Description
Red bean boba tea is full of fiber and flavor. This unique addition creates an earthy, sweet milk tea that you'll wish you had tried sooner.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup dried adzuki beans
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 pinches salt
- 1 cup milk
- 2 1/2 cups water (divided into 2 and 1/2 cup portions)
- 2 black tea bags (or 2 tsp of black tea leaves)
- ice
Instructions
- Rinse 1/2 cup red beans in cool water. Add to a large pot with 2 cups of water.
- Bring to a boil over high heat, then turn down to a simmer. Let simmer for about 2 hours, until beans are very soft. Stir often.
- Drain the beans, add the salt and brown sugar and mix them together. Mash the beans just a bit to create a better texture for the finished boba tea.
- Bring 1/2 cup water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Remove from the heat and add the milk and the tea bags or tea leaves.
- Let steep for 5-8 minutes, then remove the tea bags or loose tea. Cool the milk tea to room temperature.
- Add half of the red beans to the bottom of each serving glass. Top with a large handful of ice.
- Pour the cooled milk tea over the top.
- Stir to combine and enjoy through a boba straw.
Notes
If you like sweeter bubble tea, increase the sugar or sweeten the milk tea while you brew it.
You can use any milk you prefer, but whole, oat, or soy milk creates a rich, creamy red bean boba tea.
Black tea or green tea makes the best flavor of milk tea for this recipe. Matcha also works well but creates a very earthy flavor when mixed with the beans. If you are caffeine sensitive, opt for decaf tea.
You can also use canned beans for this bubble tea recipe. Boil them in water before preparing the milk tea to ensure they are extra soft.
You can store any extra red bean mixture in the refrigerator for about five days.
Even though the recipe doesn’t call for boba pearls, you can add them to your red bean boba if you’d like.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 hours