
Everyone seems particularly obsessed with milk tea these days—just check out the lines at Coco, and the tea wars over on Twitter.
If you’re a fan of pudding, then this recipe is for you. We’ve infused all the tea flavor into soy milk to create a cheat version of taho, which doubles as the popular sinker. You can fill your glass to the brim with the silky mixture, then layer with the black pearls and all its sugary syrup.

Milk Tea Taho
- Serves: 4
- Active time: 20 minutes
- Total time: 20 minutes plus overnight
- Difficulty: Easy
INGREDIENTS
Milk Tea Taho
- 3 cups soy milk
- 4 black tea teabags
- 2 ½ tsp. gelatin
- 2 tbsp. sugar
- 2 cups black pearls, prepared according to
- package instructions
INSTRUCTIONS
- In a saucepan, add half the soy milk and teabags.
- Heat over low-medium heat, until milk is
flavored and colored, about 15 minutes, taking
care not to boil the milk. - Remove teabags.
- While the milk tea is steeping, sprinkle gelatin
over remaining half of soy milk to let gelatin
soften. - Add the soymilk with gelatin to the tea infused
milk with the sugar. - Heat over low heat until gelatin and sugar are
dissolved. - Remove from heat and let cool.
- Pour mixture into large container and let set in
the fridge, 4 hours up to overnight. - Using a spoon, serve milk tea taho in thin slivers layered with black pearls.