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In many local Asian markets or shopping centers, you will most likely find tapioca drinks or some sort of bubble tea. One of the most well known drink is basil drink, and in Vietnamese it is known as Nuoc E. This drink is the simplest drink ever made and can be completed in less than thirty minutes. This drink uses basil seeds as well as wintermelon extract to give off the sweet taste of the wintermelon fruit. It combines assorts gelatin such as coconut gelatin cubes, green grass jelly, and lychee jelly. Not only this drink is sweetened by the usage of half and half milk.

Ingredients:

1 package of basil seeds
3-4 cups water
~1/2 cups sugar
~5 tablespoons wintermelon extract
2 jars of coconut gelatin cubes
1 can of green grass jelly
~1 jar of another jelly of your choice
Tapioca pearls (Optional)

Steps:

1. Boil the water and then pour the water into a big glass container. Add the basil seed in.

2. Add in the sugar. You can add more sugar to your preference of how sweet you like it.

3. Add in the wintermelon extract.

4. Cut up the green grass jelly into bite size pieces.

5. Add the green grass jelly, coconut gelatin cubes, and your choice of another jelly into the container with the basil.

6. In another saucepan, boil the water. When water comes to a boil, add the tapioca pearls. Turn off the stove after about 5-7 minutes when the tapioca pearls are chewy and soft.

7. To serve these drinks, pour into individual size glasses and add ice and some tapioca pearls. Pour the basil drink in. Then add half and half milk, until creamy as you like it. This is usually about 3 tablespoons.

Tips and Notes:

* You can use any other extract you like, such as strawberry or lychee.

* You can use other jellies or gelatin that you prefer.