It is hot and a cool cup of any kind of drink can do wonders. But with the pandemic still being a thing and not every town having their own boba tea shop – also called bubble tea – it could be a fun little thing to make on your own and to actually surprise people with.

The biggest thing about these bubble teas is the tapioca pearls, i.e. the boba. Many an online store has them, but not every country/region has that on offer, and to be perfectly honest: I love trying to make stuff from scratch. If you don’t want to bother with the tapioca pearls, you can always skip making them and just try our other recipes here with the ready-made ones.

Tapioca pearls

These bubbles are mainly made out of tapioca flour or starch, which is extracted from the cassava plant native to Brazil. It is almost completely pure carbs and has close to no protein, fiber or other nutrients for that matter. The flour is also pretty popular as an alternative to wheat flour for the gluten-intolerant.

Ingredients