{"id":14911,"date":"2019-12-02T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=14911"},"modified":"2019-11-11T03:41:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T07:41:41","slug":"the-taiwanese-bubble-tea-receives-international-popularity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/the-taiwanese-bubble-tea-receives-international-popularity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Taiwanese Bubble Tea Receives International Popularity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14912\" style=\"width: 453px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14912\" class=\" wp-image-14912\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/boba-276x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/boba-276x350.jpg 276w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/boba.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bubble tea (<strong>\u73cd\u73e0\u5976\u8336 zh\u0113n zh\u016b n\u01cei ch\u00e1<\/strong>, literally means <em>pearl milk tea<\/em>), also known as boba, is a sweet milky drink, stuffed with chewy tapioca pearls.<\/p>\n<p>Boba\u00a0(<strong>\u6ce2\u9738\u5976\u8336\u00a0b\u014d b\u00e0 n\u01cei ch\u00e1<\/strong>), an Asian beloved refreshment, usually consists of sweetened milk tea (<strong>\u5976\u8336 n\u01cei ch\u00e1<\/strong>) and cooked tapioca pearls (<strong>\u73cd\u73e0\u7c89\u5706 zh\u0113n zh\u016b f\u011bn yu\u00e1n<\/strong>, also known as<strong>\u6ce2\u9738 b\u014d b\u00e0<\/strong>). The tea flavor, the sweetener, the liquid, the amount of ice if added, and the color of the tapioca balls can vary. The drink is served with a spoon or a fat straw (<strong>\u5438\u7ba1 x\u012b gu\u01cen<\/strong>) through which the pearls can be eaten. \u00a0Watch the following video to see the classical bubble tea recipe:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[No Music] How to make Bubble Tea\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xebewT6lh2k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The #Bubble tea tag on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/bubbletea\/\">Instagram<\/a> is filled with pictures of people enjoying the drink all over the world. Boba lovers share photos of their drinks from Korea to Germany, from Canada to Colombia. But the famous tea-based drink was actually invented in Taiwan (<strong>\u53f0\u6e7e T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>One of the claimer for inventing the bubble tea is Lin Xiuhui from <a href=\"https:\/\/chunshuitang.com.tw\/\">Chun Shui Tang Teahouse<\/a>, Taichung city. In 1987, on her daily morning visit to the local market (<strong>\u5e02\u573a sh\u00ec ch\u01ceng<\/strong>) to purchase fresh ingredients, Lin bought a typical Taiwanese dessert of sweetened tapioca pudding. Back in the teahouse (<strong>\u8336\u9986 ch\u00e1 gu\u01cen<\/strong>) she blended the pudding into a milk tea. The new drink quickly outsold all of the other iced teas. Even after decades on the menu (<strong>\u83dc\u5355 c\u00e0i d\u0101n<\/strong>), bubble tea makes up 80-90% of Chun Shui Tang sales.<\/p>\n<p>There are two competing stories for the origin of bubble tea. About 160 kilometers south, a big sign in <a href=\"https:\/\/hanlintearoom.com\/\">Han Lin Tea Room<\/a>, Tainan city, reads: <strong>\u73cd\u73e0\u5976\u8336\u521b\u59cb\u5e97<\/strong> (zh\u0113n zh\u016b n\u01cei ch\u00e1 chu\u00e0ng sh\u01d0 di\u00e0n), meaning: <em>original creator of boba milk tea<\/em>. In 1986, after a visit to the local market, the restaurant owner was inspired to cook the tapioca pearls he bought and blend them into an iced tea. Later, he added brown sugar (<strong>\u7ea2\u7cd6 h\u00f3ng t\u00e1ng<\/strong>), creating the black tapioca.<\/p>\n<p>While the origins of bubble tea are still debated, there are some health concerns raised about the popular drink. On July 2019, Singapore\u2019s Mount Alvernia Hospital <a href=\"https:\/\/mtalvernia.sg\/education\/whats-in-my-bubble-tea\/?fbclid=IwAR2TbygGWJQ1AINvRcb1avWaHrGQev2L6CWtjDnIb-ddyr_tbYe4B0m9SpA\">warned<\/a> people that consuming too much bubble tea can increase the risk of getting a chronic disease. The high levels of calories, fat and sugar (<strong>\u7cd6 t\u00e1ng<\/strong>) are not recommended. A horrific <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/doctors-found-100-undigested-bubble-tea-balls-teen-girls-stomach-2019-6\">case<\/a> occurred in Zhejiang province this year, when a 14 year-old-girl was hospitalized\u00a0with constipation. The scan revels hundreds of undigested tapioca balls clogging up her entire digestive system.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14913\" style=\"width: 374px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14913\" class=\" wp-image-14913\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/drink-259x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/drink-259x350.jpg 259w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/drink.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And yet, the drink has enjoyed a surge in popularity in recent years.\u00a0The food delivery service GrabFood said that orders for bubble tea in 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.sg\/people-in-singapore-malaysia-and-indonesia-order-3-cups-of-bubble-tea-per-month-grabfood-says\/\">increased<\/a> 30% in the Southeast Asia region. New Yorkers stood hours in line for a boba cup at the opening of the popular Taiwanese chain <a href=\"https:\/\/ny.eater.com\/2019\/9\/11\/20859446\/tiger-sugar-opens-chinatown-manhattan-bubbleology-alcohol-nyc\">Tiger Sugar<\/a> this year. In Tokyo\u2019s 23 wards over 300 stores sell the shaken beverage (<strong>\u996e\u6599 y\u01d0n li\u00e0o<\/strong>). According to Allied Market Research, the global bubble tea market was valued at approximately 2 million dollars in 2016, and is expected to grow.<\/p>\n<p>For boba fans, the pearl milk tea is not just a delicious refreshment, it\u2019s a phenomenon. Bubble tea merchandise includes: bags, clothes, notebooks, stickers, iPhone cases, pillows and even teething toys for babies. Domino\u2019s recently <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/10\/31\/dominos-debuts-pizza-with-bubble-tea-blobs-on-it\/\">introduced<\/a> a new combination to its Taiwanese market: a bubble tea-topped pizza. And a new bubble tea-themed pop-up is now open in Singapore (for two months from 19 Oct to 18 Dec).<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebubbleteafactory.co\/\">The Bubble Tea Factory<\/a> is an immersive bubble tea-themed exhibition, where you&#8217;ll not only get to enjoy a free drink, you can also experience being one, at more than 10 multi-sensory installations. The next video provides a short tour in the exhibition:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"First look at The Bubble Tea Factory | CNA Lifestyle\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UiKmGO6xUYQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Text vocabulary<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Taiwan =\u53f0\u6e7e T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/p>\n<p>Beverage = \u996e\u6599 y\u01d0n li\u00e0o<\/p>\n<p>Milk tea = \u5976\u8336 n\u01cei ch\u00e1<\/p>\n<p>Tapioca pearls = \u73cd\u73e0\u7c89\u5706 zh\u0113n zh\u016b f\u011bn yu\u00e1n<\/p>\n<p>Bubble tea = \u73cd\u73e0\u5976\u8336 zh\u0113n zh\u016b n\u01cei ch\u00e1<\/p>\n<p>Boba\u00a0= \u6ce2\u9738\u5976\u8336\u00a0b\u014d b\u00e0 n\u01cei ch\u00e1<\/p>\n<p>Sugar = \u7cd6 t\u00e1ng<\/p>\n<p>Brown sugar = \u7ea2\u7cd6 h\u00f3ng t\u00e1ng<\/p>\n<p>Drinking straw = \u5438\u7ba1 x\u012b gu\u01cen<\/p>\n<p>Teahouse = \u8336\u9986 ch\u00e1 gu\u01cen<\/p>\n<p>Market = \u5e02\u573a sh\u00ec ch\u01ceng<\/p>\n<p>Menu = \u83dc\u5355 c\u00e0i d\u0101n<\/p>\n<p>To found = \u521b\u59cb chu\u00e0ng sh\u01d0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>\u597d\u597d\u5b66\u4e60\uff0c\u5929\u5929\u5411\u4e0a\uff01<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>\u200d\u200d\u200d\u200d\u200d\u200d<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"276\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/boba-276x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/boba-276x350.jpg 276w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/boba.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><p>Bubble tea (\u73cd\u73e0\u5976\u8336 zh\u0113n zh\u016b n\u01cei ch\u00e1, literally means pearl milk tea), also known as boba, is a sweet milky drink, stuffed with chewy tapioca pearls. Boba\u00a0(\u6ce2\u9738\u5976\u8336\u00a0b\u014d b\u00e0 n\u01cei ch\u00e1), an Asian beloved refreshment, usually consists of sweetened milk tea (\u5976\u8336 n\u01cei ch\u00e1) and cooked tapioca pearls (\u73cd\u73e0\u7c89\u5706 zh\u0113n zh\u016b f\u011bn yu\u00e1n, also known as\u6ce2\u9738&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/the-taiwanese-bubble-tea-receives-international-popularity\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":14912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14911","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14911"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14915,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14911\/revisions\/14915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}