{"id":4346,"date":"2022-12-15T10:59:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T09:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.themixer.com\/en-uk\/?p=4346"},"modified":"2025-10-31T13:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T12:35:15","slug":"boba-cocktails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themixer.com\/en-uk\/trends\/boba-cocktails\/","title":{"rendered":"Jump on the Latest Boba Cocktail Trend with These 3 Cocktails"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you spend a fair amount of time on TikTok or Instagram as a foodie, odds are you’ve come across a few gorgeous-looking <\/span>boba cocktails<\/span> by now. So fun, right? Also known as bubble tea, or pearl milk tea, these cute, photogenic drinks have actually been a thing in most Asian countries since the 1980s.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is boba?<\/h2>\n

Boba is tapioca pearls, also known as tapioca balls \u2014 edible, translucent spheres produced from tapioca, a starch that is made from the cassava root and originated as a more cost-effective alternative to sago in Southeast Asian cuisine. When used as an ingredient in bubble tea, these happy additions are most commonly referred to as pearls or ‘boba’.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What are boba cocktails?<\/h2>\n

Although bubble tea was originally alcohol-free and super popular among teens and tweens, somewhere along the line a few enterprising folks decided to add a little something stronger to appeal to an older demographic.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Flavours hailing from Thailand, Indonesia, and China have been shaking up the global cocktail scene for a while now, with talented bartenders at Asian-owned establishments infusing drinks with inspiring flavours like pandan leaves, Thai chilli, bitter melon and Chinese five spice.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It was only a matter of time before the crossover happened, and now that it finally has adventurous foodies cannot seem to get enough of it!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How to ride the boba cocktails trend wave<\/h2>\n

To help you ride this trend wave, we\u2019ve gathered a few <\/span>bubble tea cocktail recipes<\/span> to try at home. Fair warning \u2013 <\/span>popping boba cocktails<\/span> require quite a bit of prep work to assemble, so be ready to prepare your own tapioca pearls, and make syrup from scratch. It\u2019s a little labour-intensive, but 100% worth it in the end.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Rum & Boba cocktail<\/h3>\n

\"Rum<\/p>\n

This playful twist on milk tea meets island vibes, bringing together Wray & Nephew rum, creamy wafer milk, and chewy boba pearls for a fun, dessert-style cocktail.<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n