I live on the eastside of Los Angeles and my favorite part about living on this side of the city is the close-ish proximity to Chinatown and San Gabriel Valley. Chinese food is one of my favorite foods of all time and bubble tea (milk tea) is at the very top of my list. It’s a Taiwanese drink by origin, but you can often find it in Chinese shops and Chinatown neighborhoods. Whenever we go for Chinese, we’ll usually got to a movie too and the pre-movie stop is always, always bubble tea. I usually get the classic milk tea, which uses black tea, but feel free to do this with green tea too.


Up until recently I’d never thought of making it at home but it’s SO easy and the best part is that I can make it with another type of milk—it’s delicious with almond milk. You can buy black tapioca pearls at asian supermarkets and there are a few places online you can find them too.