Make Your Own Boba Tea, Bubble Tea or Pearl Tea -- Home Party Kit for $35.00 (serves 20 to 30) --Save about $65.00!

[FrugalGuy]

linkey

for those who love bubble tea...like me

credit Flygirl

 

[TurtleMan]

umm.. only if you know how to make it ......
i used to work at this boba place.. upper house ......
u need to know how to makes those thing, or else if u buy this , it is gonna be useless for u

 

[slycat]

have u actually tried these packs?
i mean they sound and look nasty...i poked at them at the store
and it feels like sawdust..
just fork over the $2.50 and get it fresh-made at the local hookups..

Tenren bubble tea is nice!

 

[MoMoney]

Yeah, cooking ghe #@%^! boba is a very long and arduous process. I have burnt 2 pots trying to cook the stuff correctly so that the middle part of the boba is soft. I tried a pressure cooker and that made the boba turned to more like a soft rubber sheet.

 

[Pepsei]

hmmm yummy... my favorite flavour is papaya

 

[answerer]

Originally posted by: slycat
have u actually tried these packs?
i mean they sound and look nasty...i poked at them at the store
and it feels like sawdust..
just fork over the $2.50 and get it fresh-made at the local hookups..

Hate to break this to you...but if you got any of the "flavored" bubble teas(ie honeydew, watermelon, coffee, etc), they were probably made with the powder. You simply can't get enough flavor out of fresh/frozen fruit.

Also, to cook the tapioca balls correctly, you want to boil them until they're about 80% done, put them in the rice cooker until they get barely sticky and then dump them in cold water. To store them, mix with sugar water to keep them from sticking together.

 

[kumanchu]

Originally posted by: slycat
have u actually tried these packs?
i mean they sound and look nasty...i poked at them at the store
and it feels like sawdust..
just fork over the $2.50 and get it fresh-made at the local hookups..

Tenren bubble tea is nice!

tenren's makes it from powder.

 

[fatbaby]

buy it at 2 for $2.50 at lollicup

$30 will get you 24!

 

[f00lish]

I love this stuff. I'm gonna give it a try. Might be kinda good. My favorite is almond flavored but too bad i didnt see it listed at the site.

Thx for the tips answerer. I'll be sure to try your methods out.

 

[yumyum]

Yuck!!!! I rather eat cats.

 

[BobbDole]

All of the bubble tea shops around here (Berkeley, CA) do it with fresh fruit, and it's really good. I guess it's just California fruits though,

 

[zoiks]

i heard about this when i was visiting in singapore. I live in san jose, does anyone know somewhere close i can go and try this out.

 

[TurtleMan]

if you are in san jose, then cuppertino , just walk around where a lot asian ppls hang out then there u go

 

[zoiks]

man asian ppl are everywhere here in san jose. where in cupertino are you talking about tho?
too bad starbucks dont have this.

 

[Pooteh]

yup, most any larger asian mall. mcarthy ranch, off wolfe road etc, basically everywhere.

 

[Braxus]

Cupertino I think there are 4 locations...

- Fantasia (Wolf/Ranch 99)
- Q-Cup (Wolf/Ranch 99)
- ?Lollicup? (the one next to Longs on Stevens Creek)
- Tapioca Express (Stevens Creek/Marina Food)

Milpitas

- Fantasia (237/Milpitas Square)
- Tapioca Express (Dixon/Milpitas Blvd)
- Bliss Cafe (Dixon/Milpitas Blvd)

Those are all that I can think of now. Personally, I think Fantasia makes the best pearl teas.

 

[stndn]

cupertino village (wolfe st near I-280): fantasy cafe or some others scattered around there

milpitas square (237, exit mc-carthy, turn towards the maxtor office, then turn left): sweetheart cafe -- my friend likes to get "avocado lychee with extra lychee"..they say you can't find them elsewhere

basically they exist in a lot of other asian community area and some other places you can think of...
there are a lot of them in california... almost everywhere you go ... (well, kind of)

and don't forget to always ask for buy-10-get-1-free coupons

 

[kimagurealex]

Braxus: U know Cupertino real well! There is a store in the Cupertino Village, it used to has an middle age asian (Taiwanese) woman to make boba tea right in front of u. She was the best. However, when I went there today with my friend, there has only 2 young female work there and the boba tea they made is the worst I have ever had. So beware. I don't know the English name of the shop but they mainly sell tea.
Alex

 

[slycat]

Originally posted by: kumanchu

Originally posted by: slycat
have u actually tried these packs?
i mean they sound and look nasty...i poked at them at the store
and it feels like sawdust..
just fork over the $2.50 and get it fresh-made at the local hookups..

Tenren bubble tea is nice!

tenren's makes it from powder.

Yes i guess it depends what you choose.
I ONLY choose green tea(mostly), tea, or mungbean(green bean)...which are all
non-powdered where i buy...i seen tea leaves and actual mashed green beans in mine maybe others use powder i dunno...

 

[LilBlinbBlahIce]

Boba is the $hit! I'm all about the avocado with pearl. They have some good places here in Austin. Don't know if I trust my culinary skills enough to fork over $30 to try it myself though.

 

[brtspears2]

I admit, I'm just too lazy to brew my own bubble tea anyways...

$2.50 sounds fair enough anyways.

 

[Braxus]

Originally posted by: brtspears2
$2.50 sounds fair enough anyways.

Go to Taiwan and you can easily get a 500cc cup for under a buck.

 

[fazman]

As the song by Moby goes:

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B o B a!

C-ya,
Faz-man

 

[oneeyejack7]

Those are all that I can think of now. Personally, I think Fantasia makes the best pearl teas.

AGREED! fantasia is gooooooooooooood!

 

[wuhoo]

Originally posted by: LilBlinbBlahIce
Boba is the $hit! I'm all about the avocado with pearl. They have some good places here in Austin. Don't know if I trust my culinary skills enough to fork over $30 to try it myself though.

i hope youre not talking about cocos
its a shame there arent any really good places, only places that can serve the need
momokos is still the best in austin