dale, tapioca has undergone a sea change, no longer a slimey milk pudding type dessert, its now sold (all over NYC and lots of other places) as "bubble tea" a thick, sweet beverage made from tea, sugar, fruit juice and pearls of tapioca (the 'bubbles') served with a oversized straw that allows you to slurp up the pearls and viscous fluid together.
Personally, i dislike tea, (and think its wrong to adulterate good fruit juice with both tea and tapioca.)
it should be noted, the root that tapioca is made with, is naturally very high in cyinide, and tapioca is the result of grinding, washing, drying, cooking, drying (and then re-moistening and cooking again!) the root. all these processes are designed to make the roots safe for human consumption. why any one would choose to eat tapioca (when there are so many other choices available) is beyond me!
