Ube, the purple yam from the Philippines, makes some of the most photographed drinks on any bubble tea menu. This guide covers the ube drinks a café or home kitchen can make, the printed method for each, and whether to use ube syrup or ube premix.
Most ube drinks start the same way: 15–30 ml of ube syrup stirred into 100 ml of milk. Served over ice it is an ube latte; add tea and it is ube milk tea; add tapioca pearls and it is ube boba. For a thick, evenly purple blended drink, use the Ube Boba Premix instead, blended with chilled milk and ice.
Taste. Sweet, nutty and vanilla-soft. Colour. Purple. Syrup dose. 15–30 ml in 100 ml water or milk, 5–10 ice cubes. Premix dose. 15 g blended with about 100 ml chilled milk or water and 5–10 ice cubes. Our products. Ube Syrup, 700 ml, ₹649 and Ube Boba Premix, 1 kg, ₹2,499, both including GST.
Add 15–30 ml of ube syrup to the cup, pour in 100 ml of milk and mix until the syrup has fully dissolved, then add 5–10 ice cubes. That is the method printed on the syrup. For a dirty ube latte, pour a shot of espresso from your own machine over the top.
Make the latte above and add 10–15 ml of black or green tea concentrate for a tea backbone. Put 30–40 g of cooked tapioca pearls in the cup first and it becomes ube boba; the dark pearls show well against the purple. Both full methods, premix and syrup, are in how to make ube milk tea.
For a thick, creamy, evenly purple drink, blend 15 g of ube premix with about 100 ml of chilled milk or water and 5–10 ice cubes until smooth, then pour over the topping. The premix is made for the blend method; shaking is not suggested. Which one suits your menu is compared in ube premix vs ube syrup.
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Ube Syrup comes in a 700 ml bottle, nine to a case; Ube Boba Premix in a 1 kg pouch, ten to a case. Both are made at our FSSC 22000 certified plant in Hyderabad and keep 12 months sealed. Businesses buying by the case get 10% off MRP with a GSTIN, and 20% off with free ground shipping on orders of ₹19,999 and above.
Stir 15–30 ml of ube syrup into 100 ml of milk until it dissolves, then add 5–10 ice cubes. For a dirty ube latte, add a shot of espresso on top.
An ube latte is milk and ube syrup. Ube milk tea adds 10–15 ml of black or green tea concentrate for a tea taste; add tapioca pearls and it becomes ube boba.
Use the syrup for lattes, iced teas and layered drinks that you stir. Use the premix for a thick, evenly purple blended milk tea; it is made for the blend method.
Sweet, nutty and vanilla-soft, with a striking purple colour.
Our Ube Syrup is ₹649 for a 700 ml bottle including GST, and the Ube Boba Premix is ₹2,499 for a 1 kg pouch including GST.
We make Ube Syrup and Ube Boba Premix at our FSSC 22000 plant in Hyderabad and ship across India in 7 days.
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