lot of sugar to either. In fact, if using apple cider, you can cook the pearls in the cider on low heat for 10-15 minutes and reduce the amount of sugar (if that's a concern) and use unsweetened vanilla soy milk. Condensed milk is great because it is so sweet and makes the tea creamier. If you want to avoid caffeine or tea altogether you can use herbal teas. We've found Celestial Seasonings "Zinger" teas made extra strong work very well for super flavorful summer bubble tea. And the colors are very pretty because these teas use flowers and citrus fruit. We often leave milk out of these summer brews because they are so pretty. mm. although i'm from the LA/OC area where decent boba is plentiful, my favorite drink/boba combo is the taro shake at Tank Noodle here in Chicago (Broadway & Argyle!) ... but something tells me it'll be hard to recreate at home. i bet i could come up with a decent Thai iced tea, though (my second fave)! I LOVE BUBBLE TEA! No one around me in Wisconsin seems to understand it. Taro milk tea is my favorite. Thank goodness for the ONE Asian market on the south side. Some restaurants serve bubble tea here but I can't find the taro anywhere else. I discovered this joyous concoction after attending a film screening in Madison. My friend and I got lost trying to find where we parked the car, and wandered into a tiny hole-in-the-wall Asian