But how much do you really know about bubble tea?
These facts about bubble tea’s history, ingredients, and health risks might surprise you.
Who invented it and why?
Bubble tea is a Taiwanese tea-based drink invented in Taichung in the 1980s.
It turns out it was delicious!
Cold tea and sweetened syrup, plus chewy tapioca balls and the rest is history.
This is also why you’ve got the option to get bubble tea without any tapioca.
What makes it bubble tea is the shake or blending that causes bubbles at the top.
What’s in a name?
Evolution of tapioca size
The size of the tapioca in bubble tea can vary.
This explains a few of the different names for the tea.
Pearl tea refers to the original bubble tea with smaller tapioca (“pearls”).
Some shops even offerpuddings or beansas a tapioca-alternative.
Another option for customizing it is by choosing the jot down of tea.
Pick your favorite variety and go from there.
Just double-check you ask at your favorite shop, because some flavors of bubble teacome pre-mixed with dairy ingredients.
The options are seemingly endless.
These carbshave almost no nutritional value.
DEHP isconsidered a potential carcinogenin humans after researchers found that it was a carcinogen in rats.
The researchers suggest public health recommendations for moderate consumption of these beverages.
That is, bubble tea consumption is related to higher rates of ADHD in kids.
To bubble or not to bubble?
Just remember your options for customizing your bubble tea and thepotential risksof having it too often.
