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• Boba are tapioca balls that are usually added to a beverage, most frequently a milky tea called bubble tea. In America, the tea itself is often referred to as Boba.

• Fast Facts

  1. Origin: Taiwan, 1980s
  2. A variety of tapioca "pearls" can be added
  3. Split into fruit-flavored teas and milk teas

• Boba Culture

  When ordering bubble teas, customers must decide between "pearls" or "boba" included in their drink. Either one contains tapioca balls. It takes an hour to cook tapioca pearls. Afterwards, they are poured into a sugar water mixture and used. Soy milk is available as a replacement for those who wish to not drink dairy products.

• Bubble Tea Ingredients

  • ½ cup cooked bubble tea (tapioca) pearls
  • 1 cup crushed ice
  • 1 cup very strong chilled black tea
  • 1 cup homogenized milk, or to taste
  • honey or granulated sugar

• Related Mahalo Pages

  Tea | Green Tea | Smoothies | Iced Coffee Drinks | Chai Tea

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