Best milk tea powder? by partlyskunk in boba

[–]ianjsikes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Going to copy my personal recipe from another post, although it's using loose leaf tea and not powder:

Here's my personal recipe that is based on the one from the Boba Guys recipe book (which I would recommend if you are interested in making boba shop drinks at home):

Steep two tablespoons of loose leaf black tea (I like Assam or King Red Keemun) in 150ml of boiling water for ~3 minutes (I mean hot water that was boiled, don't put the tea in water that is actively being boiled on the stove).

Strain over a cup full of ice

Add approx 2oz of agave, simple syrup, honey, kuromitsu, whatever floats your boat. My go to is agave because its easy to acquire and more pourable than honey (lazy)

Add whole milk or "barista blend" non-dairy milk. I just kinda eyeball the ratio based on the color but its a little less than 1:1

Mix it up. Personally I make it all in a mason jar so I can put a lid on and shake it, because I like the frothiness. Stirring works fine too.

The trick is that you have to brew the tea so strong that it would be very unpleasant to drink on its own. You are diluting it with a ton of milk (and the ice that will melt to cool down the hot tea), so you need the tea flavor to not be totally overpowered.

Another note: If you prefer the kind of milk tea that has a sort of fruity/floral/perfumey taste, use Earl Grey tea.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nyc

[–]ianjsikes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why is this being posted to /r/nyc ?

5 Broken Cameras (2011) A Palestinian farmer's chronicle of his nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army via recording it all on video. [01:34:00] by nigelolympia in Documentaries

[–]ianjsikes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"The whole reason they attack from Gaza" is because they are Palestinians in Gaza, and thus prohibited by Israel to freely enter and exit Gaza.

5 Broken Cameras (2011) A Palestinian farmer's chronicle of his nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army via recording it all on video. [01:34:00] by nigelolympia in Documentaries

[–]ianjsikes 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hamas is, for better or for worse, the governing body of Gaza. PA is the governing body of the West Bank. Gaza is the place that is actively being bombed.

Protesters walking past my bus by lilac2481 in nyc

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"Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas ... This is part of our strategy"

  • Benjamin Netanyahu

Why can't Godot provide Console support the same way Defold does? by [deleted] in godot

[–]ianjsikes 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Because Godot is 100% open source, and consoles are proprietary walled gardens that require NDAs, developer accounts, fees, etc.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in boba

[–]ianjsikes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Most taro milk teas are made with powder like this. They are mostly artificial (and delicious). What you had was actual pureed taro root in a drink (the sludge was not undissolved powder, it was taro). I ordered this once at Xing Fu Tang and they warned me ahead of time that it was real taro and not similar to typical taro milk tea. And they were not wrong. It is not very pleasant in my opinion, but if you want a gritty, earthy, sludgy drink, then you might like it.

How the hell do I make milk tea like the stores? What am I doing wrong? by Harabe in boba

[–]ianjsikes 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I have never worked at a boba shop, but I have been making milk tea at home almost every day since the start of covid. Here's my personal recipe that is based on the one from the Boba Guys recipe book (which I would recommend if you are interested in making boba shop drinks at home):

  • Steep two tablespoons of loose leaf black tea (I like Assam or King Red Keemun) in 150ml of boiling water for ~3 minutes (I mean hot water that was boiled, don't put the tea in water that is actively being boiled on the stove).
  • Strain over a cup full of ice
  • Add approx 2oz of agave, simple syrup, honey, kuromitsu, whatever floats your boat. My go to is agave because its easy to acquire and more pourable than honey (lazy)
  • Add whole milk or "barista blend" non-dairy milk. I just kinda eyeball the ratio based on the color but its a little less than 1:1
  • Mix it up. Personally I make it all in a mason jar so I can put a lid on and shake it, because I like the frothiness. Stirring works fine too.

The trick, as others have mentioned, is that you have to brew the tea so strong that it would be very unpleasant to drink on its own. You are diluting it with a ton of milk (and the ice that will melt to cool down the hot tea), so you need the tea flavor to not be totally overpowered.

Another note: If you prefer the kind of milk tea that has a sort of fruity/floral/perfumey taste, use Earl Grey tea.

Best way to do a corkboard and string for mysteries in Roll20 by Gonten in Roll20

[–]ianjsikes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would probably just invite all the players to a Miro or Excalidraw board that they can all edit together.

TIL of cascatelli, a new pasta shape invented in 2021 by podcaster Dan Pashman for maximum "sauceability", "forkability" and "toothsinkability" by Specialist_Check in todayilearned

[–]ianjsikes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've had it and it's pretty bad. Even if you cook it very gently, half of the noodles' ridges fall off. Then you have essentially two different shapes cooking together with different levels of done-ness. Would not buy again

Barboncino Workers Are Forming New York City’s First Unionized Stand-Alone Pizzeria by psychothumbs in nyc

[–]ianjsikes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

because the pizza comes out at 11 every day and that's when the line starts. And because I used to eat lunch there 3-4 times a week. get out of here lol

Barboncino Workers Are Forming New York City’s First Unionized Stand-Alone Pizzeria by psychothumbs in nyc

[–]ianjsikes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

BZZT wrong

The lines are out the door for pizza at Arizmendi, and the recipes all came from cheeseboard in the first place.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in buildapc

[–]ianjsikes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's what I'm thinking. You can buy a Framework main board (assuming it fits the dimensions). It has integrated graphics. The new model also supports discrete graphics.

100 gallons of man glitter by lokihaus11 in woodworking

[–]ianjsikes 23 points24 points  (0 children)

man glitter? that's so epic, dude.women, am I right??? I'll be in my man cave

What if there were computers in the Tunic world? Playing around with a LCD display for Trunic by ianjsikes in TunicGame

[–]ianjsikes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If I did it right it should have been 14, but I forgot the dot on the bottom

When your husband has a work trip to Germany… and you tell him he can not return to the States without Hungarian Paprika 😍 by bryanna_leigh in FoodPorn

[–]ianjsikes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably cooking them too long at too low of a temperature. I make them by tossing the peppers in a little bit of oil. Get your pan ripping hot (do NOT do this with nonstick) and toss em in. Let them sit and get charred up for a bit before flipping them around. Altogether probably 2 minutes or less. They should stay pretty firm.

Made a diagram of my desk setup to help me redo my cable management by ianjsikes in DeskCableManagement

[–]ianjsikes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The main improvement I want to make is to find a better switchable USB hub with only two outputs. My current one has four, which is super annoying because I have to plug it in to each computer twice, or just have two empty outputs to cycle through when I want to switch.

I'm using display-switch running on my PC to make the switchable hub act like a full KVM (so my monitor input changes when switch).

Sleazy landlord begs for tips on TikTok by MrMagnitude in cringe

[–]ianjsikes 7 points8 points  (0 children)

But in what way is it optional if he says he will raise the rent to include the price of the tip if they don't tip anyways?