What is Bubble Tea?!
What is Bubble Tea?
I never heard of it
Answers:
Bubble Tea
It's fun, colourful, tasty and even chewy!
Tired of the latest fad coffees? Something new is hitting tea houses and coffeeshops across the country. It’s bubble tea. This bizarre drink also goes by the names boba, pearl tea, milk tea, or bubble drink. It’s part drink, part dessert snack, and all fun!
Bubble tea is far from the plain-looking tea you are familiar with. It comes in a wild variety of flavours and colours. Challenge your palate with peach, lichee, mango or passionfruit! There is also the more traditional green or black tea flavours. It can be served either hot or cold. My personal favorite is chocolate milk black tea, iced.
But the fun part of bubble tea isn’t the colours or the flavours, it’s the ‘bubbles’.
Big, black, balls of chewy tapioca are what make bubble tea such an interesting experience.
These pearls are about the size of small marbles and they sink to the bottom of your cup. This tea is usually served with a gigantic straw just the right size for slurping up these gummy treats
Bubble tea originated overseas in Taiwan and has only recent migrated to North America within the last 10 years or so. You can now find places serving bubble tea in most major cities, such as Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver, New York and Toronto. Many say that the local imports just aren’t as good as the stuff you get in Japan and Taiwan.
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How To Make Bubble Tea
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 5 min
Here's How:
In a cocktail shaker, combine the following:
1 scoop flavour powder
1 scoop powdered dairy creamer
1 scoop sugar syrup
3/4 cup tea, cold
1 cup ice
Shake everything up until the powders are dissolved and well blended.
Pour in a glass over the cooked tapioca pearls.
Tips:
You can adjust the amounts to suit your own tastes.
Can also be made hot, without the ice.
Bubble tea is a mixture of iced or hot sweetened tea, milk, and often other flavorings.
See website below for more information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bubble_tea...
I'm glad you asked this I had never heard of it either
It's like what the other two said. The name given is due to the tapioca. =]
AHAHAHA!!! I can't believe it's only being popular here recently or so..... It's been around for a looong while as I remember. I wonder what makes it quite trendy here lately?
But I suggest you try. They are good. My favorite one is mango, ube, and tea flavored types, all iced. I've got to still try the others! ^___^
^ Bubble tea is an Asian tea these are the ingredients if you what the rest of the recipe please see the link below, I hope this helps.
INGREDIENTS:
3 ounces tapioca pearls
sugar syrup
1 cup brewed tea (Chinese black tea or lychee tea is good)
1 cup milk (or to taste)
Ice cubes
Tapioca Pearls
1 part tapioca pearls
4 parts (or more) water
Sugar Syrup
2 parts white sugar
1 part brown sugar
3 parts water