Vietnamese Iced Coffee Smoothie with Boba

I have an obsession with boba milk teas otherwise known as bubble teas. I remember the first time I heard about them, my brother, Eric, mentioned them to me. He told me about them after a visit with family in either Texas for California (I forget which one). I remember vividly trying to ask him to explain them to me over and over again, I didn’t get it. So there’s a fat straw and you suck up the tapioca and you chew on it? That’s weird. I don’t think I’m interested.

Fast forward to when I visited family in California with him and he MADE me try it. It was all over then. He didn’t tell me that the chewy tapioca kind of reminds you of chewing a gummy bear. And the drinks, the teas, the slushies and smoothies, you can order…all sorts of great stuff. My avocado smoothie that I love was inspired by one I had a boba tea shop in Orlando!

My best friend, Lindsay, has an obsession with passion fruit…she’s posting her version of a bubble tea today too! Passion Fruit Bubble Tea. Now that I want to try!

I use these black dried tapioca pearls you can find at your local Asian grocery store or online. You also need the fat boba straws too!

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