What's the difference between boba and tapioca pearls?

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[Jeanelleats]

Does anyone here like tapioca over boba...by any chance...? 🥛

[kimmycup]

So all boba are tapioca pearls but not all tapioca pearls are boba.

[Rivergirl]

Her: “what’s the difference between boba and tapioca pearls?”
Me: “you mean they’re not the SAME??!!!??”

[that_sky_moff]

I like the tapioca pearls, my mom always makes them on my birthday. She makes them different colors and always adds sesame paste inside. It’s super good.

[EDuGoIHuvvet]

The boba pearls actually freaked me out when I tried it.
I'm very sensitive to textures, and that just wasn't it for me..
BUT, I absolutely LOVE the popping bubble tea/bobas! Not sure they classifies as boba, but when you buy bubble tea/boba in my country, that's most often what they sell. And I love that, because you can choose different flavors, and it feels so cool when they pop in your mouth. Like eating flavored bubblewrap or something 😆

[noraneka]

She got me at “ both are chewy little balls” 😂

[youyuanliang]

Actually pearls are the original pearls you can add to milk tea, boba is a larger version of pearls, the name boba originated from Mandarin or Cantonese, both boba and pearls you can make them any flavour and colour, they're all tapioca products☺️

[saracampbell]

I loveee tapioca my mom cooks it all the time! She’s a Filipino :) she also cooks me boba once in a while

[enkclhg]

“Both are chewy little balls”
Middle school boys: it’s my time to shine

[Notintime]

Where I’m from, we eat savoury tapioca pearls called sabudhana kichdi. But the pearls are smaller than the ones that people use for boba drinks. We boil tapioca pearls and temper it with oil, coriander leaves, mustard seeds and peanuts. It’s one of my favourite evening snacks:)

[Togaaa.]

The 'chewy little balls' had me hollering😭😭

[cubecopyright]

"both are chewy balls" YEAH SO ARE DEEZ NU-

[LynnNala]

Honestly they’re both the same. They start from tapioca starch. However the brown sugar can give the tapioca pearls their deeper color or even food coloring. You can achieve many versions of boba using tapioca starch. However I believe POPPING boba is the difference. In the sense that they’re gelatin bubbles filled with syrup.

[doodledragon]

The sentince " both are chewy little balls " will haunt me forever 😰

[rayyanali]

For some reason in my Tapioca pearls are more readily available that Tapioca Starch. We used them for desserts and even to make Tapioca crackers. Boil them in water with seasonings or you can also add in some potatoes or shrimps. Once thick, you can optionally blend with a stick blender, then immediately pour circular blotches of the mix on parchment paper and then dehydrate. Can be stored for some time and fried when needed

[hannahbee]

"chewy little balls" AND THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID💀😭

[coraorzoe]

"Chewy little balls"

Me: OH, OK..ANYWAYS.

[moonie]

Me as a native brazillian decendent seeing this:
Oh so thats what they do with tapioca...

[allergictoapricots]

i made boba out of tapioca flour and it was so fun!! would definitely recommend

[winterflower]

I grew up eating tapioca pearls and i love it. Especially when its made as a bhog during fasting. Soaked over night then smashed with hand and mixed with fruits like mango, banana, grapes, pomegranates, etc. Tastes the best. So heavenly.