Of course. You don't have to use pearls to make milk tea. You can use sago instead. The sago is cooked and cooled until the milk tea is finished. Bubble tea can be made of sago, brown sugar, milk, black tea and white sugar in a certain proportion.

Can sago and brown sugar be boiled into pearls?

Simi, also known as West Gu Mi, Sha Gu Mi and Shamihu, is produced in Malay Archipelago and grows in low-lying marshes.

Sago is an edible starch made from the trunk and stem of palm trees by mechanical treatment, soaking, precipitation and drying.

Sago can be made into papaya sago soup, taro sago dew, sago milk tea, red bean paste sago dumplings, coconut milk sago cakes, mango sago dew, poplar honey, fruit sago dew and so on.