I went and picked up a pudding milk tea with tapioca. When I took the first sip of my drink the first thought that crossed my mind was it tasted bland. My second observation was that there was no ice in my bubble tea. All my pudding milk bubble tea just slightly tasted like pudding. I ended up having to discard it due to the fact that it just wasn't good.
The tapioca was ok but tasted a bit funny in them at it lacked the chewy texture I'm used to. I like the different size bubble but the small ones just didn't have any texture other than being slimy.
Overall, the quality really has gone down and I would say save your money and the mall bubble tea places are better.