Matcha Milk Tea

5 from 3 votes

If you love boba tea, you can make your own green tea boba with this matcha milk tea recipe. With plant-based milk, it’s a refreshing drink for everyone, especially a matcha lover like you! Enjoy this as an iced matcha, or make it hot to delight your taste buds!

Prep Time5

Cook Time10

Total Time15

Course: Drink

Cuisine: Asian

Servings: Serving

Calories: 206kcal

Author: Rae Aflatooni

Equipment

Ingredients

Boba Ingredients

2 cups water
⅓ cup tapioca balls

Matcha Milk Tea Ingredients

1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon Ceremonial Grade Matcha Green Tea Powder
1 teaspoon maple syrup
1 ½ cup ice
1/2 cup oat milk

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Instructions

Iced Matcha Milk Tea

Make The Boba: Add two cups of water into a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Scoop tapioca bubbles into the water and boil until the pearls start floating to the top. (This usually takes about 4-5 minutes.) (If you don’t have quick-cooking tapioca pearls, follow your package instructions.) Scoop floating boba into a metal mesh strainer and rinse with cool water. (If you are making the hot version, don't rinse.)
Tea Instructions: Make your homemade matcha tea. Heat water in a teapot or electric tea kettle to 175°F or 79°C. Sift the matcha green tea powder into a small bowl. Pour hot water over the matcha powder and whisk thoroughly with a bamboo whisk. Remove the whisk and stir in maple syrup.
Assemble The Milk Tea: This is the last step! Scoop the boba into a serving glass. Add ice on top of the tapioca pearls. Pour oat milk in next, followed by the matcha. Stir and enjoy with a reusable boba straw.

Hot Matcha Milk Tea

Make The Boba: Add two cups of water into a smaller saucepan and bring it to a boil. Scoop the tapioca balls into the water and boil until they start floating to the top. (This usually takes about 5 minutes.)
Tea Instructions: Heat the water in a teapot or electric tea kettle to 175°F or 79°C. Then, sift the ceremonial-grade matcha tea powder into a small bowl. Pour hot water over the matcha powder and whisk thoroughly with a bamboo matcha whisk. Remove the whisk and stir in the maple syrup.
Warm The Milk: In a small (microwave-safe) pitcher, heat your oat milk in the microwave for one minute.
Assemble The Milk Tea: Scoop the boba into a serving glass (that is safe for hot liquid). Pour hot oat milk in next, followed by prepared matcha tea. Stir well and sip through a reusable bubble tea straw.

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Notes

Storage Tips

As refreshing and delicious as matcha milk tea is, you might not be able to finish it all. Ideally, you will want to take the boba pearls out before storing as they can get hard and not keep the delightful texture.

Fridge: Without the tapioca balls, you can keep your bubble tea in the fridge for 1 to 2 days. I recommend only preparing as many boba as you need to make your drink so that you don’t wind up with too many balls. For more details, you can read How Long Does Milk Tea Last In The Fridge?
Freeze: I don’t recommend freezing this recipe. Between the plant-based milk and those tapioca pearls, it’s best to make it when you’re ready to drink it.

Meal Prep

While you don’t want to prepare the chewy boba pearls too far in advance, you can prepare for a boba tea party ahead of time. I recommend not doing so more than 24 hours in advance, though. Ideally, 12 hours ahead is best. You can save some time by steeping your tea, though, and having that ready.

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