I kept seeing this boba bam instant boba drink packs in Costco Fridge section and just wondering what they are. Well, finally I decided to purchase them which they are in a great price of $12.99 and come in a pack of 14. Just to mention that they are in two different flavors of milk tea & taro. I was just slightly confused what this was, but it just kept calling me to it. Therefore, as I was super excited to give this a try.

Costco boba bam BOBA drinks

The instructions make it seem like they are very easy to make. But while you start making it, it kind of feels a bit confusing. Well, to not make it confusing all you need is 3 things:

  1. 1 cup milk or milk alternative (I’m using oat milk)
  2. 1 cup of ice
  3. of course, the drink pack (milk tea or taro)

The Way I Cooked It

Now, besides getting those 3 things. All you need to do is get a pot of hot water and boil 1 of the boba packages for 3-5 minutes. As the boba’s come in a plastic package, I didn’t want to boil the plastic so I tried a different method instead. What I did is, I opened the package and I put it on an empty pot and turned on the fire on very low heat. As soon as it came to a melting point, I added it to the oat milk and ice. Thats it.

However, the milk tea flavor would melt easily while the taro flavor would get stuck to the pot. I continued my still of method regardless of if they got stuck to the pan or not.

milk tea

Oh gosh! This flavor gave me a very big headache as the tea flavor is just too strong. The milk side of taste is very low, but the tea side is just dominating. It tastes like black tea and heavy dosage of it. I tried this drink couple more times and seems like the headache was less every other time. At the same time, as much as strong the tea taste is, there is no information on how much caffeine it has. Just to mention the caffeine side feels strong, but possibly it could be just the taste and not the caffeine.

taro 

Wow! taro flavor is just fantastic and super delicious. However, as I’m drinking it, in back of my mind I’m thinking of caramel. For some reason, adding a drizzle of caramel to this pack would be a great idea. The taro flavor gives zero headache and you can’t taste any caffeine from it.

From both flavors, the taro is the winner.

boba

The quality of the boba is great as they come in red and black colors. Besides that, the taste is amazing and also the size is pretty good. They are small size boba and good amount too.

Straws 

I just loved that they come in paper straws because plastic straws end up killing turtles and fishes in the ocean. Therefore, the paper straws gave me a bit of joy knowing they are safe for the environment.

I highly recommend giving this a try as I liked it a lot. I recommend heating up the packs with their method that is written on the box as it is faster and cleaner. Great taste especially the taro.