A Bubbly Bubblicious Tea Time Tuesday

Have you ever tried Bubble Tea?? I did, today, and it’s well, Bubbly Deliciously Interesting, to say the least. One thing, if you get a Bubble Tea made with that Strong Canadian Fruit, and the name escapes me now, but it has a very ‘strong’ scent —-but tastes great—-I mean, it’s really good—-to eat, and makes killer Bubble Tea, just DON’t SMELL YOUR BUBBLE TEA made with this particular fruit before you drink it. Okay… trust me… Just drink it. You’ll like it, a lot!

Now until today, (I know I don’t get out much) I have never heard of Bubble Tea?? Well, we live and learn, thank heavens!! I am just totally hooked on the name, and I love anything that has the word Bubble attached to it, so you’ve got to try this Tea! And it’s been around a long time, too. Amazing!!

Bubble tea is also known as boba drink, pearl tea drink, boba ice tea, boba, boba nai cha, zhen zhou nai cha, pearl milk tea, pearl ice tea, black pearl tea, tapioca ball drink, BBT, PT, pearl shake, QQ (which means chewy in Chinese) and possible many others. And now you can get it at Tropical Smoothie, and perhaps many other places too, that I’m sure I’m unaware of.

Bubble drinks are usually enjoyed COLD, or cool. They are refreshing, and a sweet drink with tapioca pearls sitting on the bottom of a clear cup.

Sometimes the drink is made with fresh fruits, milk, and crushed ice to create a healthy milk shake. You can also find drinks that are made of powdered flavoring, creamer, water, and crushed ice. And if you like it like the Asians do, the cool drink usually includes a healthy tea, infused by a flavoring. Honeydew bubble tea

Tapioca pearls are black, but can sometimes be found to be white or transparent. Depending on the ingredients of the pearl, the color varies. I’ve been told that the white and translucent pearls are made of caramel, starch and chamomile root extract. The black pearl includes sweet potato, cassava root and brown sugar, which add the black color.

The consistency of tapioca pearls are somewhere between jell-o and chewing gum. They are the size of a marble. They are also known as the “boba” drink in Western China because it is described as to having the same texture as the female breasts. Papaya & Mango bubble tea is prepared in a clear cup with black balls on the bottom and can be easily identified as a Bubble Tea drinks. Another obvious trait is a huge fat straw. The fat straw is needed so that the tapioca pearls can be sucked up with the drink and eaten. Bubble Tea’s appearance definitely makes it unique.

One thing is for certain. Bubble Tea is not a fad. It’s a trend. And this drink is addictive. If you’ve had a good one before then you know what I’m talking about, and I think I’m going back tomorrow for another, but this time, I’m going to get a Papaya or a Mango, or maybe something exotic, but I think I’ll pass on that strong but oh so tasty Canadian Bubbly fruit thingy that I had today.  Sorry Canada, I love you to pieces, but Oh man, what ever the name of that smelly but quite tasty fruit is, it’s worse than dead skunk. LOL

Have fun and enjoy!!~