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Pearl Milk Tea

INGREDIENTS:
Tapioca pearls (a medium amount) and milk tea (black tea and milk or non-dairy creamer)

DIRECTIONS:

•	Add 1 part raw tapioca pearls to 6 parts boiling water and stir to prevent pearls from sticking.
•	Boil for 3-5 min, turn off heat and let stand for 10-20 min.
•	Rinse pearls in cold water then drain well. Put the desired amount into a glass of milk tea.
•	To finish the milk tea, adjust sweetness according to taste.

Tapioca Pearls in Jade Jelly

INGREDIENTS:
4-5 large spoonfuls tapioca pearls and Jade Jelly (1 cup water, ²/3tsp agar agar, 100g granulated sugar, ¹/4cup plum wine)

DIRECTIONS:

•	Cook tapioca pearls until translucent; cool.
•	Jade Jelly: Place agar agar in pot with water and let stand for few minutes. When the agar agar has become sticky, add sugar and start to cook. Boil for 7-8 minutes, until the liquid has reduced to about a ⅓ of the original amount. Stir in the plum wine.
•	Put the pot in a cold water bath and continue to stir as the mixture cools.
•	When cool strain the tapioca pearls and add to the agar agar. Place the mixture in a mold and allow to cool in the refrigerator or an ice water bath
•	Before serving cut Tapioca Pearls in Jade Jelly to desired portions.

Tapioca Pearls in Chestnut Mist

INGREDIENTS:
350 grams chestnuts, 3¹/2 cups water, sugar, 30 grams sticky rice powder, small amount of coconut juice, 75 grams tapioca pearls

DIRECTIONS:

•	Cook tapioca pearls until translucent.
•	To peel chestnuts, drop into boiling water for 10 min then wipe the skin off with a cloth. In 2 cups water cook chestnuts until they become gooey.
•	Mash chestnuts into a paste. Put sticky rice powder into ¹/2 cup of water and until powder absorbs the water.
•	Cook sugar in 1 cup of water until it dissolves. Add the chestnut and sticky rice pastes and mix until consistent.
•	Mix the tapioca pearls into the finished Chestnut Mist, garnish with a small amount of coconut milk and serve.

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