Recreating your usual bubble tea order starts with the bits that make it yours: chewy pearls, popping boba, a malty tea base and brown sugar swirls. These eight finds cover the ingredients and tools for putting your next cup together at home.
1. J-Way Boba Now Brown Sugar Ready-to-Eat Tapioca Pearls (5 x 50g)
These Taiwanese brown sugar tapioca pearls come in five individual 50g pouches, so you can prepare a portion without cooking a whole batch. They heat up in 20 seconds in the microwave before going into your milk tea or fresh milk. The 250g pack is Halal and contains no artificial preservatives, making it a handy pantry supply for pearl cravings.
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2. Halal Honey Flavoured Popping Boba (1kg)
For a topping that pops rather than chews, these golden pearls burst with floral honey sweetness. They need no cooking, so you can spoon them straight into iced fruit tea, milk tea or desserts. The sealed 1kg bag contains Halal popping boba in sweet syrup, with a 60% drained weight, meaning the full kilogram includes both pearls and syrup.
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3. Taiwan Collection Halal Brown Sugar Syrup (3kg)
Drizzle this Taiwanese cane-sugar syrup down the inside of a clear cup to create those familiar tiger stripes before adding your drink. It also sweetens homemade milk tea and coats boba pearls. The Halal syrup comes in a 3kg handled jug, enough for about 300 portions at 10g each, though how much you use depends on your preferred sweetness.
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4. Clear PC Cocktail & Milk Tea Shaker Cup with Measurement Scale
This transparent polycarbonate shaker has printed millilitre markings for measuring your tea and other drink ingredients before shaking them with ice until frothy. Its frosted removable strainer lid lets you strain the drink as you pour, while a cap covers the top. It comes in 350ml, 500ml, 700ml and 1000ml capacities and ships from Malaysia.
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5. 500ml Portable Transparent Bubble Tea Straw Cup
Keep your homemade drink in this reusable 500ml clear polypropylene cup, complete with a wide built-in boba straw. A white screw-on lid and silicone sealing ring help keep the drink contained, while the transparent body shows off your pearls and syrup swirls. Measuring 8.5cm by 8.5cm by 17.5cm, it accommodates drinks from 0°C to 100°C and ships from the Philippines.
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6. 12mm Wide 304 Stainless Steel Bent Bubble Tea Straw with Cleaning Brush
This polished silver straw has a 12mm wide bore for sipping tapioca pearls and jelly toppings, with a bent neck that angles towards you. Made from 304 stainless steel, it measures 215mm long and is dishwasher safe. A nylon-bristle wire brush helps clean the inside between drinks. The reusable straw and brush ship from Mainland China.
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7. RedMan Nata De Coco Cubes in Sugar Syrup (565g)
These coconut jelly cubes add a chewy topping to homemade bubble tea or fruit tea without any cooking. Spoon them from the light sugar syrup into your cup when you want something different from tapioca pearls. The Halal 565g can contains 280g of drained nata de coco and has no preservatives or artificial colouring.
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8. Assam Black Tea Loose Leaves for Milk Tea (500g)
If your homemade milk tea tastes mostly of milk, this loose-leaf Assam gives it a brisk, malty base that holds its own against fresh milk, creamer and brown sugar syrup. Brew and strain the leaves before adding the rest of your drink ingredients. The 500g foil pack has a 24-month shelf life and ships from the Philippines.
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