What the hell is bubble tea?

[FelixDeCat]

When I first heard about this is I thought it was just tea served in a container with a bubble type slurpee from 7-11. Then I thought it was just some carbonated drink for airheads.

Can someone fill me in here? :hmm:

 

[AstroManLuca]

Sweetened milk tea with blobs of tapioca in it (called "tapioca pearls").

 

[jacob0401]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_tea

 

[Anubis]

its disgusting don't worry about it

 

[JS80]

Do you mean Boba Tea? Instant diarrhea maker.

 

[eits]

Sweetened milk tea with blobs of tapioca in it (called "tapioca pearls").

aka "boba"

 

[SandEagle]

bubble Smoothies with tapioca is much better. these are typically found in Asian stores

 

[BassBomb]

terrible drink that asians are obsessed with

 

[Ika]

bubble Smoothies with tapioca is much better. these are typically found in Asian stores

I personally hate smoothies with tapioca, the texture is gross. also the ice in smoothies generally does not make tapioca happy. A nicely made PMT/boba tea/bubble tea with decently soft bubbles is delicious, though.

 

[FelixDeCat]

its disgusting don't worry about it

No kidding. If someone is dropping "pearls" in a drink I think Ill stear clear of it. 😱

 

[Capt Caveman]

Love Bubble Tea, so many choices and options.

 

[Platypus]

They're good depending on the quality of the store you get them at. It's hard to find Almond flavor but that is my favorite.

 

[Ika]

No kidding. If someone is dropping "pearls" in a drink I think Ill stear clear of it. 😱

It's tapioca. Unless you think it's really jizz?

 

[CraigRT]

Disgusting? it's not weird enough to be disgusting... hah

I kinda like bubble tea.. I don't get it anymore since my last GF used to always drag me to go, but I didn't mind the drink itself.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Chinese guy goes outside for bubble tea?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phIIcJSm4Zs&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMW3uqvOROk

 

[ShawnD1]

It's tapioca. Unless you think it's really jizz?

With the texture tapioca has, it might as well be jizz. It just feels so gross. It's like I'm sucking on a slug.

 

[scott916]

Quickly is pure win.

 

[Ika]

With the texture tapioca has, it might as well be jizz. It just feels so gross. It's like I'm sucking on a slug.

YMMV, I guess - there's a huge difference between shitty tapioca and good tapioca. But tapioca seems like a love/hate kind of thing.

 

[Nik]

When I first heard about this is I thought it was just tea served in a container with a bubble type slurpee from 7-11. Then I thought it was just some carbonated drink for airheads.

Can someone fill me in here? :hmm:

http://tinyurl.com/nj9z78

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

I get a mango bubble tea w/ tapioca basically every time I get pho. The milky tea lets me really crank up the heat in my pho without torturing my mouth. I'd say I have it once a week.

 

[alkemyst]

Sweetened milk tea with blobs of tapioca in it (called "tapioca pearls").

it's not tapioca if the dude behind the counter is chuckling a bit as you take it.

 

[Ns1]

i like the tea but fuck the boba

 

[Ricemarine]

i like the tea but fuck the boba

Don't have the variety of jellies available at your bubble tea locations???

 

[Ns1]

Don't have the variety of jellies available at your bubble tea locations???

as a SoCal resident, I can assure you every flavor of boba tea imaginable is within a 30 minute drive.

I just hate the taste of boba; it was cool when I was 16, but that passed real quick. (holy shit, it's been over a decade since boba exploded)

 

[Krazy4Real]

I've tried bubble tea and I can't stand it.