Bubble Tea

Bubble tea is a drink that was originated in Taiwan in the 1980's.

It all started when a tea stand added their twist to tea by adding fruit flavoring.

Because of the cool and sweet flavor children loved it!

Soon other places started adding flavoring to their teas.

When you drink bubble tea you need a fat straw to get the tapioca pearls at the bottom or top.

The main ingredients to make bubble tea are tapioca, milk/creamer, brewed tea, sugar and water.

Most tea recipes have a tea base that is mixed or shaken with fruit or milk.

There are two different types of teas, fruit flavored tea and milk tea.

Some shops have hybrids of a fruit milk tea.

Toppings may vary like jelly and tapioca. All are optional.

If the tapioca feels like an unripened banana, it is under cooked

If the tapioca feels like jello it is overcooked.

White tapioca is made out of caramel, starch and chamomile root extract

Black tapioca is made out of sweet potatoes, cassava root and brown sugar.

How Tapioca is Made

• Cassava plants are harvested
• Toxins removed from roots
• Starch rolled into a ball shape
• Boiled in water for 25 mins.
• Turn off heat and wait another 25 mins.
• Rinse tapioca with water and drain the water.
• Soak tapioca with brown sugar, and honey for taste (optional)

Fun Facts!

• Bubble tea in Taiwan has the popularity of coffee or soda in the USA
• The "bubble" in bubble tea stands for the foam bubbles when the drink is shaken
• The most popular bubble teas are milk tea with tapioca and milk green tea with tapioca

More Fun Facts

• In LA there are two trucks that roam the streets, the Boba Truck and the Mighty Boba Truck.
• You can order bubble tea without tapioca
• Most tea shops have a choice of %25 sugar, %50 sugar, %75 sugar and regular sugar
• You can have it hot or cold

Still Fun Facts...

• The first ever bubble teas didn't have any tapioca.
• A cup of tapioca has about 540 calories.
• A cup of bubble tea has an average of 55 grams of sugar!
• A man should only be having 37.5 grams of sugar a day!
• There are over 250 flavors of boba

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