Tea - Bubble Tea: A Delicious Beverage

If you have been drinking tea for a long time, and recently you heard about this new type of tea called bubble tea, you might have wondered what difference it has from that of the more common tea. It is important to knowledge yourself at least on the basics of tea overall first, in order to truly be able to understand the new qualities that this type of tea has to offer.

History

Bubble tea has existed for almost 20 years now, and it has been popular universally for almost 10 years now. Originating from Taichung City and Tainan City, it became very famous towards the late 1990s, and history tells us that although this tea was founded a long time ago, it actually did not truly become famous until it was advertised on a Japanese television show, which thus generated much interest among businessmen and created the beginning of the commotion over it.

The Present

After this tea was introduced everywhere in the East Asia and Southeast Asia areas, it slowly caught up to America as well. Originating from Taiwan, this bubble tea is now very popular in many places such as Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Canada, the United States, and Europe.

The Ingredients and how it is Made

Bubble tea can be found in basically two types which are: fruit-flavored teas and milk teas. Most of them have black tapioca pearls, coconut jelly, konjac jelly, lychee jelly, coffee jelly, rainbow jelly, fruit mixtures, or sago at the bottom of the cup, which taste like jelly pearls and which are chewable. They are sucked through a wide straw together with the tea, so that one sips as well as chews at the same time. The mixture is then blended together well using a blender or a cocktail shaker.

It is then shaken thoroughly before it is served, which is what produces the bubbly and half-liquid texture. Just like any other type of tea, this bubble tea is a mixture of iced or hot tea, usually sweetened and mixed with milk and other flavorings most of the times. The flavorings used here can be extract or syrup from common fruits such as passion fruit, strawberry, chocolate, coconut, or others, for instance, and the tea used can be that of black tea, green tea, jasmine tea, or any other type of more common tea. The milk which is used can be either dairy or non-dairy creamers.

This bubble tea can be found in many restaurants and cafes worldwide, and it would definitely be available at all Chinese shops. This tea is considered an alternative drink to all common drinks such as Cola, isotonic drinks and so on.