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• How much tapioca do I need for a classic pudding?
  Most stovetop pudding recipes use 1/2 to 1 cup of small pearl tapioca (84-168 g) per 4 cups of milk, soaked first so the pearls plump before they hit heat. Instant or minute tapioca skips the soak but uses the same volume. Going over 1 cup per quart pushes the texture from creamy-with-bubbles toward stiff and starchy — keep an eye on the pearl-to-liquid ratio.
• Are bubble tea boba pearls the same as cup-measured tapioca?
  No. Boba pearls are large (8-10 mm) and almost always sold dried by weight, not measured by cup. A cup of dried boba weighs more than 168 g because the pearls pack denser. Recipes for milk tea spec boba in grams or by serving (about 30 g dried per drink), so reach for a scale rather than a cup measure when you're making bubble tea at home.
• Can I use tapioca starch (flour) cup-for-cup like pearl tapioca?
  Not in a pudding — starch dissolves into a gel and won't give you the signature pearls. But tapioca starch shows up cup-scale in gluten-free baking, where 1 cup is roughly 120-130 g and slots into flour blends for chew and stretch. Pearl tapioca and tapioca starch are the same plant but behave like different ingredients; pick by texture goal, not interchangeable volume.

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