*runs to the nearest Costco warehouse* 🏃♂️
To prepare the boba tea, you have to microwave it inside the packaging for about 20 seconds. Then, you empty the flavored powder into two ounces of hot water and mix. Add ice and cold water or milk before adding in the boba themselves.
The 10-pack of boba sold at Costco includes passionfruit–pineapple green tea with fruity boba, crème brûlée milk tea with caramel boba, classic milk tea with brown sugar boba, and taro milk tea with brown sugar boba. "Each cup tastes nearly exactly like the advertised flavor, and the boba plumps up nicely and softens to a pleasant chewiness in the microwave," wrote Naomi Tomky of."It might not have perfectly replicated the tea shop experience, but it came darn close at a fraction of the cost—especially since my kids couldn't tell the difference at all.