I did it! I figured out what Boba's tastes like!

[goodtimes]

Real original, huh? Anyway, here's my take. It came to me out of nowhere while I was sitting on the couch watching a movie and puffing away.

Okay, so picture this. You wake up in the morning and have a hankering for a big bowl of cereal (in my mind I'm 12 years old again, but you can be however old you want ). I open the pantry and start looking through all the sugary kid's cereals for something that strikes my fancy. Fruit Loops... nah. Honeycomb... mmm, getting warmer. FiberOne... blech! What does dad see in that stuff, anyway?! Ah! There it is. I grab the bright yellow box. I put some in the bowl and top it off with milk. I take a bite and my mouth is filled with rich graham crackery goodness, with a touch of brown sugar and honey, and maybe a bit of additional sweetness from the whole milk (if you drink 1%... my condolences). Sound familiar? That's because Boba's tastes like... <drum roll>... Golden Grahams!

Fresh off of this revelation of Biblical proportions I turn to my wife and say, "I got it! Taste this and tell me this doesn't taste like Golden Graham's cereal!" She takes a long drag, gets a confused look on her face, and says, "Uh, no it doesn't. It tastes like pipe tobacco."

Sigh... Boba's strikes again.

 

[M_FactorX19]

i still think it taste like chocolate graham crackers. good stuff though!

 

[goodtimes]

I can definitely see that. I also pick up on some bananas so perhaps I should have said Golden Grahams with some sliced banana pieces.

 

[VictoryNotVengence]

it tastes like a tractor tire thats been decomposing in the sun for atleast 3 years.

 

[six]

Exhale through your nose. Sometimes it seems like graham... sometimes it reminds me of baby food. I can't remember if it was squash or just what... but 20 years ago, there was a baby food jar that smelled just like it.

 

[Dream]

i get cola syrup, molasses, fertilizer, and motor oil
maybe with some soggy grape nuts cereal..

 

[djbishybish]

I hear a lot of people say an oatmeal raisin cookie...

This has got to be the biggest mystery in the vaping world.

 

[Picklesworth.]

I get root beer somtimes. Aparently its a simple mix too. Complex taste though.
I get sick of it shortly b4 I start missing it again. Strange stuff indeed.

 

[kreapster]

I taste graham cracker with smokey grape, milk chocolate and hint of raison. It's incredible !

 

[DVDV]

I give up. Directly out of the mail box it tasted like Mr's Pumpkin mated with a Mr. Tobacco and made a ginger baby who hooked up with Mr. Sugar who's off spring mated with some different Mr. Tobacco who sexed with a half drunk Unicorn. A week later and I get less tobacco, almost no ginger, some vanilla, some graham cracker, slight cocoa but mostly I just get lot's of awesome.

 

[bowhunterr2001]

After about a week I just gave up on tryin to figure out what it tastes like and just enjoy ever hit that comes out of my REO Grand loaded with it..

 

[unloaded]

To me it tastes like this minus the two scoops:

 

[SmackyTheFrog]

I give up. Directly out of the mail box it tasted like Mr's Pumpkin mated with a Mr. Tobacco and made a ginger baby who hooked up with Mr. Sugar who's off spring mated with some different Mr. Tobacco who sexed with a half drunk Unicorn. A week later and I get less tobacco, almost no ginger, some vanilla, some graham cracker, slight cocoa but mostly I just get lot's of awesome.

Unicorn! That's it; you nailed it! I've definitely tasted dark chocolate, graham cracker, and at times banana, but unicorn was the one element that I couldn't pin down! Initially, I thought it might be fairy dandruff or vampire musk, but it is unicorn.

 

[Strigol]

Friend of mine says it tastes like coconut macaroons...me it's something undefinable with a spicy aftertaste...

 

[Landhew]

It tastes like Kellogg's Craklin' Oat Bran.

 

[goodtimes]

It tastes like Kellogg's Craklin' Oat Bran.

Oooh, good one! I think that may be as close as Golden Grahams. And I happen to love Cracklin' Oat Bran too...

 

[kempo63]

I think the OP's wife has it right -- tastes like pipe tobacco smells to me. Next week I'll tell ya something different though.

 

[UnFettered_Soul]

I still say Anise:
Anise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, namely the culinary and liquor uses, which would explain some members mention of absinthe, hot chocolate (cocoa), and root beer, or even a ginger/graham cracker like, graham flour being nutty and slightly sweet.

 

[kcos]

I give up. Directly out of the mail box it tasted like Mr's Pumpkin mated with a Mr. Tobacco and made a ginger baby who hooked up with Mr. Sugar who's off spring mated with some different Mr. Tobacco who sexed with a half drunk Unicorn. A week later and I get less tobacco, almost no ginger, some vanilla, some graham cracker, slight cocoa but mostly I just get lot's of awesome.

Thanks for making me laugh.

 

[deathtobacco]

I remember a big debate last year on what secret ingredient is really behind the taste of Bobas and it seems like this was the answer most agreed on--search ecf for the official bobas bounty page or try this site-- Get tully coffee, coffee supply, coffee, espresso, french roast, cappuccino, house blend, french roast, madison blend coffee at Lollicup.com

I looked up "boba" and "tapioca" on wikipedia and the above site seemed to give the best explanation. I keep meaning to go to my local tea house for a boba tea to see if the taste is really the same. Regardless, it is my absolute favorite juice and the one that got me to put out cigs for good.