Pearls
Cassava starch cooked to a chew. After about twenty minutes they firm past the first bite. FAO and USDA FoodData Central cite the crop.
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Read an Orlando boba menu — milk tea or fruit tea, sweetness, ice, topping — then open the shop’s own board. Tapi is the pearl with a face. Four parts at the counter: base, sugar, ice, chew.
Kung Fu Tea’s FAQ prints sugar as 0 / 30 / 50 / 75 / 100 and ice as none / less / regular / extra. Harmony, Ding Tea Orlando, and The Boba Company print their own boards. Cook the chew at home, then match the counter script.
Cassava starch cooked to a chew. After about twenty minutes they firm past the first bite. FAO and USDA FoodData Central cite the crop.
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Less ice is more drink. Extra ice is a colder walk-out in July. Shake the tea over ice, then pour so the ratio holds.
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A wide straw is the diameter that lifts a pearl. Thin cocktail straws leave the chew in the cup.
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A percent or a word like “half sweet.” Stay silent and some boards pour full sweet. Brown-sugar syrup is the dark ribbon.
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