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ORIGINS
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ORIGINS
OF BUBBLE TEA

The tea-based beverage known as "bubble tea" has its roots in Taiwan. Other names for it include milk tea, tapioca tea, boba tea, pearl tea, and many more.

There is disagreement over who created bubble tea first. However, it's said that at a meeting in 1988, the owner of Taiwan's Chun Shui Tang Tea Shop invented the beverage when she became bored and mixed “fen yuan” (a sweetened tapioca pudding) into her iced tea.

The store decided to add it on the menu as it tasted so good, and it quickly rose to the top-selling product.

As the tea, milk, and flavorings are combined in the beverage by shaking it, frothy bubbles start to develop, giving bubble tea its name. Yet over time, it has come to be used to describe the boba, or tapioca pearls, that are added to tea.

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TYPES
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TYPES
OF BUBBLE TEA AND PEARLS

There are hundreds if not thousands of flavors that can be used to make bubble tea. They can either come via syrups, powders or solely from the flavor of the tea/coffee.

Some popular types of bubble tea:

  • Iced milk teas

  • Iced fruit teas

  • Iced coffees

Floating at the bottom of bubble tea are pearls (boba), which are edible balls. There are 3 types of pearls which are detailed in this page.

Types of pearls:

  • Tapioca pearls

  • Popping pearls

  • Jelly cubes

STEPS

STEPS
 

OF MAKING BUBBLE TEA

The first step to prepare bubble tea is to add the pearls to the cup. Afterwards, the tea/coffee base is prepared. Whether you are making a tea based drink or a coffee based drink changes the process.

If it is a tea based drink, the tea is poured in a shaker cup, the desired flavor is added via syrups or powdered flavors or sometimes even powdered milk, ice cubes are added, and then the shaker cup is put in the shaking machine.

It takes a couple of minutes for this step to end. Then, the drink base is added to the cup with bobas, and the cup is sealed with a sealing film with the help of a sealing machine. Your drink is ready to serve!

If it is a coffee based drink, tea is swapped with coffee and any kind of milk can be used instead of flavors.

Common bubble tea serving cutlery include thick straws with boba-fitting boreholes and sealed plastic beverage cups in a range of sizes.

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