. Bring 12 cup water to a boil and carefully add the pearls
2. When tapioca is soft, pour off water
3. Store with 2 cup syrup

Assembly:

1. Fill a 20-oz glass 1/3 full of cooked pearls
2. Pour over them 2 tbsp of the syrup (remaining from pearl storage)
3. Add milk and tea , ½ cup each, and cover glass and shake.
4. Taste for sweetness, and serve with wide straws.
5. Optional: Top with whipped topping.

Serves 2 or 3, with remaining tea reserved.