Making Strawberry Bubble Tea

I had my first taste of bubble tea in New York, and now I'm completely hooked. Unfortunately the nearest bubble tea place here is in Manchester, so I've resorted to making my own.

I invested in some quick cook tapioca pearls from ebay. I've heard these kind don't stay jellified as long after preparing as the normal tapioca pearls, but lets be honest, in my house they will probably be hoovered up within 2 hours of preparing!

What you will need (to serve 2 people):

Frozen strawberries and blueberries
1/2 cup Quick cook Tapioca Pearls
Agave nectar or honey
2 Green Tea bags
Ice
2 Fresh strawberries to decorate (optional).

Method:


1. Boil around 500ml (just over 2 cups) water. Pour water into a bowl with 2 green tea bags and 2/3 cup frozen fruit. Remove the tea bags when the liquid is the strength you want. Leave the liquid and frozen berries until room temperature.

2. Boil 5 cups of water in a saucepan. Once boiled add the tapioca pearls & stir gently. When the tapioca pearls fatten up cover the saucepan and leave to simmer for 5 mins. For none quick cook tapioca pearls follow instructions on packet. Once the tapioca pearls are cooked, drain them & mix with 2 tablespoons agave and 2 tablespoons hot water. Leave to cool

3. Once the tapioca is room temperature, spoon into two glasses. Drain the tea mixture between the two glasses. Add ice and a frozen strawberry to each and sweeten to taste. Serve and enjoy :)

Just a quick note, I forgot to get the big bubble tea straws so we had to eat the tapioca pearls with a spoon instead! I highly recommend you get some big straws so you can drink it properly.

A rainbow of Brogues

Some new brogues I have in stock, I love these colours!! They're just screaming to be painted with pandas, bows and monsters.

Here's a new custom order I've just finished:

In other news, I'm styling for a photo shoot on Sunday! It's going to include some Pony Chops shoes too :) very excited!!

Fraises et crème

Treat yourself to a little strawberries and cream temptation. My top strawberries and cream items on etsy :)

1. Strawberry Bear Wire Keeper from Mochikaka

2. Butter Cream Bow Bandeau from Amourouse

3. Strawberry High Heels from Pony Chops

4. Lacy Leggings from DG Style

5. Vintage Strawberry Shirt from Lilies of the Valley Vintage

6. Mini Strawberry Cookies from The Talented Cookie

7. Strawberry Moustache Mug from Kaori Glass

8. Vintage 1940s Coat from Pickled Vintage

New shoes!!

Just thought I'd show off some hand painted shoes I did for a customer. They're both sold but I have some very similar ones to the strawberries for sale here. I'm taking commissions so feel free to message me via my etsy to discuss any shoes you would like hand painting.

I had lots of fun painting them, I especially love the strawberry ones!

Graze Boxes

You Are What You Eat

I never understood this statement as a kid, I thought literally and I sure as Shakespeare wasn't a walking talking chicken nugget.

'Chicken Nuggets' from Banksy's installation 'The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill'. Check out more images HERE

We all know eating healthy is important, but healthy food can be a little bland, and a tasty chocolate muffin is more tempting than a handful of bird seeds. However, the clever people at Graze have found a brilliant solution.

At £3.49 including P&P they send you a selection of tasty treats in the post. The box fits nicely through your letterbox too :)

Here is what I got in my first box :

In my selection I got:

Copacabana

brazil nuts, dark chocolate buttons and milk chocolate buttons

Orange and Ginger Flapjack

The Beach

banana coins, mango and pineapple pieces

Oven Roasted Cashews

The idea being to replace unhealthy snacks by grazing throughout the day on yummy healthy treats.
This box lasted me 4 days.

They have lots of different healthy snacks to chose from including breads, crackers, olives, yoghurt coated fruit, nuts seeds and many more.
each item you can rate as bin / try / like/ love / send soon.
I pretty much like everything, so I have all items on 'try' apart from anything super spicy, I binned those ones.

You can also choose what type of box you would like to receive depending on your dietary requirements.

My second box:

In this one I got:

Fruity Ploughmans

bramley apple and pear chutney with roasted poppy seed flatbread

Fruit Sangria
strawberries, orange sultanas and physalis

Lemon Meringue Pie

lemon sultanas, yoghurt coated peanuts and mini meringues

Fruit and Seed Flapjack

I have almost finished nibbling on my third box:

I received:

Banana Split
banana coins, cashew nuts and milk chocolate covered puffed rice

Honeycomb Flapjack

Billionaires Shortbread

cranberries, milk chocolate drops, fudge pieces and almonds

Mississippi BBQ Pistachios

I am very excited about receiving my forth box on Friday, and finding out what goodies they have picked out for me :)

Why not give it a try, to claim a free box use this code 23Z15GZ 

Let us know what you think.