Bubble tea, also known as pearl milk tea or simply boba, is a Taiwanese drink that was invented in Taichung in the 1980s and became popular in Japan, Malaysia and China. The tea is mixed with milk or fruits and topped off with chewy tapioca pearls. The bubbles in the tea add a unique flavor and texture not found in other trendy drinks. If you’ve never had bubble tea before, prepare yourself for a frothy, sweet and refreshing drink.

Tapioca pearls are usually small sphere share in black color. It’s chewy with a super light taste of sweetness. The tapioca pearls are made of tapioca starch that comes from the cassava root. Although it has a gelatinous texture but there’s no gelatin is used in the process of creation. Therefore, it’s vegan friendly. 

The ingredients for Popping Boba consist of water, sugar, fruit juice, calcium lactate, seaweed extract, malic acid, potassium sorbate, coloring, and fruit flavorings. The main ingredient is the seaweed extract, which is considered to be the outer shell of the Popping Boba. It contains different flavors of fruit juice such as peach, mango, passion fruits, strawberry, grape, and so much more. When you bite the popping boba, the fruit juice will bursts from the shell and make that popping feeling. 

The tapioca pearl usually in black color. It is chewy, soft while in a solid looking.

The popping boba has different colors depends on the taste of fruit juice. For instant, for strawberry popping boba, it’s red; For peach popping boba, it’s orange color, so on and so forth. The fruit juice will bursts when you bite it.

The different with popping boba and tapioca pearls are, the tapioca pearl is the classic while the popping boba is the advanced way of enjoying flavored boba.