- We're making Boba, making, making Boba.
We're making Boba, making, making Boba.
Uh, you gotta love that sound.
(boba squishing)
Hi, my name is Selorm and today
I'm gonna be doing something that I never thought
I'd be able to do.
I'm gonna be making Boba in my home.
My all-time favorite place to get Boba
called the Labobatory closed down due to COVID-19.
But they started selling these do-it-yourself Boba kits
that teach people how to make Boba on their own.
I love drinking bubble tea but I hate the fact
that I don't really know much about
the cultural context of it.
While the exact origin of bubble tea is debated
it's largely believed that it originated in Taiwan
in the 1980s.
They usually consist of some form of tea
and tapioca balls made from cassava root.
We are blessed by the creation of this drink
and I'm excited to see what this kit has in store.
- Hi, my name is Elton Keung and I am the founder
of Labobatory.
I wanted to bring a piece of my experience
growing up with Boba to the next generation.
So we try to be original, always thinking about
creating new drinks.
The reason we chose a Hong Kong Milk Tea
in the Hong Kong when it was a British colony
they didn't have access to all the dairy and milk
so they created Hong Kong Milk Tea
using evaporated milk and condensed milk
and I think that kind of shows us as humans
being able to adapt to the situation we're in.
Inside the Hong Kong Milk Tea kit
you get a little Labobatory flask with two ounces
of black tea, a can of Black & White evap milk,
Black & White condensed milk,
and then you also get Boba, and brown sugar,
and all the instructions to cook it with.
- So I'm gonna be following this handy guide
that was in the kit and it tells me step-by-step
everything that I need to do.
Okay, so the first thing I'm gonna do,
pretty easy, is just heat six quarts of water,
no six, oh shoot, six cups of water.
It's gonna boil, eventually.
(clock ticking)
(ding) Okay so now
we're at the point where the water is boiling
so now the instructions say to take the water
off of heat and add the tea leaves.
Wooh!
This is such a cute container, also.
So this is gonna brew for about 20, ooh, hello.
So this is gonna brew for about 25 minutes.
I probably should have set a timer.
Hey Siri, set an alarm 20 minutes from now.
- [Siri] I set an alarm for 12:13 a.m.
- Yes, wait, what?
What time is it, Jesus!
Oh my God I wish I could swim in this.
So now I'm just gonna add the evaporated milk.
It looks amazing.
So as I'm mixing this up the color is becoming
a light brown, cream color.
So I'm adding the condensed milk to the mixture.
Anything left over I will lick out of the can.
I realize I forgot a step.
Before I added the condensed milk
I was supposed to strain out the tea leaves.
So I'm gonna do that now.
Okay, not spilling, cool.
Okay, off to the fridge.
Boba time, let's do it.
Okay, so right now the milk tea is in the fridge
and I'm almost done licking this can of condensed milk.
Luckily I don't have to actually make the Boba balls.
They come already made with the kit.
We're just gonna boil them.
Wow, this is a lot easier than I thought it was, honestly.
All right, so I'm gonna add some water to this pot
and then bring it to a boil and then I'll add the Boba.
(upbeat music)
What I think is interesting is looking at the way
it looked before and the way it looks now.
Two completely very different textures.
So for the next step I'm gonna strain it
and add some brown sugar and honey.
Bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop.
These are the Boba bubbles.
Can you hear that?
(bobas squishing)
Oh I love that sound.
Bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop.
And then I'm gonna add maybe a spoonful or two
of brown sugar.
Okay, so now I'm going to let this sit
and then I'm going to add to the milk tea
and see how I did.
Individually, all of these taste the way
that they should taste so put together it should be great.
So let's do it.
My milk tea that just came out of the refrigerator.
Then I'm gonna add a couple of spoonfuls of Boba.
Let's do it.
Bloop.
Moment of truth, let's see how this tastes.
(drumroll)
Oh, oh, I swallowed one whole (coughs).
But, this tastes bomb.
This tastes so bomb.
I can't believe I made this, oh my God.
Like I literally feel like I just post made this.
I'm really surprised that I made this.
(clapping)
It was good.
Clap for myself right now.
Obviously I wanna keep this all to myself
but I also wanna see if my friends
are gonna be able to tell that I made this myself.
So I'm gonna go visit some friends,
deliver them some Boba, and see if they can tell
that I made this at home.
I don't think they can 'cause this is bomb.
Hi. - Hi baby.
- You match your fence.
- Hello. - What's up?
I've got something for you.
- This looks so sketchy.
- [Selorm] Oh wait, I have a straw, it's in a package.
- [Lyndsay] Eww.
(laughing)
- [Selorm] Here you go.
- Oh my God, it's good!
- Oh my God, you like it. - Yeah!
- [Selorm] Before I get a ticket, I'm parked illegally.
- This actually pretty good, ho.
- [Selorm] Guess who made it, ho?
- You didn't make this (beep).
- [Selorm] That's right.
- I usually get like a vanilla-y sweet something
and this is sweet.
- [Selorm] Oh, thank you.
- I wish we could say you're talented at things.
- Wow. - Wow, I'm actually
gonna drink the rest of this.
- Yeah, corona high five.
- [Lyndsay] I am shocked.
(grunting)