Dish · chinese
Bubble Tea
Sweetened black tea shaken with milk and chewy tapioca pearls that sit at the bottom of the cup, sipped through a wide straw.
Where it comes from
Bubble tea began in Taiwan in the 1980s, when tea shop owners started adding tapioca pearls to cold milk tea; several Taichung shops claim to have invented it first, and no single origin is settled.
What cooks argue about
Cooks argue over cooking the tapioca pearls long enough to lose their chalky center without turning mushy, and over how long pearls can sit in syrup before they lose their chew.
Versions
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What goes in it
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