Retsy Series 1 · Card 0735 · 00-DRK

Tapioca Tornado

Chew your drink. Trust us.

Fruity bubble tea with chewy tapioca pearls from the new kiosk at the mall that everyone was scared of.

Card no.: 0735 of 1,280
Set: 00s Drinks · 00-DRK
Year: 2008
Type: Early mall bubble tea
Found at: Mall bubble tea kiosk
Cost back then: $3.25

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Nostalgia7/10

Hype7/10

Weirdness8/10

Trade value6/10

The story · 2008

The story of Tapioca Tornado

Tapioca Tornado was the first bubble tea most kids ever tried, served from a little mall kiosk with a sealing machine that went chunk. The wide straw had to be stabbed through the plastic top. Then the pearls shot up into your mouth, chewy and surprising. Half the mall loved it, the other half was very confused.

Fun fact

Kids who sucked too hard sometimes launched a pearl across the food court, which counted as a personal record.

Six finishes

187 copies of Tapioca Tornado exist

Tapioca Tornado comes in six finishes: 100 Base, 50 Holo, 25 Laser and 10 Gold copies, plus one Super Laser and one Misprint that exist exactly once. Every copy is minted to the wallet that rips it, with its own serial number.

Tapioca Tornado, Retsy card 0735 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Tapioca Tornado, Retsy card 0735 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Tapioca Tornado, Retsy card 0735 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Tapioca Tornado, Retsy card 0735 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Tapioca Tornado, Retsy card 0735 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Tapioca Tornado, Retsy card 0735 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

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