Regardless of the time of day, weather, or occasion, it always feels like a good idea to get healthy bubble tea in Singapore. Yet even after having it so many times, we still don’t know much about the drink. Like seriously, what are we actually drinking.
Here are some facts that every bubble tea drinker should know.
1. It has a bazillion names
This drink is most commonly known as bubble tea, but it can also be called boba, pearl tea, tapioca tea, boba nai cha, zhen zhou nai cha, black pearl tea, pearl shake, momi milk tea, and more. (The list literally goes on forever.)
2. “Bubble” refers to the bubble foam
Contrary to popular belief, the “bubble” in bubble tea does not refer to the tapioca balls (AKA boba). Instead, it refers to the foamy bubbles that form at the top of the drink when shaken.
3. It was first created in Taiwan in the 1980s
Legend has it that Chun Shui Tang teahouse employee Lin Hsui Hui in Taiwan whimsically decided to pour fen yuan, a sweetened tapioca dessert, into her Assam iced tea. And it was at that moment that the drink we have all come to love was invented.
4. It has become so popular
After it became popular in Taiwan, bubble tea love spread to over 30 countries. Even McDonalds got in on the trend. For a short period of time in 2012, all 800 McDonald’s locations in Germany sold the popular drink. We can only dream of the day everyone has bubble tea online delivery like Partea.
5. Boba is made from a root vegetable
The tapioca balls are made by extracting starch from the cassava root, a long tuberous plant native to Brazil. Cassava has been used by indigenous people as an essential source of carbohydrates since as early as the 1400s.
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