After reading through all the positive reviews on these tapioca pearls I couldn't help but get sucked in and try them out. I'm just got into the coffee making hobby and getting into that hobby is a lot to take in price wise and effort in learning all the tips and tricks. Sometimes though we just want bubbletea, our second favourite drink. I decided to order some Thai Milk Tea (which was amazing) and for bubbles I went with this product after researching a bunch of different options to choose from. The bag was medium sized and if you were to have a drink everyday with bubbles it could last a week or two.
Now it was time to make them. I followed the instructions exactly leaving no room for myself to mess it up. Once they finished we added them to our drinks and we thought this is gonna save us tons of money making our drinks instead of buying them all the time. Then we ate some. It was not an enjoyable moment. I even had to spit them out. They were cooked perfectly and had a great texture to them exactly how we like them but the taste was disgusting.
Fast forward to the next day. I was very curious how these could get so many great reviews and so i read some more again and decided I'd try again. So I did and the texture came out perfect again, taste was God awful again BUT this time I made a brown sugar syrup on the side and popped the rest of them in to let them soak for a good 6hrs (mainly because i forgot about them). When the drinks were made and ready to go we added them to our drinks thinking that our problem was solved. Oh how naive we were in thinking that way. The only difference was they were sweeter but when you bite into them you get that same awful taste. Time to move on to a different brand!