Ridgway trip.

In September, we took a trip down to the Ridgway area. That part of Colorado is so beautiful; the mountain views are striking and the camping is quiet and relaxing.

 

 

This year we decided to take a couple of day trips--a drive up Owl Creek Pass and Yankee Boy Basin, in addition to our stops in Ridgway, Ouray and Telluride. Here are a few shots from our week away.

The drive up to Owl Creek Pass

The Aspen Grove

Chimney Rock

 

Small waterfall on the way to Yankee Boy Basin

Yankee Boy Basin

homemade milk tea with boba.

I sure love me some boba tea, as evidenced by the boba milk tea glamour shot below.

I decided to try making it at home a few days ago and it was so fun and delish I thought I would share my recipe here.

I started by making a super strong cup of Earl Grey tea. I usually prefer Earl Grey over plain black tea, so I opted for that. You could probably make it with any sort of blackish tea you wanted. In a large mug, I steeped two bags of Earl Grey for 5 minutes (not any longer to prevent too much bitterness). My tea was pretty dark at the end of the steeping. Since I was going to dilute the tea with milk considerably, I wanted the starting point to be pretty dark.

As the tea cooled in the refrigerator, I busted out these quick cooking boba brought to me by a dear friend from the midwest.

I followed the directions on the back of the boba bag and cooked about 1/3 cup of dry boba uncovered at a slow boil for a few minutes until it plumped, then covered for 5 minutes. Easy peasy!

While they were still warm, I put them in the bottom of the glass I planned to mix the drink in. I poured in my cold Early Grey tea and added sweetened condensed milk and 2% milk until I found the perfect balance of tea, milk and sweetener. It was so good!