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A Brief Guide to Tea
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Tea is the world’s most popular beverage after water. It surpasses coffee in popularity, and is consumed in some form in nearly every culture.
Tea has become known for its healthy properties, including cancer-fighting antioxidants. It comes in a variety of types, each with differing colors, taste and fragrance.
As sales of tea have risen in the United States, new and exotic formulations and blends are becoming available. Here is a guide to tea, from white to black.
Tea leaves come from the Camellia sinensis plant, which is grown primarily in wet, warm climates. The plucked leaves are cured according to the type of tea being produced, with the lighter teas (such as white) undergoing less processing than the darker black teas.
Tea can be processed into an almost infinite variety of blends, each with a distinctive taste. Additives in the form of other plant materials, such as herbs and flowers, also increase the variety of flavors. Herbal teas, for example, are made by adding jasmine, rose, and chamomile, among other plants.
The three basic types of tea are white, green and black, each with different tastes and colors.
Bubble Tea Online
Bubble tea in Chinatown, New York, NY Image by geordieb1 via Flickr
The fun of chewing the tapioca balls in Boba Tea !
Boba tea also called bubble tea is quite different from the conventional tea you have taken so far. If you have not tried the bubble tea / boba tea then it is time you give it a try. You have missed a lot without having such a wonderful tea.
The bubble tea or boba tea comes in different flavors. The flavors might be of any fruit you like or you can have the bubble tea with any dairy creamer you like. A bubble tea can be green or black with the addition of ice or make it hot.
Usually you get two main types, which are fruit flavored and milk bubble tea. For more flavors of boba tea you can check the site boba tea direct.
The boba tea has the bubble tea pearls made of tapioca balls. When you have the boba tea, the boba pearls are also taken along with the tea. Continue reading →
Bubble Tea – For Those Who Like an Unusual Twist to Their Tea!
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By Dawnya Sasse
No, it’s not bubble gum! Rather, it is bubble tea. If this term sounds strange to you, let’s take a look at the origins of bubble tea and the place it holds in society today.
Are you wondering how bubble tea got its “bubbly” name? Well, this is because when it is shaken it produces a frothy, bubbly texture.
Bubble tea is a combination of iced or hot black or green sweetened tea with either milk or fruit flavors added to it. Therefore, there are two types of bubble tea – fruit-flavored bubble tea and milk bubble tea.
The milky bubble teas can be enjoyed with dairy or nondairy creamers. On the other hand, fruit bubble tea has a wide variety of flavoring that can be added to it – including the tastes of chocolate, coconut, passion fruit, and strawberry. Continue reading →
Bubble Tea Recipe—Make Bubble Tea in 5 Easy Steps
Tapioca pearls before cooking. Image via Wikipedia
You might be asking yourself: “What the heck is bubble tea?”. First it’s a very fun drink and one of my favorite drinks.
Bubble tea is also known as boba tea or pearl milk tea. It’s mainly made up of tea, large pearls of tapioca, fruit flavoring, and milk. You use a large straw to drink it and suck up the chewy pearls as you’re drinking. You can use any sort of tea you can think of: green tea, black tea, jasmine tea and so on.
So how can you make some?
Here are the ingredients: Large tapioca pearls, tea bags, bubble tea powder mix, water, and (optional) sugar/syrup. All the ingredients can most likely be found at your local Asian grocery store.
Here are the steps for the bubble tea recipe.
Note: 1 serving consists of 1 tablespoon of large tapioca pearls, 3/4 cup of tea base, and 3/4 cup of the dissolved bubble tea powder.
1. Tapioca pearls: Bring water to a boil in a pot and add the tapioca pearls (8 cups of water per 1 cup of pearls). Boil for 5 minutes while stirring. Turn off the heat and let them simmer covered for 15 minutes. Drain the water after that.
2. Tea base: Bring water to a boil in a pot and add the teabags (3/4 cup of water per 1 teabag). Boil for about 5 minutes.
3. Bubble tea powders: Bring water to a boil in a pot and add the powder (which usually consists of a mix of milk powder and a flavoring powder) in a package. Proceed as instructed on the package but it’s usually about 3/4 cup of water and 1 or 2 scoops of powder.
4. To a glass, add 1 full tablespoon of the cooked tapioca pearls, 3/4 cup of tea base, and the dissolved bubble tea powder. You may want to add 1 tablespoon of sugar or syrup if you like it sweet.
5. Mix everything together and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
Enjoy! So that’s the bubble tea recipe in 5 easy steps. Try it!
Hai Nguyen is the main author and owner of Easy Recipes Online. His website has a large selection of recipes that come with step by step instructions and pictures for every step. Visit his site for an expanded version of the bubble tea recipe with pictures included.
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Bubble Tea or Boba Tea—a Fun Drink at Least!
Author: Groshan Fabiola
In the year 1980, in Taiwan a new drink was born. This drink is actually two in one, because it can be both a drink and something to eat at the same time.
Bubble tea is the name of this drink or so to say the name that stuck with it. Boba tea or tapioca drink or pearl sake are some of the names that were given to this drink at first before one stuck.
Bubble tea, or in short boba tea, then started to gain ground because it was fun and tasty and different. Boba tea first gained Asia, and then Europe was next in line. Nowadays, bubble tea is popular all over the world. Continue reading →
Boba Tea and Its Recipe
Have you ever tasted BOBA? Do you know what is it? Or do you ever heard of it? Well let me tell you about it. It’s a tea.
Well it’s a type of tea with different flavors and can be hot and can be cold. Are you tired of the latest fad coffees?
Something new is hitting tea houses and coffee shops across the country. It’s bubble tea.
This bizarre drink also goes by the names BOBA, pearl tea, milk tea, or bubble drink. It’s part drink, part dessert snack, and all fun!
Bubble tea is far from the plain-looking tea you are familiar with. It comes in a wild variety of flavors and colors. Challenge your palate with peach, lichee, mango or passion fruit!
There are also the more traditional green or black tea flavors. It can be served either hot or cold. My personal favorite is chocolate milk black tea, iced. But the fun part of bubble tea isn’t the colors or the flavors; it’s the ‘bubbles’.
Let me tell you now the Recipe of BOBA TEA (Bubble Tea):
Ingredients:
• 3 ounces tapioca pearls
• sugar syrup
• 1 cup brewed tea (Chinese black tea or lychee tea is good)
• 1 cup milk (or to taste)
• Ice cubes
• Tapioca Pearls
• 1 part tapioca pearls
• 4 parts (or more) water
• Sugar Syrup
• 2 parts white sugar
• 1 part brown sugar
• 3 parts water
Preparation: Continue reading →
Have Fun Drinking- the Bubble Tea Motto!
Author: Groshan Fabiola
How many of you have started to get tired of the same drinks, or coffee or tea? Maybe if there was something to replace it, then you would not have to drink the same drink day after day. Well, there is! And it has been for over twenty-seven years, but you just did not know that. This new, fun drink is called bubble tea.
Almost twenty-seven years ago, in Taiwan a new drink came to life and not any drink but one that could ease your thirst and your appetite at the same time. It is both something that you can eat and drink.
Because it was such a challenging drink, it had to have a challenging name. This is why many attempts have been made until one name stood in front of the others. Before bubble tea stuck, boba tea, pearl drink or tapioca drink were some of the names that were given to this amazing drink.
It did not take boba tea too much to gain its popularity. Right after it had been invented, it gained Asia, and Europe came soon after. Nowadays this drink has conquered the world and every culture there is.
Bubble tea has a very interesting history down to its name. The original drink was made out of condensed milk, honey, tapioca balls and the special ingredient was a type of tea that could only be found in Taiwan.
Iced Tea, Coffee and Boba Tea
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Author: Boba Tea
Tea and coffee are the classic drinks but these days tea and coffee are prepared in different modern techniques and flavours.
Boba tea is a new addition in the traditional drinks of tea and coffee. Bubble tea is the latest tea fad from Asia.
A tall glass of iced tea is a summer-time classic. There are many different ways to prepare it. Like most people like it as Apple and honey iced tea or Boston Iced tea and cranberry orange iced tea is very famous.
Beside these flavors there are lots of different iced tea can be enjoyed in the summer time, like Ginger iced tea, Lemon almond iced tea, Lime mint iced tea, Milk Thandai, Peach iced tea, Raspberry honey iced tea, Saigon tea, Sparkling jasmine iced tea, Spiced maple iced tea and Thai iced tea.
Also don’t sacrifice your cup of coffee just because the weather is too warm. There are lots of ways to serve up iced coffee like Iced Coffee Tips, Cinnamon Caramel Iced Coffee, Coffee Coke Float, Coffee Latte Shake, Coffee Soda, Cold Coffee Nog, Death from the Kettle, Espresso Chill, Frosty Miss, Iced Cafe au Lait, Iced Honey Coffee, Iced Raspberry Chocolate Cappuccino, Instant Iced Cappuccino, Lemon Cafe and Thai Iced Coffee.
Don’t let your coffee drinks get watered down with plain ice cubes. Freeze some coffee ahead of time in an ice cube tray. For a fancy touch, add a couple of whole roasted coffee beans to each cube. Warn your guests though. When the cubes melt, you don’t want folks choking on the loose beans.
Tired of the latest fad coffees? Something new is hitting tea houses and coffee shops across the country. It’s bubble tea. Continue reading →
Bubble Tea in San Diego
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Author: Anthony Iasi
Have you heard about the latest sensation in the world of beverages? It’s a new Asian tea drink that started in Taiwan some 20 years ago and made it to California in the 90’s. Its called bubble tea or boba tea.
If you haven’t had one yet, you need to try one. You’ll either like it or not, but I guaranty that your first experience will have you surprised, bewildered, and maybe shocked beyond words. This is not your grandma’s dainty cup of camomile tea.
To describe it is a little difficult, but here it goes, boba tea is any number of cool and refreshing combinations of flavors of teas, milk and sugar. The tea is likely to be in pastel colors of yellow, pink, or green and its not overwhelmingly sweet.
Mixed in with the drink is small dark, pea-sized balls made from tapioca. These tapioca balls are usually several layers deep sitting at the bottom of the clear plastic cup in which the tea is served.
You’re given a special super wide straw to suck up these bobas as you enjoy the tea. At first it may seem weird to suddenly have plump balls of tapioca in your mouth as you’re sipping up the cool tea, but both the tea and the chewy tapioca make for a surprisingly good match.
I had my first boba tea 8 years ago at a Vietnamese restaurant in Mira Mesa San Diego. Since then, it seems that you can find boba tea all over San Diego and one place I’ve been going to is called Tea Station located on Mira Mesa Blvd. You can find boba tea now in most larger cities in the US.
Give boba tea a try and see if you like it. This may be the start of the next big counter punch to Starbucks.
About the Author:
Anthony Iasi is an experienced Realtor both as a buyer’s agent and as a listing agent covering all of San Diego and Riverside counties new and resale homes. Certified as a Feng Shui advisor and e-Pro certified, I offer complete paperless transactions on the internet for busy corporate executives as well as one-on-one old fashioned service for the first time homebuyer.
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