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  I get it, it's like "do I chew this? Isn't this a drink?" It's not unlike having a mouthful chunky vomit you're trying hold back.
context: Well, you certainly hit a very unpopular opinion. I personally quite like a tasty Taro Slush with pearls. >
  
  I love chewing on them but I know some people are not fans of the texture. Also there’s definitely good boba and mehh boba >
  
  Have you tried the exploding bubbles? With that little bit of juice they are just lovely >
  
  Oh no that's gross. When I lived in China a few years ago, several local coffee shops that I used to frequent started a fad of adding those exploding bubbles into iced coffee, and many times you couldn't even order a drink without them, for one reason or another. >
  
  Me  : >
  
  I couldn't imagine wasting my precious tapioca supply on boba tea! /s >
  
  Tapioca chips are nice >
  
  I like to drink milk tea but without that stupid boba >
  
  Never had the desire to try it, and I don't think I ever shall. >
  
  I love it. >
  
  Tapioca is always disgusting, but the number of these places the average california suburb can support is truly astounding. >
  
  I suppose when you say milk tea you mean the base of bubble tea. Some places made the base with cheap artificial flavor dairy powder. That’s what you get when you buy cheap bubble tea.
  There are certainly better ones brew with real tea leaves and real milk. >
  
  Yeah I'm not talking about fake milk tea here. >
  
  So you mean milk tea made with real tea leaves and real milk/cream are also disgusting? Then that would be the unpopular opinion.
  I mean bubble tea or boba in movies/tv shows were almost always portrayed as what the idiots like to drink. Not liking bubble tea probably isn’t that unpopular of an opinion. It may be more mainstream than you think. >
  
  Check my original post >
  
  Your original post just said milk tea. To clarify I asked if you are talking about cheap fake milk tea based bubble tea, or bubble tea made with real tea leaves and milk.
  Then you say you are “not talking about fake milk tea here”. 
  So I assume it means your original post wanted to saying that “bubble tea made with real tea leaves and real milk/cream are boarderline disgusting.”
  Should be pretty clear. >
  
  It also says that it’s a waste of milk, tea and tapioca. What other clarification do you need? >
  
  I usually get them without pearls… The pearls are just 300 extra calories of empty starch that add almost nothing.  If I want to chew something I’ll add aloe or some other sort of topping.
  Though unfortunately a lot of bubble tea places aren’t friendly to people who are lactose intolerant where I live because they all use those premade milk powders.  Sometimes I’m lucky and will find a place that has one or two options available with substitute milk, but usually it’s the fruit teas for me, and those go well with aloe or coconut/lychee/etc jelly.
  I miss the variety of options I got in Germany. >
  
  Not a fan of the boba but I will drown myself in some milk tea >
  
  You're big on texture eh? >
  
  Boba Fett >
  
  i mes. some peaple like it but i find the texture to be unberable