Main ingredients 🥩
watermelonblack sugar syruptapioca pearlsmilk
Seungwoo Dad's Black Sugar Tapioca Watermelon Hwachae
A trendy fusion of black sugar milk tea style, this single-serving twist on traditional hwachae combines sweet black sugar syrup and chewy tapioca pearls with milk and fresh watermelon.
🙋 Recommended for
- ⭐ Those who want to enjoy the sweetness of milk tea and the chewy texture of tapioca pearls in an innovative hwachae form
- ⭐ Anyone looking for a trendy single-serving home café dessert with great visuals to lift their mood
Ingredients needed 🛒1 servings
- watermelon (as needed)
- black sugar syrup (as needed)
- tapioca pearls (as needed)
- milk (as needed)
Recipe 🍳
- Boil the tapioca pearls purchased online or from a store in boiling water for about 2 minutes, then rinse under cold water and drain well.
- Generously pour black sugar syrup over the drained pearls and marinate them so the sweetness soaks in thoroughly.
- Coat the inside walls of a single-serving glass cup or hwachae bowl with black sugar syrup in a thick, tiger-stripe pattern for visual appeal.
- Using a melon baller or knife, scoop or cut the watermelon into round or square pieces and place them in the cup, then add the marinated tapioca pearls.
- Finally, carefully pour milk along the edge of the cup to preserve the black sugar pattern, and serve.
- Boil tapioca pearls for 2 minutes, rinse in cold water, and marinate in black sugar syrup.
- Create a syrup pattern on the cup walls, then add prepared watermelon and pearls.
- Gently pour milk to finish in trendy bubble tea style.
Cooking tips 💡
- To ensure the tapioca pearls are evenly sweetened, toss them with black sugar syrup immediately after boiling while still hot.
- When pouring milk, do so slowly along the wall to prevent the black sugar syrup pattern from dissolving quickly—this is key to preserving the visual effect.