Bubble Tea
Now, we had ourselves a good excuse for some yummy drinks. Yes, bubble tea it is!
“Bubble tea is an iced drink which originated in Taiwan in the early 1980s. At Trinitea’s Cup it is prepared as a mixture of sweetened, iced, jasmine tea, with milk, tapioca pearls and a variety of flavours. The tapioca pearls can be seen as white bubbles at the bottom of the drink and can be consumed through a wide straw served with the drink.
It is a very popular drink in East Asia as well as southeast Asian regions like China, Malaysia, Singapore etc… It is only recently that this interesting drink has gained favour in North America and Europe.”
~ From the Trinitea’s Cup
Due to the cold weather, I had a glass of hot almond-flavoured bubble tea to keep me warm… Anything special with the bubble tea at the Trinitea’s Cup? Yes, syrup instead of powder flavouring, and tiny translucent white tapioca pearls instead of the gigantic dark tapioca pearls. On top of that, my favourite taro-flavoured tea wasn’t offered! :(
Presenting to you my bubble tea galore from the past 6 months or so.
Centre: The hot almond-flavoured bubble tea (right) I ordered today and the cold version of it (left). Others: Mung bean-flavoured bubble tea with crushed ice (left) and taro-flavoured bubble tea with ice cubes (right) on hot summer days in Toronto; hot and cold bubble tea in various flavours on a freezing cold day in downtown Calgary.
Are you tempted to have a glass of bubble tea now? ;)
Tags: Cafe, Fredericton
February 9th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
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