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How can I drink a bubble tea to ensure that I don’t finish the tea before bobas?

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I am almost certain this is going to be an interview question at one of the FANGs within a week.

I never found this to be a problem. My teenage son and I would have blowpipe fights with the straws and left over pearls. The neat thing was you couldn't say "Ha, you missed!" because they would stick to you and you could then pull them off and re-sue them as ammo.

Depending on where you are are drinking your bubble tea this may not be culturally appropriate though.

Pro tip: if you're ever drinking slush, drink from the top down (I.e. Always keep the straw at the surface of the slush). This largely avoids the problem of ending up with just a load of ice at the bottom.

I can totally relate.

This is a big problem to solve. Let's combine video input with some AI to estimate the boba to tea ratio. Then the app can calculate the precise angle of straw placement to maximize boba intake.

I have the opposite problem. I eat all of the bobas and still have tea left!

separate the boba and the tea with a sieve. eat boba. drink tea.

I have had this experience.

Still don't understand the fascination - maybe I had inferior quality bubble tea.

Many shops used to utilize powdered milk, most decent ones use real cows’ milk.

Anyway, this is almost the same problem as finishing your drink and only having ice left —for those of us who chew ice.

Well, the powdery stuff is quite similar to non-dairy creamer and thus is extremely delicious but also very very bad for your health, as they contain hydrogenated or even partially hydrogenated oils: thus may well contain trans fats!

personally, I always ask them to make it without any powders "no non-dairy creamers". in this case they'll use condensed milk or whole milk which is still bad for you but not as bad as trans fats.

It's a fad. That said, the texture/sweetness of the pearls can vary a lot. (They're pretty finicky to cook correctly), so you are going to get a pretty big range of quality.

That said, I prefer egg custard if I get milk tea.

It's a fad? I've had bubble tea for the last ~15 years. There have been and are countless boba stores all over the States.

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