Milk Tea With Popping Boba Best Combinations

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These are all the best combinations for combining milk tea with popping boba. There are many different flavors for popping boba. This article will cover majority of them, and provide the milk tea flavors that they work best with.

Popping boba, also know as popping pearls, has become an increasingly popular topping in bubble tea drinks. It is certainly one of the most fun things to place in your drinks and enjoy. I am a big fan of popping boba, and sometimes prefer them over tapioca pearls.

Popping Boba Flavors And The Milk Teas That Go With Them

Regular milk tea can go with any of the popping boba flavors listed here:

  • Blueberry Popping Boba
  • Grape Popping Boba
  • Chocolate Popping Boba
  • Mango Popping Boba
  • Peach Popping Boba
  • Orange Popping Boba
  • Strawberry Popping Boba

A coconut milk tea can virtually go with any popping boba flavor.


1. Strawberry Popping Boba

  • Almond Milk Tea
  • Banana Milk Tea
  • Blueberry Milk Tea
  • Dragonfruit Milk Tea
  • Chocolate Milk Tea
  • Strawberry Milk Tea
  • Yogurt Milk Tea
  • Vanilla Milk Tea

Strawberry popping pearls can be placed in almond, banana, blueberry, dragonfruit, chocolate, strawberry, yogurt or vanilla milk tea drinks.

2. Mango Popping Boba

  • Banana Milk Tea
  • Blueberry Milk Tea
  • Caramel Milk Tea
  • Chocolate Milk Tea
  • Lychee Milk Tea
  • Mango Milk Tea
  • Passion Fruit Milk Tea
  • Peach Milk Tea
  • Yogurt Milk Tea
  • Vanilla Milk Tea

Mango popping pearls can be placed in banana, blueberry, caramel, chocolate, lychee, mango, passion fruit, peach, yogurt, or vanilla milk tea drinks.

3. Peach Popping Boba

  • Almond Milk Tea
  • Blueberry Milk Tea
  • Grape Milk Tea
  • Mango Milk Tea
  • Peach Milk Tea
  • Vanilla Milk Tea
  • Yogurt Milk Tea

Peach popping pearls can be placed in almond, blueberry, grape, mango, peach, vanilla, or yogurt Milk Tea drinks.

4. Passion Fruit Popping Boba

  • Banana Milk Tea
  • Mango Milk Tea
  • Papaya Milk Tea
  • Passion Fruit Milk Tea
  • Peach Milk Tea
  • Strawberry Milk Tea

Passion fruit popping pearls can be placed in banana, mango, papaya, passion fruit, peach, or strawberry milk tea drinks.

5. Lychee Popping Boba

  • Durian Milk Tea
  • Grape Milk Tea
  • Jackfruit Milk Tea
  • Lychee Milk Tea
  • Mango Milk Tea
  • Rose Milk Tea

Lychee popping pearls can be placed in durian, coconut, grape, jackfruit, lychee, mango, or rose milk tea drinks.

6. Blueberry Popping Boba

  • Blueberry Milk Tea
  • Mango Milk Tea
  • Papaya Milk Tea
  • Peach Milk Tea
  • Strawberry Milk Tea

Blueberry popping pearls can be placed in blueberry, mango, papaya, peach, or strawberry milk tea drinks.

7. Pomegranate Popping Boba

  • Blueberry Milk Tea
  • Chocolate Milk Tea
  • Mango Milk Tea
  • Raspberry Milk Tea
  • Rose Milk Tea
  • Strawberry Milk Tea
  • Peppermint Milk Tea
  • Vanilla Milk Tea

Pomegranate popping pearls can be placed in blueberry, chocolate, mango, raspberry, rose, strawberry, peppermint, or vanilla milk tea drinks.

8. Green Apple Popping Boba

  • Mango Milk Tea
  • Papaya Milk Tea
  • Passion Fruit Milk Tea

Green apple popping pearls can be placed in mango, papaya, or passion fruit milk tea drinks.

9. Cherry Popping Boba

  • Almond Milk Tea
  • Caramel Milk Tea
  • Cherry Milk Tea
  • Chocolate Milk Tea
  • Peach Milk Tea
  • Vanilla Milk Tea

Cherry popping pearls can be placed in almond, caramel, cherry chocolate, peach, or vanilla milk tea drinks.

10. Cantaloupe Popping Boba

  • Raspberry Milk Tea
  • Vanilla Milk Tea

Cantaloupe popping pearls can be placed in raspberry or vanilla milk tea drinks.

11. Chocolate Popping Boba

  • Almond Milk Tea
  • Banana Milk Tea
  • Chocolate Milk Tea
  • Cherry Milk Tea
  • Dragonfruit Milk Tea
  • Honeydew Milk Tea
  • Mango Milk Tea
  • Strawberry Milk Tea

Chocolate popping pearls can be placed in almond, banana, chocolate, cherry, dragonfruit, honeydew, mango, or strawberry milk tea drinks.

12. Kiwi Popping Boba

  • Banana Milk Tea
  • Cherry Milk Tea
  • Mango Milk Tea

Kiwi popting pearls can be placed in banana, cherry, or mango milk tea drinks.

13. Orange Popping Boba

  • Almond Milk Tea
  • Banana Milk Tea
  • Chocolate Milk Tea
  • Coffee Milk Tea
  • Grape Milk Tea
  • Vanilla Milk Tea

Orange popping pearls can be placed in almond, banana, chocolate, coffee, grape or vanilla milk tea drinks.

14. Rose Popping Boba

  • Chocolate Milk Tea
  • Lychee Milk Tea
  • Pomegranate Milk Tea
  • Raspberry Milk Tea
  • Rose Milk Tea

Rose popping pearls can be placed chocolate, lychee, pomegranate, raspberry or rose milk tea drinks.

15. Yogurt Popping Boba

  • Blueberry Milk Tea
  • Mango Milk Tea
  • Peach Milk Tea
  • Raspberry Milk Tea
  • Strawberry Milk Tea
  • Vanilla Milk Tea
  • Yogurt Milk Tea

Yogurt popping pearls can be placed in blueberry, mango, peach, raspberry, strawberry, vanilla or yogurt milk tea drinks.

16. Lemon Popping Boba

  • Blueberry Milk Tea

Lemon popping pearls can be placed in blueberry milk tea drinks.


Can you put popping boba in milk tea?

Yes you can. There is some false information out there that states that you can’t mix milk tea with fruit flavors. It states that it will mess up the taste, but this is false. If this was true, then fruit milkshakes, smoothies, and other milk drinks mixed with fruit flavored syrups would have never been invented and become so popular. There are already a plethora of fruit milk tea flavors anyway.

Even though some people don’t like popping pearls and prefer tapioca pearls, the same could be said for some when it comes to tapioca pearls versus popping boba. It really is more of a personal preference and what individuals are used to, when drinking bubble tea/milk tea beverages.

There is nothing wrong with enjoying popping pearls in a milk tea drink. Fruit flavoring have been mixed with milk and tea drinks for decades.

If the right flavors for the popping pearls are combined with the right milk tea drinks, then it can create milk tea and bubble tea drinks that are both fun and more tasteful.

Technically the popping pearls never actually come in contact with the milk, since they are encased in a thin edible shell to begin with. The milk tea can be enjoyed with or without the popping boba. Plus, the popping boba can be saved at the bottom of the milk tea drink for later, after the milk tea is consumed.

Is popping boba the same as bubble tea?

Popping boba is another boba substitute that can go into bubble tea drinks in the place tapioca pearls. They are fruit flavors and various other flavors in the form of liquids, that are encased within a easy to pop edible shell.

They can be sipped through a boba straw, which then van be popped very easily on the roof of the mouth. They burst with the corresponding flavor of the popping pearls. There is more information about popping pearls of you would like to find out more.

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