Trader Joe’s just released the Trader Joe’s Instant Boba Kit. Here’s a review of our experience with the kit.
Description
Trader Joe’s describes the product as such
Flavour
The Trader Joe’s Instant Boba Kit is specifically flavoured to be a Brown Sugar Tapioca Pearl Drink Mix. It is vegan and gluten-free.
What’s Included
Trader Joe’s Instant Boba Kit comes with 4 boba pouches filled with tapioca pearls flavored with rich brown sugar, which take only a minute in the microwave to heat up.
They also included 4 wide-gauge paper straw to go along with each pouch to make sure you can capture a few boba with every sip.
Price
The Trader Joe’s Instant Boba Kit is affordably priced at $5.45 which is a great value considering how much boba costs nowadays (at least $5 USD for 16 oz).
Preparation Instructions
Microwave (1200 watt):
- Microwave heat times may vary depending on oven wattage.
- Carefully cut open corner of the pouch.
- Place pouch upright in a microwave safe cup.
- Heat on high power for 45 seconds or until contents are heated through.
- Carefully remove pouch from cup and pour contents into a cup for serving.
- Add ice and milk (or your beverage of choice).
- Stir and enjoy.
Stovetop:
- Bring 1 cup of water to a boil.
- Place sealed pouch in boiling water for 1 minute.
- Carefully remove pouch from boiling water.
- Cut open pouch and pour into a cup for serving.
- Add ice and milk (or your beverage of choice).
- Stir and enjoy.
Nutrition Facts
4 servings per container. 1 pouch as 65 g.
Calories per serving is 110.
- Total fat: 0 g (0%)
- Saturated fat: 0 g (0%)
- Trans fat: 0 g (0%)
- Cholesterol: 0 mg (0%)
- Sodium: 5 mg (0%)
- Total Carbohydrate: 28 g (10%)
- Dietary fiber: 0 g (0%)
- Total sugars: 18 g
- Includes 18g added sugars (36%)
- Protein: 0 g
- Vitamin D: 0 mcg (0%)
- Calcium: 20 mg (2%)
- Iron: 0.3g mg (2%)
- Potassium: 30 mg (0%)
Is it worth trying?
Yes! We thought the flavours of the Trader Joe’s Boba Kit were legit. The products and the ingredients were made in Taiwan, which is where boba originated.
The instructions were easy to follow and it really does take just about a couple of minutes to put it together.
The tapioca pearls were acceptably soft and chewy.
We were able to count 58 tapioca pearls in one of the packages which seems like a decent number of pearls.
The sweetness level was regular in our opinion.
And the great part of making it at home is that you can customize however you like including ice/no ice and whatever milk or plant-based alternative you want.
If you want more sweetness or even more boba, you can incorporate two packages (or more!) into your drink.
The pricing was good as well for what you get.
Overall, the Trader Joe’s Instant Boba Kit was easy, tasty and an affordable to satisfy your boba craving.
