A boba kit lets you make café-style bubble tea at home. This guide explains the three kinds of bubble tea kit sold in India, what is inside each, how to make it, and which one suits you.
A bubble tea kit puts everything for a boba drink in one box or cup, so you can make it at home without visiting a café. In India you will find three kinds of boba kit: a single-serve cup for one drink, a recipe kit for making many cups of one flavour, and a starter package for a café. This guide explains what is inside each one and which to buy.
One drink, no cooking. DIY Boba Cup, ₹149 per 330 ml cup, pearls included, ready in about 2 minutes. Many drinks at home or for a party. A recipe kit: premix, pearls and toppings, 20% off when you buy the whole kit. Opening a counter. The Boba Business Package.
| DIY Boba Cup | Recipe kit | Café starter package | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makes | 1 cup | Many cups of one flavour | A full menu |
| What is inside | Premix, instant pearls, creamer base, cup and straw | 1 kg premix, 500 g raw pearls, syrups and toppings | Ingredients, recipes and training |
| Cooking | None, warm the pearls | Cook the pearls (about an hour) | Café workflow |
| Time per drink | About 2 minutes | Under 2 minutes once pearls are ready | Under 2 minutes |
| Best for | Trying boba, gifting, office pantry | Boba lovers, parties, home cafés | New cafés and kiosks |
Our DIY Boba Cup is the simplest boba kit. Each 330 ml cup holds a flavour premix sachet, a sachet of instant tapioca pearls and, on Taro, Thai and Chocolate, a tea-creamer base sachet. The cup is the mixing glass, and a wide boba straw is in the pack. You only add hot water and ice.
How to make it:
Matcha has no separate creamer sachet, so it takes one step less. For a creamier cup, use warm milk in place of, or along with, the hot water.
Four flavours are available: Taro (creamy and mild, the usual first boba), Matcha (earthy, least sweet), Thai (bold spiced black tea) and Chocolate (dessert-like). A cup is ₹149 including GST, and a pack of 3 of one flavour is ₹399 with free shipping across India. Cups keep six months in a cool, dry place with no refrigeration.
If you drink bubble tea often or want to serve it at a party, a single cup becomes expensive and you want control over sweetness, milk and toppings. Then buy the parts by the kilo. A boba making kit has three parts:
Each flavour page in our recipe library lists the products its drinks use. On those pages you can add the whole kit to the cart, and a complete kit gets 20% off at checkout. For example, the Taro kit brings the taro premix, a base mix, brown sugar syrup, black tea concentrate, classic pearls, two popping boba flavours and two nata de coco flavours together. Other kits include Thai Milk Tea, Matcha and Chocolate.
If you are opening a counter, kiosk or café, you need more than a kit. The Boba Business Package brings ingredients, recipes and setup support together. Read how to start a boba café and our bubble tea business cost calculator first.
New to the drink itself? Start with what bubble tea is, and see how tapioca, popping boba and nata de coco differ as toppings.
Every DIY Boba Cup contains a milk derivative and some caffeine from real tea, and all our products are made in a facility that also handles milk solids, nuts and soy. The cups are not suitable for children under five, because toppings can be a choking hazard. Everything is made at our FSSC 22000 certified plant in Hyderabad and ships across India.
For shops, offices and vending, DIY Boba Cups ship in cases of 24. Business orders get 10% off MRP for a case with a GSTIN, and 20% off with free ground shipping on orders of ₹19,999 and above.
Our single-serve DIY Boba Cup holds a flavour premix sachet, a sachet of instant tapioca pearls, a tea-creamer base sachet on Taro, Thai and Chocolate, and a 330 ml cup with a wide boba straw.
Yes. Every DIY Boba Cup includes a sachet of instant tapioca pearls that only need warming, so there is nothing else to buy for one drink.
About two minutes. Pour 100 ml of hot water into the cup, stir in the sachets, add ice, warm the pearls and add them, then stir.
A DIY Boba Cup is ₹149 including GST. A pack of 3 of one flavour is ₹399 and ships free anywhere in India.
Buy a recipe kit: a premix by the kilo, a pack of tapioca pearls and toppings, chosen for one flavour. On our recipe pages you can add the whole kit to the cart, and a complete kit gets 20% off at checkout.
No. Every pack declares that it contains a milk derivative, and the cups are made in a facility that also handles milk solids, nuts and soy.
We make DIY Boba Cups, premixes and tapioca pearls at our FSSC 22000 plant in Hyderabad and ship across India.
Outside India? See export & international. Or email sales@theteaplanet.com.