I never found this to be a problem. My teenage son and I would have blowpipe fights with the straws and left over pearls. The neat thing was you couldn't say "Ha, you missed!" because they would stick to you and you could then pull them off and re-sue them as ammo.
Depending on where you are are drinking your bubble tea this may not be culturally appropriate though.
Pro tip: if you're ever drinking slush, drink from the top down (I.e. Always keep the straw at the surface of the slush). This largely avoids the problem of ending up with just a load of ice at the bottom.
This is a big problem to solve. Let's combine video input with some AI to estimate the boba to tea ratio. Then the app can calculate the precise angle of straw placement to maximize boba intake.
It's a fad. That said, the texture/sweetness of the pearls can vary a lot. (They're pretty finicky to cook correctly), so you are going to get a pretty big range of quality.
That said, I prefer egg custard if I get milk tea.
Well, the powdery stuff is quite similar to non-dairy creamer and thus is extremely delicious but also very very bad for your health, as they contain hydrogenated or even partially hydrogenated oils: thus may well contain trans fats!
personally, I always ask them to make it without any powders "no non-dairy creamers". in this case they'll use condensed milk or whole milk which is still bad for you but not as bad as trans fats.
