WuFuYuan Boba Tapioca Pearls, Black Sugar Flavor, Ready to Cook in 5 Minutes or Microwave in 3 Minutes, 8.8 oz. (Single Pack)

Moved to rural America and I really miss bubble tea. I tried another boba pearl over a year ago and was not impressed. I decided to try this product and it is exactly what I was looking for. Just like the boba in the bubble tea I used to get in Chi-town. I highly recommend this. Easy and fast to prepare and it is great in my bubble tea beverage.

I bought this product because I LOVE boba, but bubble tea from my local shop is around $5.50 per cup. At the mall, it's around $9.00. This bag has around 5 servings for $5.00. That's a steal! The cost is around a dollar for every 1/3 cup.The bobas take around 5-10 minutes to cook depending on the temperature of your stove. If you follow the directions, (10 cups water per 1 cup boba pearls, let water boil and pour pearls in, then let bubbles float to the top and simmer to soften the pearls,) the bobas come out perfectly. I recommend adding brown sugar or honey to sweeten the pearls. They taste great served hot or cold. I like to have them with a smoothie or hot tea or coffee.Overall, these pearls are the bang for your buck! I have tried other brands such as 'Buddha Bubbles', however they are more expensive and have a different taste than those from the shop. These inexpensive, great flavor bobas are the best. I definitely recommend.EDIT:I noticed that the price of these had risen to 8.99, (now they are back to 5.99) and wanted to see if I could find a brand with a better price but similar pearls. I ended up trying E-Fa's Rainbow tapioca pearls and they were AMAZING!The E-Fa Rainbow tapioca pearls were 11.55 for a 2.2 pound bag of tapioca pearls (compare to WufuYaun 5.99 for 8 ounces.) I will list the pros and cons for each brand.WufuYaun:The WufuYaun pearls are the perfect size and most likely what your used to. These pearls taste exactly like boba pearls from the tea shop. There texture is more chewy than comparable pearls. Keep this is mind as some people prefer other textures. Though the pearls themselves are great, they are more expensive than E-Fa tapioca pearls.E-Fa Tapioca Pearls:These pearls are great! They are a bit smaller than the WufuYaun tapioca pearls, however they fit perfectly for any/all buble tea drinks. I personally like these flavour better. They are sweeter than the pearls from WufuYaun. I find the WufuYaun tapioca pearls stay soft for a longer time. These bobas are much better, however price wise. For a 11.50 you can get 2.2 pounds of great tasting boba pearls. I like these pearls the best, mainly because they are a cheaper option. However, WufuYaun pearls are great, too.

I surprised my daughter with a Bubble Tea gift basket set that I made up with everything she can possibly think of to make at least three different flavors of Bubble Tea and we used the Boba for Thai iced tea as well . We both really love Boba/ Bubble Tea. The tapioca pearls were perfect, they are super easy to make! I just googled recipes on how to sweeten them and the first time I made quite a bit extra and I had to refrigerate them . Refrigerating them made them hard but I was able to google a way to refresh them and soften them up. They are just as good as any bubble tea cafe I have had them in . We really are excited to try the white pearls that they sell and I’m going to order them next. I highly recommend the product . If you are making bubble tea for more than one person and planning to do it more than once I would order at least two bags . The small bag I ordered was enough for about 6 large cups of Bubble Tea. Like I said they were really easy to work with, it just required boiling water and adding sweetener. I used honey and cane sugar to sweeten them. I cooked them on a high boil for about five minutes and then covered on medium low for about another five minutes then I shut the heat off and let them sit for about another five minutes and that definitely made them soft enough. We really had a fun time making our Bubble Tea and it is so much cheaper to make at home! Spending a few hundred dollars on the gift basket was a good investment. I was spending at least $20 for the both of us every time we went for Bubble Tea which was a few times a week... Of course you don’t need to spend that much on making some Bubble Tea at home I just wanted to buy her a nice gift basket with a few powders and a few teas, Glass straws, A tea kettle with infuser, A few tea bottles with infusers, and of course the Boba which seemed to be a very good price!

These are 4 out of 5 in comparison to how they taste straight from actual boba tea! They are soft and chewy but there is absolutely no flavor. I’ve read people saying to add sugar to the water as you boil but I didn’t notice a difference. As for now, these are going to be my go to for adding little treats to my drinks!The directions say to add 10 cups of water to 1 cup of pearls. If makes A LOT of pearls. From now on I will be adding 5 cups of water to a half cup of pearls. You probably won’t need a whole cup. If you follow the directions, you’ll get only 2 uses from one package of pearls. I’d recommend breaking them up, by 5 cups of water to a half cup of pearls.

Super easy to make. I brought to a boil 2 cups of water then added 1/4 cup of tapioca. When it surfaced, I covered the pot and cooked for 3 minutes on medium flame. After the 3 minutes, I turned off the stove and left the pot alone so the tapioca can simmer for another 3 minutes. Once that was done, I dumped the tapioca into a bowl full of cold water (I added 3 ice cubes) and let it sit for 20 -25 seconds. Took it out of the water and into a bowl with brown sugar. Mixed the tapioca and brown sugar thoroughly and finally added it to my taro drink.How to make the drink:Pour HALF of a 1/4 measuring cup of Taro powder into a glass cup and mix it with 2oz hot water, (mix until powder is dissolved) add 7 oz ice cubes [1 .5 cup] stir well, add 2 oz of FRENCH VANILLA CREAMER (you can adjust to your liking) and stir.... finally… add brown sugar tapioca into your drink and you're done!! Delicious. 😋

I dont know about these maybe I made them incorrectly but to me they were bleh. Taste was not that great but maybe if you know what your doing these will be great for you.

The best boba! Better than some boba shops.