Submitted by coquetteillumi t3_zopegx in tifu
my cousin (f18) and i (f19) decided to go on a late night walmart run before i go back home for christmas holidays.
as we typically do on our walmart excursions (because we only ever go because we’re bored), we just walked around the whole store grabbing whatever we wanted or needed. as a teenage girl, it is no surprise to anyone that when i saw an at home instant boba kit for $8 (and enough ingredients to make 3 things of bubble tea), that my broke college student ass threw that right in the cart without a second thought.
i decided to make the boba when we arrived back at our grandparent’s house. i followed the instructions on the package, starting by mixing the milk tea powder with hot water then adding the boba, which was all stuck together in this tiny vacuum sealed bag. after that it said to microwave the already hot tea for 45 seconds. i put the homemade boba in a bowl because i was worried it would boil over while spilling tea everywhere in the process.
had to use oven mitts to take the bowl out of the microwave, stuck it in the fridge for a few minutes, spilled everywhere pouring it into a glass and the boba texture was disgusting they tasted like bread, milk tea part was manageable at best.
now im a broke college student with a broken heart and am $8 poorer because of this horrible mistake.
tl;dr: wasted money on diy boba kit and ruined my grandparents countertop
RollerRocketScience t1_j0o88em wrote
Ok, so if the pearls are hard, you can boil them on the stove to make them chewy instead of microwaving. Basically you dump them in boiling water and then when they float instead of sinking they're almost ready. What's the kit?