bubble tea

Re: bubble tea

feeds@yuku.com (Captain Hummingbird) — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:35:25 GMT

andyjay, I think you're right. My mistake The place that I usually go calls the tapioca 'boba', which I thought might be based on 'bubble'. I could be totally wrong, though. Hehe, my best friend's boyfriend insists the thing to do is get tapioca in your drink, suck them up in the big straws they have...and blow them at people. EWWWW

Re: bubble tea

feeds@yuku.com (andyjay) — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:10:32 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_tea

According to Wikipedia, the "bubble" in bubble tea actually refers to foam created during production. The tapioca balls are "pearls", and what we usually call bubble tea is "pearl milk tea" to the Chinese.

Re: bubble tea

feeds@yuku.com (Captain Hummingbird) — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:52:38 GMT

There's a certain very popular street where I live where bubble tea places are like Starbucks, you can't get away from them! And it's SO good! I don't know if what these places serve is some sort of spinoff of 'regular' bubble tea, but here the term is more like a broad catagory of drinks (like 'coffee') and then you can get all sorts of variations, like regular hot or cold tea, milk tea, snow (sort of like milkshake), smoothies, and slushes. And there's...

Re: bubble tea

feeds@yuku.com (luvIY) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:31:09 GMT

I think I've tasted it once before like more than 5 years ago. Isn't it kind of greenish? When I first saw it, I was hesitant because it looked like little frog eggs, pretty gross. But when I drank it, it was surprisingly delightful. I've never tasted it a second time because I don't know the name of it. I just kind of forgot about it until now. Hmm, I gotta go ask my mom where I can get some of those now.

Re: bubble tea

feeds@yuku.com (Diko Linnai) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:39:51 GMT

Yeah I've had the tapioca balls in the boba tea, but honestly I haven't had it made *well* at these hole in the wall places. I'll try it at Lollicup next time I go. I remember the huge straws they give you to suck the 'pearls' too

Re: bubble tea

feeds@yuku.com (art248) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:10:55 GMT

Yeah its pretty tasty though. Common in my country in Asia and many Asian countries anyway. There are also many different flavours that u can make them with. A few examples; strawberry, green tea, mocha, vanilla & etc. Oh and those chewy stuff is called pearls, hence the name Pearl Bubble Tea.

Re: bubble tea

feeds@yuku.com (Diko Linnai) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:24:30 GMT

All I know is that I'm pretty sure it originated in China when they put the milk in tea and shook it up to make bubbles form at the top--or something. (According to some hawaiian relatives). I'm not a big fan it taste like something that's not meant to be consumed, it's WAY too sweet, like you're drinking perfume or soap or flower scented lysol or something. I do like Lollicup, though, if anyone has that local in their area. They make yogurt teas and other neat tea combos....

bubble tea

feeds@yuku.com (andyjay) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:16:53 GMT

Who here has discovered this? I visited my cousins back east last week, and one of them introduced me to it; said she'd become hooked. I tried a little; it's almost like horchata--but with weird chewy balls of tapioca at the bottom. I'd recommend it if your local Asian market has any.

Heh, when my cousin first mentioned it, I thought she was saying Bubble Tape, so I was a little confused when she said she was crazy about it.