Made with a few ingredients, this Lychee Boba comes together quickly and easily. This lychee bubble tea is sweet, fragrant, and creamy and will become your new favourite!
Prepare your tapioca pearls according to the package.
In a pot, combine the muscovado sugar with 40 ml of water and bring it to a boil. Turn down the heat to a simmer and add in the prepared tapioca pearls. Simmer until the brown sugar syrup has thickened. Simmering the cooked tapioca pearls in the syrup just adds more flavour to them.
Remove from heat once it has thickened.
Lychee Boba
Steep the green tea and set aside.
In a blender, combine the lychee powder and milk (or 50/50 milk and cold filtered water). Blend until fully combined.
In a cup, add in half of the brown sugar syrup with the pearls. Add in the ice cubes.
Add the blended lychee powder and milk to the cup. Top off with green tea.
Mix until everything has combined.
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Notes
Can I use real lychees?
If you want to make lychee boba with real lychees, peel and remove the pits of a handful of lychees (8 to 10). Blend the lychees to make a puree and strain the juices if you don't want the chunks. I don't mind the texture since they go well with the tapioca. Blend the pureed lychee (or its juices) with the milk and combine with the brown sugar tapioca.