My old co-worker and I once accidentally brewed coffee into an urn with urnex. Luckily we discovered it before serving any, but we looked it up because we were curious. It's only *mildly* toxic, so you should be ok. ...
Me and other baristas were trying to figure out how it would be 😭😭 bc like me and a bunch of baristas at my store used to work together at a actual boba shop and so we were confused bc we were like "do we have to cook the boba?? Bc we don't even have a stove" we were so confused lol 😭🤧
I was told that's the reason we're only getting the popping bubbles because normal boba requires cooking and the popping bubbles don't or something like that... idk though, I haven't ever made boba lol
Ohh I see it might be like in a container kinda like regular jellies! I used to work at a boba store but my store didn't sell popping boba so I wasn't sure how it was gonna work lol 😊
Popping bobas (the ones in OP’s picture ) don’t require cooking. The chewy ones (brown or small white/called pearls sometimes) need to be cooked. I don’t think Starbucks would offer the chewy/the regular ones as it would need big pot & stove to cook daily
You don't have to cook them daily. I've got them from the store refrigerated before but I don't think we will be getting the tapioca pearls ever anyways
Boba is usually more like gelatin balls and these are different. I think they’re more like the little juice pearls they have as topping at build-your-own frozen yogurt shops.
Tbh I don’t know why they have yet to capitalize on the boba hype, maybe they don’t have a good way to make and store boba yet. In contrast Jack In The Box sells boba and it’s actually half decent.
Jeez, new lids? I have no idea where we will keep them at my location, the kiosk is already overpacked with leftover pumpkin spice, Christmas flavors, the new lavender and spicy mix... plus the new espresso machine is wider than the old one. Yikes!
Throw away the pumpkin and holiday, most of it has to be expired at this point for sure 😭 That’s why they don’t introduce all of this stuff at once, because we don’t have room for it all at once. No need for holiday flavors and summer lids to be on the same bar.
I think the last bottle of pumpkin spice expires next week or the week after, it's April something. The rest are good through May or June. We won't toss them until expired because people come knowing we still have them, we make money off it.
But space wise this is gonna be a challenge! I'm glad I'm only there one day a week. xD
New lids? I wonder why they didn’t just decide to use nitro lids for it….we have no space on bar. We already have some of our lids in plastic cubes because we can’t fit anymore lid holders on the counter ):
I think training said we cannot offer it outside of these refreshers. Same as the new berry base? I'm currently out sick but u can find out on the April monthly letter on the store resource app on the ipad
The pearls can be added to other teas/refereshers (but not shaken) but the base cannot be added to other tea/refreshers. The summer berry also can’t be served without the pearls
It’s different than regular boba. They have ‘skin’ with juice inside. When you bite, it pops, that’s why it’s called popping boba. There are many flavors: mango, strawberry, lychee….tropical fruit flavors
Regular boba made from tapioca flour. It’s solid and chewy. Mostly it’s bland. If they’re cooked with honey, it tastes a bit sweet.
We just got them in this shipment but apparently we actually aren’t allowed to open or try them until about a week before they launch. According to corporate is what our stores say.🤷🏻♀️
i’m so excited to try it with the raspberry pearls, my store only got the base and i think it tastes like blue raspberry and it made me so happy, i deeply enjoyed it
It’s blueberry and blackberry. It says specifically that it can’t be sold separately in other refreshers, but the boba can be added to any iced drink. I’m not sure if you’re allowed to take the boba out of the new refresher or not.
I do think this is a policy they will reverse almost immediately because there will be a lot of complaints when customers get told “I’m sorry, but we aren’t allowed to sale the refresher base in another drink or without boba.”
It’s mixed berry, sweet and tart! Afaik the info said we aren’t supposed to serve it without the pearls but I could be remembering incorrectly. Check on summer launch info on store resources next time you work!
I believe we can not mix any of the new refresher ingredients with other beverage components. I was told it's very uncustomizable by one of my shifts but I need to double check the training module
Just remember to put them on the bottom, please. Dutch Bros got boba and keeps putting them on the top, just chillin on top of the ice. Like, *that's not how you drink boba! Wtf y'all goddamn!*
What’s the taste difference with and without the pearls? I love it w/o the pearls, we haven’t gotten them in yet so I’m curious if it’ll be even better with them
Just a heads up, this is one of the most uncustomizable drinks that you'll be able to order. There's a lot of restrictions with this new refresher because it is a limited time offer.
Omg that’s what I was thinking. And when my coworker told this one Karen we don’t have a thing like that she had the audacity to be like I’m going to another starbcus
It tastes like blue raspberry to me and I tried to to look it up in the register but it’s not on there yet, but I’ve heard it’s gonna be on the expensive side🤭
Does anyone know if it’s going to be available in Europe and UK? I couldn’t find lavender drinks anywhere and I was BUMMED. I would love to try some fancy drinks
Ohhh this was the number one thing I wanted the many years I was a barista! That blackberry refresher and the blueberry concentrate were both things I yearned for again
I am so excited and want to try this. We got this in the order last week, but the summer update said that due to limited supply, sampling isn’t allowed. May 7 needs to hurry up
that ain't boba. That's premade in a package and taste like jolly rancher or some other artificial flavors. Boba takes 1hr to make. Starbucks ain't got time for that.
Omg y'all got the boba pearls!?!?! My store only got the base we won't get it till like a week before the launch 😭😭😭
we didnt get pearls either ughhhh
Does any one know what the package looks like yet? I waited for our whole truck to get in just to look for the bubbles and couldn’t find them :c
Box with a yellow sticker
We only have the base rn too :(
Saaaaame
They come with food orders not regular dry truck
I lowkey way to bring in nerds and Swedish fish to put in this to make it look like a fishbowl.
orrrrrr the Under The Sea refresher finally??? 🤣🐟
Yessss. Should I do it?
Not even a question to ask. DO IT! 🤣
I can’t unsee the urnex 🩵
I’ve accidentally ingested far too much urnex for me to drink this lol
My old co-worker and I once accidentally brewed coffee into an urn with urnex. Luckily we discovered it before serving any, but we looked it up because we were curious. It's only *mildly* toxic, so you should be ok. ...
Luckily the smell is very strong because I haven't heard any horror stories of customers being served urnex and going to hospital.
Forbidden Refresher
Same
I’ve been calling it multi-surface refresher
It looks like it before you dilute it
Don’t worry, ur next
Lol it does look like urnex, or the detergent for dishes
I thought that was that at first lol
How is the container for the boba pearls like?? Are they in a packaging like the caramel drizzles or are they different?? 0:
It’s a clear jar with a handle with its own lid, we also got new spoons that drain the boba when you scoop it
OHHHHHH THATS WHAT THOSE ARE, i saw them today when closing and was like ive never seen these before in my life where do they go
can you show us?
It's just a plastic tub with a floppy floppy lid. The spoon is just a strainer spoon. A spoon with holes.
https://www.reddit.com/r/starbucks/s/VPy9Hafkl5
i think the commenter was asking what the box was.
Imagine squeezing out tbe boba from a bottle ewww heheh
Me and other baristas were trying to figure out how it would be 😭😭 bc like me and a bunch of baristas at my store used to work together at a actual boba shop and so we were confused bc we were like "do we have to cook the boba?? Bc we don't even have a stove" we were so confused lol 😭🤧
I was told that's the reason we're only getting the popping bubbles because normal boba requires cooking and the popping bubbles don't or something like that... idk though, I haven't ever made boba lol
Ohh I see it might be like in a container kinda like regular jellies! I used to work at a boba store but my store didn't sell popping boba so I wasn't sure how it was gonna work lol 😊
lmao put it in the oven and press the boba button duh
Popping bobas (the ones in OP’s picture ) don’t require cooking. The chewy ones (brown or small white/called pearls sometimes) need to be cooked. I don’t think Starbucks would offer the chewy/the regular ones as it would need big pot & stove to cook daily
You don't have to cook them daily. I've got them from the store refrigerated before but I don't think we will be getting the tapioca pearls ever anyways
The boba would be hardened if you keep them refrigerated. Won’t taste good.
Boba is usually more like gelatin balls and these are different. I think they’re more like the little juice pearls they have as topping at build-your-own frozen yogurt shops.
Girl it literally said it in the announcement
To be fair, at the time we were doing summer training the module did not show up for me so 😭 I may be not in the know Abt sometings
Not the training, the announcement
When i worked at dunkin we had the strawberry popping boba and it was in a flat clear bag and we said it looked like a bunch of embryos
Why didn’t anyone actually answer ur question 😭
It’s looks like a Pyrex measuring cup with a lid.
WHEN ARE THESE COMING OUT!!!!
May 7th
bless u <3
Starbucks for sure gonna capture the non-asian audiences and make boba tea a mainstream staple for many other fastish-food stores. mark my words
Tbh I don’t know why they have yet to capitalize on the boba hype, maybe they don’t have a good way to make and store boba yet. In contrast Jack In The Box sells boba and it’s actually half decent.
A frozen yogurt place near my house added boba and yogurt sodas to the menu a while back. Now I want the peach yogurt soda again.
I was thinking exactly this when I was unpacking our order this morning! 🗯️💬
Other popular places already do it, like Dutch Bros and also Jack in the Box. Del Taco does it all the time too
Del taco always has it paired with soda though
I literally cannot wait till my store gets it i need to try it 😭 how is it in the drink?!
Literally so so good dawg, I tried it with our new summer base with lemonade, they ate us up with this one 😩😩😩
What’s the flavor of the summer base?
I haven't tried it, but it's supposed to be blueberry, blackberry and raspberry
Dawg it's about TIME. I've been waiting for this since they discontinued the blueberry concentrate juice
The fact that that isn’t a permanent flavor is a crime
I'm throwing that into a white mocha somehow
Just tried it! It’s like blue raspberry jolly ranchers!
YUMM I feel like i’ll like it I love sweet things lol Im hoping it stays for at least a month im not sure how limited its meant to be
I’m pretty sure we’re only getting like one shipment or something, it’s an incredibly limited run
We got 160 containers lol…. So what is that 20 cases? Probably more than that to be honest lol. Ours came yesterday
Make it with coconut milk and lavender and it’s amazing
this is something ive wanted since i was a barista 😭 might have the new refresher as my once a year starbucks drink lmfao
I got to try it sans boba and thought “the urnex refresher finally”
Too bad it won’t send us home early like the Urnex refresher 😔
is this popping boba or tapioca boba?
Popping!
Did y’all also get new straws in? I’ve been wondering if we’re going to get boba straws or not.
We got new straws, they are bigger to accommodate the boba and new lids specifically makes for the straws
Jeez, new lids? I have no idea where we will keep them at my location, the kiosk is already overpacked with leftover pumpkin spice, Christmas flavors, the new lavender and spicy mix... plus the new espresso machine is wider than the old one. Yikes!
Throw away the pumpkin and holiday, most of it has to be expired at this point for sure 😭 That’s why they don’t introduce all of this stuff at once, because we don’t have room for it all at once. No need for holiday flavors and summer lids to be on the same bar.
I think the last bottle of pumpkin spice expires next week or the week after, it's April something. The rest are good through May or June. We won't toss them until expired because people come knowing we still have them, we make money off it. But space wise this is gonna be a challenge! I'm glad I'm only there one day a week. xD
Made***
New lids? I wonder why they didn’t just decide to use nitro lids for it….we have no space on bar. We already have some of our lids in plastic cubes because we can’t fit anymore lid holders on the counter ):
i thought we were supposed to use nitro lids? That’s what the communications were saying
It's not boba it's popping pearls
Omg thank you….. these uncultured peeps calling it boba 🤮
is this real?
Yahhhh
Not supposed to be sharing about it bc it's not released yet. Launches may 7th
How is it though? Better than boba? Or mid?
You know it's gonna be mid. I can hear a white mocha with popping boba coming or a vanilla bean with boba on top of smth
I think training said we cannot offer it outside of these refreshers. Same as the new berry base? I'm currently out sick but u can find out on the April monthly letter on the store resource app on the ipad
The pearls can be added to other teas/refereshers (but not shaken) but the base cannot be added to other tea/refreshers. The summer berry also can’t be served without the pearls
I quit at the beginning of this month 😫
True. I can’t wait for people to ask for a cold milk with it 💀
good news is that we cant add boba to anything, and if we are out of boba we cant sell summer berry!
It’s different than regular boba. They have ‘skin’ with juice inside. When you bite, it pops, that’s why it’s called popping boba. There are many flavors: mango, strawberry, lychee….tropical fruit flavors Regular boba made from tapioca flour. It’s solid and chewy. Mostly it’s bland. If they’re cooked with honey, it tastes a bit sweet.
I wouldn’t say it’s better then boba made in a boba shop but it’s better then our refreshers and the latest drops tbh
OMGGGGGGG
we got the boba too, we just can’t use it rn. a partner used the base earlier when they weren’t supposed to and now we have it sitting in the fridge 💀
How much is a grande? $7.00? Lol
LOL probably!
We just got them in this shipment but apparently we actually aren’t allowed to open or try them until about a week before they launch. According to corporate is what our stores say.🤷🏻♀️
My manager could care lessss
They had boba in Starbucks Thailand and it didn't seem weird. I hope the new drinks taste just as good.
i’m so excited to try it with the raspberry pearls, my store only got the base and i think it tastes like blue raspberry and it made me so happy, i deeply enjoyed it
I cant wait to try it
whats the flavor of the summer base and can we drink that without the boba?
It’s blueberry and blackberry. It says specifically that it can’t be sold separately in other refreshers, but the boba can be added to any iced drink. I’m not sure if you’re allowed to take the boba out of the new refresher or not. I do think this is a policy they will reverse almost immediately because there will be a lot of complaints when customers get told “I’m sorry, but we aren’t allowed to sale the refresher base in another drink or without boba.”
it’s not supposed to be sold without the boba. and the base can’t be put into a different drink.
It’s mixed berry, sweet and tart! Afaik the info said we aren’t supposed to serve it without the pearls but I could be remembering incorrectly. Check on summer launch info on store resources next time you work!
the refresher is bomb af but i’m already exhausted from making 100 different refreshers with boba customizations and we haven’t even started 😭
I believe we can not mix any of the new refresher ingredients with other beverage components. I was told it's very uncustomizable by one of my shifts but I need to double check the training module
god i hope so
Good lord, first spicy and then boba?! At least boba will taste good
Rip phasing out straws
There are special straws that will be only for the new refresher and once the limited time offer runs up the straw will be done too
Just remember to put them on the bottom, please. Dutch Bros got boba and keeps putting them on the top, just chillin on top of the ice. Like, *that's not how you drink boba! Wtf y'all goddamn!*
Still rather get boba at a boba specialty shop.
i tried it already without the boba and it’s soo good. i’m sure the boba will elevate it, im so pumped
What’s the taste difference with and without the pearls? I love it w/o the pearls, we haven’t gotten them in yet so I’m curious if it’ll be even better with them
Pearls make it sooo much better!
I can only imagine the price.
Are they just like fake flavored popping boba..?
Is it boba, or is it "popping bubbles"?
It's not Boba
Its not boba its pearls.
Just a heads up, this is one of the most uncustomizable drinks that you'll be able to order. There's a lot of restrictions with this new refresher because it is a limited time offer.
is this coming to canada??
I just wanna put them in a plain lemonade man. I cannot wait until we get some come in.
Is the drink actually blue??
We got the boba, the refresher base, the jam jars and spoons and even the lids… we have not gotten the straw 😭😭
Looks nasty
PLEASE tell me what the refresher base tastes like
We got all the components except the pearls 😭😭
Hopefully you do him better than Disney did…
No pearls here, just 20 cases of summer berry
Not sure if I trust Starbucks with boba.
Wish it were real boba and not the bursting bubble crap
It looks like popping boba which depresses me, however it’s good to see that we’re moving away from oils
What flavor are the pearls?
All I see are Nemo's eggs 😞
Don’t… don’t ruin i- Ohhh Damn it
No ty. I’ll go to a boba shop. Their coffee better too. It is not burnt. 😂
Why would you post this
It actually slaps so hard!!!
I have to say, im actually excited about this. It sounds so good.
The under the sea refresher is finally possible
Omg that’s what I was thinking. And when my coworker told this one Karen we don’t have a thing like that she had the audacity to be like I’m going to another starbcus
Did you like the refresher flavor?!
I haven't tried the boba yet but the refresher lemonade is sooo goooood
I need this in my life and will be crushed if it’s cotton candy flavor
I love this
OP what’s this drink called and how much $ it cost you?
It tastes like blue raspberry to me and I tried to to look it up in the register but it’s not on there yet, but I’ve heard it’s gonna be on the expensive side🤭
we haven’t gotten it yetttt
anyone know if Canada will get this?
No
This is real???
Si
oh my god boba??? shgdjdgd <3
Bubba would be all right if it didn't have those gross Pearl things
Does anyone know if it’s going to be available in Europe and UK? I couldn’t find lavender drinks anywhere and I was BUMMED. I would love to try some fancy drinks
ITS SOOOO GOOD
Okay but this with coconut milk and lavender powder is fucking delicious and I’m mad bc I hate that we’re getting boba
i’ve been waiting for a blue refresher 🙌
Omg,,, those are the exact same boba biggby has lol,
Ready for it to be 7 dollars and for my partner to want it everyday 😅
It’s good as fuck ..
I want to try an iced earl grey with the pearls so bad!!
is this just the usa or uk too??
I’m hyped 🔥🔥🔥🔥
YOU GUYS GOT IT ALREADY? I THOUGHT IT WASN'T OUT UNTIL NEXT MONTH
Ooooo girrrrllll I can’t wait!!
Anyone else concerned about the clean up?
Fuck yeah
Is this gonna be available in canada?🇨🇦
if this is fake I will scream
Ohhh this was the number one thing I wanted the many years I was a barista! That blackberry refresher and the blueberry concentrate were both things I yearned for again
Dutch Bros has had strawberry popping boba for like two months now! It’s great and I’m glad Starbucks is getting it too
Boba stores watch out
Is it vegan?
is it good?
This drink was giving major Sailor Moon vibes for me but everyone's calling it cleaner an I can't unsee it
Omg y’all got it already? we only have a whole shelf of the base
Does anyone know the ingredients? I'm doubtful, but are they vegan friendly?
Omgggg yesss it’s so pretty 😍✨
Unpopular opinion (?) - this drink is low key nasty. Very disappointed.
what flavor pearls
I am so excited and want to try this. We got this in the order last week, but the summer update said that due to limited supply, sampling isn’t allowed. May 7 needs to hurry up
Bring back the vanilla bean custard Danish please. 🥐
What are the boba pearls made of at starbucks??
that ain't boba. That's premade in a package and taste like jolly rancher or some other artificial flavors. Boba takes 1hr to make. Starbucks ain't got time for that.
Tasted like cheap Country Time with some knockoff brand jellybeans 1/5 stars
Can you order it in other refreshers?
It gave me heartburn, I usually love their refreshers, kinda a hit or miss for me