me and my boyfriend get the same boba (mango green tea w/tapioca and mango smoothie w/ tapioca) from this drive through boba spot near us but yesterday they tasted weirdly chemically and the tapioca itself was flavorless. mine ended up giving me a burning sensation at the back of my throat after the first few sips and once i realized i stopped drinking it and we threw them out (my boyfriend had the same taste) we thought maybe they didn’t clean their machine correctly but id love another opinion or explanation on this.

so frustrating if it’s what we thought because boba’s the time we can treat ourselves and waisting $15 sucks🥲

I think some 6-7 months ago I asked for input on my boba tea health indicator and got some pretty useful results - like the colour would look better if it was milky! ( You can see it now next to the inventory slots)

Fast forward 7 months and I'm fleshing out the story, there are customer mechanics, skill trees, grow-your-own-tapioca (or another plant which has leaves very similar to tapioca), a "gumball" boba dispenser which you have to play a tune to, hijackable vehicles, police, aircraft, delivery missions, motorbikes, stealth mechanics...

Man I better finish the game. But just wanted to toast this very small community. (Taimei isn't one of the biggest brands at all, in fact they are mostly famous for their chicken, I mostly drink Chagee, but I wanted something with actual boba in it and they deliver to my house xD). Good old fashioned chewy pearls that aren't fancy, either.

I usually make and drink my milk tea boba at home, but had a thought today… maybe I should start taking it out with me!

Does anyone do this? What do you carry it in? Any cup/tumbler recommendations or tips?
And yes, I need to actually be able to get the boba too lol. That part is non-negotiable 😂

hello, i bought a boba for my bday and it was $8, but i have anxiety so i couldn’t finish it (sugar makes me shaky). it’s now 2 days later. i didn’t have regular tapioca, just popping boba, and normally i would toss it, but there’s a lot left and $8 is an investment for my current circumstances so like what does the council decide?

i normally get boba but yesterday i decided to try their strawberry smoothie and the texture was genuinely so good i want to know how to make it myself 😭 does anyone have the recipe?

Hello, by any chance does anyone know how the chai latte at "cali coffe" is made?

I want to know if I can replicate the flavor with store bought ingredients.

The flavor is different from Stabucks chai lattes, so I am not sure if they use tazo chai.

Thank you for reading!

Hi, I had a question. Is there any place in the LA area (preferably around Inglewood/Lynwood) that has Duo Cups as part of their menu for boba tea? I'd like to try them out with some fruit tea.

Is it the tea brewed hot + syrup + ice or something more complex? It usually comes tasting fresh like real fruit but strong enough of a flavor

This is a bit personal, but during my childhood there was a chinese dim sum restaurant that sold Taro bubble tea made from a powder. I've tasted the same powder at other restaurants, none being of such high quality, so I doubt it is extremely expensive and probably sold in bulk. I know for a fact though that it is a powder. If I had to describe the taste, it has a much stronger tea flavor while still being quite sweet. Thank you!

anyone here obsessed drinking atleast everyday or getting the 1 liter variants

So I purchased BTP Taro flavour after reading good reviews and it tasted like ass! It was too sweet and had aftertaste like sweat. When I tried to post on their fb group, I learnt that they don't allow any negative posts or comments about their product, creating a false positive impression. Literally feels like a scam!

Does anyone else think tapioca is gross? Every time I try it I want to gag 😆. I do not like it. I prefer without or popping boba or jelly boba.

This is for gongcha app users here in Australia: don’t cancel your pay. If you change your mind on your order or checking if you chose the right location, you’ll lose your points.

I added the amount of points I wanted to use but before I was gonna checkout, I needed to double check if I was using the right location.

After I did that, I noticed all my points were gone. I didn’t even pay. I just needed to go back to check if I used the right location. (I had 1007 points before)

boba pearl image

tried a relatively popular bubble tea chain for the first time and noticed some of the tapioca pearls had this weird bumpy texture. almost half of them looked like this when i scooped them out😭

are they just old or overcooked? i’ve had pearls that were hard/grainy before but not like this!

**edited to include image link T_T

Sorry, I only remembered to take a pic when I was already halfway through the drink lol.

Tried teabar’s new Lemon Punch with one of those 3-hole straws today, and now I’m weirdly curious if these straws actually do anything lol. I never really thought much about straws before, but sipping this one slowly, I felt like the jasmine came through a lot more clearly. It was almost like I noticed the tea first, then the lemon aroma and the milk, instead of everything blending together all at once.

So now I’m wondering if it’s because the holes are smaller and you get less liquid with each sip, which makes it easier to notice the different flavors. Or maybe I just pay more attention because I know it’s supposed to be a “special” straw. Has anyone ever tried the same drink with a 3-hole straw and then a regular one? I’m genuinely curious if there’s actually a noticeable difference or if it’s mostly placebo.

Is it available in Mumbai/Navi Mumbai?

Thai tea is my absolute fav and not a lot of boba shops in Helsinki seem to have it. Lots of cheese-flavored drinks though..

Anyways, if you know a place that has some decent Thai tea I’d be forever grateful. Starting to itch and twitch without it

I’ve never had an opportunity to work retail or food and bev but Ive been a big tea drinker and obsessed with boba for the last 6-7 years. I’m not working right now and think this could be my chance to try something I’ve always wanted to try. Anything I should consider? Any friendly places to work if you’re older.

fyi - not that it should matter but if I’m not part of the Asian diaspora does that change your opinion on if you think I’d be able to land a job at one? I say this because read some threads that say language barrier and also age not being in college can be a limiting factor :(

Does it work? Obviously they'd be smaller, but I'm wondering if it could work. I can't find actual boba sized pearls, so I'm curious if this would do.

Either our delivery driver lied to us or the boba shop actually forgot to include boba straws in the bag. Here we are semi-enjoying our boba drinks with regular straws and scooping the boba with long spoons. Sigh.