Hello! I’m sure there’s one question on your mind, did I succeed in making my own pearls? YES, here’s my final product! Other than learning how to make myself a good cup of bubble tea (and saving some money), I gained way more insight than I thought I would! Before we start making any kind […]

Hey there! “Bubble tea without pearls is just flavoured water.” (Respondent, 2020) Today, let’s dive deeper into the last segment of my survey on environmental action! At the top of this segment, I shared 2 main environmental impacts of tapioca pearls that I’ve previously blogged about – the huge water footprint of the starch extraction […]

Hello! We last talked about the shocking truths behind tapioca pearl production and for this week, let’s look at how big of an appetite Singaporeans have toward tapioca pearls. Did you know that as of January 2020, Singapore had 61 bubble tea brands? And among these 61 brands, 16 were surveyed by Statista in 2019 […]

Hello! Have you ever faced the problem of finishing your tea before the pearls and having to suck them up individually while avoiding the ice cubes? Well, that happens to me all the time (anyone has any tips?) and so that day while I was struggling to finish my tapioca pearls, I started to wonder […]