Boba (Tapioca Pearl) retailers in NYC

[Sethro]

I need to find some black mini bobas asap. Asian Market is the only place I can think of and they only carry one type of boba; large white.

Any help?

[alanamoana]

edited to add: ahhh, crap...never mind, i just re-read your post and it says black MINI boba...haven't seen those anywhere.

just go to one of the bubble tea shops nearby and ask to buy some raw product (ten ren or teas tea or whatever their names are). shouldn't be too much trouble. if they say "no", no big deal.

there's a korean market somewhere near 10th street (not far from astor place?! i could be wrong) but they carry bubble tea kits. it should also have the dark colored boba.

also check that other shop that is on mulberry (same street as asia market)...it is near the butcher shop and you have to take a couple of stairs below street level to get in...don't know the name of the place, but they might have boba.

Edited April 29, 2006 by alanamoana (log)

[Sethro]

Thank you. If you can think of a name for the Korean shop with the kits, please let me know.

[Pan]

Presumably M2M:

200 East 11th Street (3rd Av.), New York, NY 10003

(212) 353-2698

(Courtesy of superpages.com.)

[alanamoana]

thanks pan, that's exactly it! so often, particularly for ethnic stores, you just walk in and shop and don't really remember the names (maybe that's just me).

but i think the kits have the big boba also...not the mini's

as much as i love eating/drinking bubble teas, the brown tapioca STINKS when you cook it.

[harlanturk]

You can always use:

BOBAFIND

which is like the mapquest for tapioca pearls.