Boba shortage: the U.S. may soon have no bubbles for tea

I've heard from an ice-cream shop owner that mint-chip eaters are this way. Anyone else will substitute another flavor if the one they're looking for isn't there, but an ice-cream shop has to have mint-chip on hand because people looking for that flavor won't substitute.

Anyway: I had no idea we imported finished tapioca pearls. They seem really easy to make:

https://www.instructables.com/How-to-make-Tapioca-Pearls-fro...

(I appreciate there's a big difference between making enough for one drink and needing to have enough on hand for a week's business, but still, if it's that or losing customers, time to get cooking.)