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Gong Cha in QV Square, Melbourne, Australia. Gong Cha (Chinese: 貢 茶; pinyin: Gòngchá) is a tea drink franchise founded in 2006 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. [1] [2] [3]Gong Cha expanded to Hong Kong in 2009, [4] and by 2012 had further expanded internationally to Macau, South Korea, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Mexico, the Philippines, Myanmar ...
Bubble tea also gained controversy because of information about tea of unknown origin, tapioca pearls allegedly being made from polymer plastics, etc. By 2012, Taiwanese brands arrived in Vietnam, still the same old milk tea but served in a completely new style: milk tea with toppings, developing a chain model, and a space designed as well as ...
The exact blend varies between cha chaan tengs, which treat the recipe as a commercial secret. In its standard form, the tea blend consists of: [3] [7] 30% broken orange pekoe (BOP, medium-grade tea leaves) that give the aroma; 30% broken orange fannings (BOF, leftover smaller pieces of tea leaves) that give the deep reddish brown colour
Longjing tea (Chinese: 龍井茶; pinyin: lóngjǐng chá; Cantonese Yale: lung4 jeng2 cha4; Standard Mandarin pronunciation [lʊ̌ŋ.tɕìŋ.ʈʂʰǎ]), sometimes called by its literal translated name Dragon Well tea, is a variety of pan-roasted green tea from the area of Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
Gunpowder tea (Chinese: 珠 茶; pinyin: zhū chá; lit. 'pearl tea'; pronounced [ʈʂú ʈʂʰǎ]) is a form of tea in which each leaf has been individually rolled into a small pellet. Its English name comes either from some resemblance of the pellets to gunpowder , or from a phrase in Chinese that phonetically resembles the word "gunpowder".
Tapioca pearls. A tapioca pearl, also known as tapioca ball, is an edible translucent sphere produced from tapioca, a starch made from the cassava root. [1] They originated as a cheaper alternative to sago in Southeast Asian cuisine. [2] [3] When used as an ingredient in bubble tea, they are most commonly referred to as pearls or boba. The ...
Below is a list of the main items used in a gongfu tea ceremony in Taiwan, known there as laoren cha (老人 茶; lǎorénchá; 'old men's tea') [12]. Brewing vessel such as a teapot (茶壶=chá hú) made from clay, porcelain, and glass such as a Yixing teapot, or a gaiwan. Gongfu brewing vessels are almost always smaller than Western ones ...
The fleshy hairs are visible, a unique characteristic of the Silver Needle White Tea. A genuine Silver Needle is a white tea.As such, it is only lightly oxidized. [6] The most sought after productions are from the first flushes, which generally take place between late March to early April, [2] when the year's first new buds "flush".