Cotton Candy Bubble Tea Made Easy (Boba Shop or Home)

Cotton Candy Bubble Tea

Here we will show you the quick and easy way to make the cotton candy bubble tea at home, or as a barista at your boba shop. Cotton candy first made its appearance in America in 1883. The candy's first name was "fairy floss", according to the Food Network. The fluffy candy is actually made from a special sugar. Ordinary sugar makes the cotton candy too grainy, so it is made special, just for forming cotton candy. 

The sugar is placed into a cotton candy machine, which is heated at extreme temperatures, then 'floss' begins to form on the outer layer of the bowl. Then, it is gathered unto the stick for consumption. The sugar is colored beforehand, which is how the different colors of cotton candy is made. The process is cool, so the actual machine for making cotton candy is linked below:

I like easy and cool stuff, so I thought it was worth mentioning. It can be used to make it at home, or as a present for your child. Maybe you can sell real cotton candy along with some bubble tea (wink). It comes with instructions on which sugars to use and not to use, and it takes about 10 minutes to heat up beforehand.

Now of course, this is about the cotton candy bubble tea, so let's get into it:

Making a cotton candy flavored boba tea requires the syrup mix used for flavoring drinks, shaved ice, icecream, smoothies, and milkshakes. It is found here:

The amount used for  the ingredients  for making the cotton candy boba drink with this syrup may have to be increased to twice as much than the normal, when using syrups for bubble tea. If you are familiar with the amount, and making boba drinks with syrup, then use more. If not, then 4 to 7 tablespoons per 16 ounces is a good tester to get it to your liking. The flavor is really mild, so much, that your kid might drink this straight out of the bottle (it's a good flavor, but not strong). It is used for making blue colored cotton candy bubble tea.

 

 

Boba Shop Help: Basic Ingredients for Making Cotton Candy Bubble Tea

 

These are the basic ingredients needed to make the cotton candy bubble tea at home, or for your boba shop if you need help as a barista.

1. Make your tea. The tea should be 2 teaspoons of the tea leaf flavor of your choice for every 16 ounces of water. Here are the tea leaf flavors for bubble tea.
2. Place 5 to 6 ounces of cooked tapioca pearls per 16 ounces into the bottom of the cup.
3. Add 4 to 7 tablespoons of cotton candy syrup flavoring to the drink for every 16 ounces.
   
4. Pour the tea, along with the milk (if you are making a milk tea) into the cup and shake, or mix it together.
   
5. If you are adding milk to create a cotton candy milk tea, then add 4 to 6 tablespoons of the milk tea powder mix, or use 7 to 8 ounces of milk with 8 ounces of tea.
   
6. Add ice as needed.

 

Please refer to the guide to making the perfect tapioca pearls, and cooking tapioca pearls to ensure that your bubble tea drink has good flavor and texture.

 

Flavors That Go With Cotton Candy Bubble Tea

 

Here are all the flavors that pair well with the cotton candy bubble tea:

 

• Chocolate 
• Strawberry
• Peppermint
• Apple
• Cherry
• Grape
• Watermelon 
• Lemon
• Lime
• Raspberry
• Banana
• Lychee
• Papaya
• Jackfruit

All of these flavors are found in the mega boba flavors list, with chocolate being the best choice overall.

Adding tea to the boba drink is always an option when making  bubble tea drinks. The green tea leaves would be the most familiar pick. The loose tea leaf section has the leaves, and guidance prepping them for your beverages.

To make the bubble tea more creamier, making a cotton candy milk tea is also a choice. It requires the milk tea mix, which is here in the how to make milk tea guide. Milk can be made with any milk (whole milk, coconut milk, almond milk, soy milk).

Here are the tapioca pearls for cooking. The tapioca pearls are the traditional topping for making all bubble teas and milk teas. There are mini boba pearls, regular, white (clear), chewy, and instant.

Boba jellies are always a great fruit topping substitute for tapioca pearls that customers like, along with the bursting boba fruit flavors.