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This has bugged me for twenty years.
“Bubble tea” refers to tea that is mixed in a shaker, creating a small layer of bubbles when it is served.
“Bubble tea with pearls” is the one with tapioca pearls in the bottom. Milk tea is tea made with milk.
TIL. I’ve literally never seen the first drink you’re describing. (I’m in the USA)
Early on when it was coming into the US shops made the distinction, but Americans just sort of conflated the two. Makes it confusing if you want bubble tea with jelly and not pearls.
You’re referring to “bubble foam tea”, which refers to the foam.
“Bubble tea” is something different and refers to the tapioca pearls.
At least, that’s the distinction Wikipedia gives, which seems to match the given origins of bubble tea
Ive never built up the courage to try even a single bubble tea, partly because its stupid expensive, but mostly because im worried about saying the wrong thing and having people think im strange. Like if you asked for extra sugar on your hot dog or something.
Finding that there’s mad purists arguing about what is or isnt doesnt make this any easier.
tbh the worst someone will think is you’re a dumb American, which there are a lot of. They won’t single you out or care at all.
Even if they do, it’ll just be a gossip sesh with coworkers to pass the time and nothing more
at least that’s how it is at my grocery store job. The only things I can remember are
- an Irish man with a funny accent
- someone who wanted double bagged paper for some reason
- and some lady who stole a baby bottle and when the toddler picked it up and yelled “MOMMY YOU FOROGOT THIS!! 😃” nobody said a word about
- also someone who tried to hide an antibiotic under dog food which I accidentally uncovered when scanning the dog food. When it rung up it was $25 and I felt sooo bad
Isn’t ketchup pretty much just red sugar gel?
Hence it does not belong on tube steak
You leave my tube taco topping choices alone. I’ll put cooked roots, processed milk, egg-oil, and whatever else if I like
It varies a lot. From sweet banana, to tomato based, to the original fish sauce.
Catsup is a pretty wide ranging condiment. You should look up 18th century cooking videos about catsup
And the word ketchup/catsup comes from the Malay word kecap. Which is fermented fish sauce or soy sauce.
The classic bubble tea is just Taiwanese style milk tea with sugar and tapioca
DO NOT ORDER THE CHEESE TEA
Do you mean cheese foam? I love cheese foam.
Well the good news is that a Korean corn dog stand will happily add extra sugar and not find the request strange. I guess the lesson is you just have to find where you fit in lol.
The second good news is that food vendors are typically quite happy when you know nothing because they typically like to share new experiences with people.
Just pick any flavor you like and ask for it Animal Style.
Tbh I’m not even sure what bubble tea is. Bubbles, yep. Tea, yep. Tea with bubbles? Have you put washing up liquid in it? Why is it bubbly?
Its quite mid to bad fruity milk tea with pudding at the bottom
There’s a savory crepe place I stopped going to like 80 cents would get you a fully loaded crepe, but it only came with bobba, and I didnt have the language skills to ask for no tea.
It’s basically a premium milkshake and/or slushie coffee/tea. The two questions you should ask are what kind of fruit do you want and how much caffeine should come with it.
Just pick the one that looks like it has the flavors you enjoy, then that’s usually it, unless there is an option to pick sugar / ice amounts. In Berlin they also let you pick what “bubbles” you wanted : you had the classic boba with some flavour inside them, but also chunks of jelly, or what I guess was tapioca pearls (more chunky, no juice inside).
Or you do like I always did in China : point to the one that looks best and hope for the best :)
So… What are the bubbles then?
Maybe he uses carbonated water?
Serbia appears to have normal bubble tea places.
What’s normal here? With or without ‘bubbles’ ?
I meant the kind one sees in many countries, with tapioca pearls, and often milk. Rose petal tea is apparently one of the local variations.
Could be popping boba [edit: in my area they call the popping boba just boba and the traditional boba jelly, I did not realize that wasn’t universal]
Boba IS tapioca
hookah
somebody blows bubbles into the tea with a pipette, that is the serbian way.
Its not bubble tea unless it has Serb spit in it.
Instructions unclear; do not use bubble soap mix
Not aware of “Serbian bubble tea” but after looking up the place in the Google maps, it has Shiba Inu logo, a neon sign that reads “Made in Thailand”, and a general poppy Asian milk tea shop vibe. The frappes and milk tea don’tlook bad but yeah, misleading image.
