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Bubble tea (also known as pearl milk tea, bubble milk tea, tapioca milk tea, boba tea, or boba; Chinese: 珍珠奶茶; pinyin: zhēnzhū nǎichá, 波霸奶茶; bōbà nǎichá) is a tea-based drink that originated in Taiwan in the early 1980s.
In Taiwan, bubble tea is commonly referred to as pearl milk tea (zhēn zhū nǎi chá, 珍珠奶茶) because originally, small tapioca pearls with a 2.1 mm (1 ⁄ 12 in) diameter were used. It was only when one tea shop owner—in an attempt to make his tea stand out—decided to use larger tapioca balls and chose a more provocative name, "boba ...
Boba tea—a Taiwanese drink that consists of milk, tea and balls of tapioca—is all the rage right now. And yes, it is texturally exciting and downright delicious…but what is boba, exactly?
Popping boba in bubble tea, being drunk through a straw. Popping boba, also called popping pearls, [1] is a type of boba used in bubble tea.Unlike traditional boba, which is tapioca-based, popping boba is made using the spherification process that relies on the reaction of sodium alginate and either calcium chloride or calcium lactate.
Mixue's mascot, "Snow King" (雪王) The Mixue Ice Cream & Tea brand was created in 1997 by Zhang Hongchao, a student at Henan University of Economics and Law. [8] At the time, it was a street stall in Zhengzhou that sold shaved ice and cold drinks, which he started from a 3,000-yuan loan from his grandmother. [9]
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CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice (Chinese: CoCo都可茶飲; lit. 'CoCo You Can Drink Tea') is a global bubble tea , or boba, drink franchise based in Taiwan . [ 1 ] It was established in 1997 by Tommy Hung, the current chairman. [ 2 ]