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It's like the first time in any restaurant or food place where you're not familiar with the food:
Ask the server what they recommend.
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Ive never built up the courage to try even a single bubble tea, partly because its stupid expensive, but mostly because im worried about saying the wrong thing and having people think im strange. Like if you asked for extra sugar on your hot dog or something.
Finding that there's mad purists arguing about what is or isnt doesnt make this any easier.
Tbh I'm not even sure what bubble tea is. Bubbles, yep. Tea, yep. Tea with bubbles? Have you put washing up liquid in it? Why is it bubbly?
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Tbh I'm not even sure what bubble tea is. Bubbles, yep. Tea, yep. Tea with bubbles? Have you put washing up liquid in it? Why is it bubbly?
The "bubbles" refers to the little edible tapioca balls at the bottom.
The name started as "bo ba", the Chinese name for the tapioca pearls, and the west turned it into "bubble". No idea what the original Chinese means, could just be bubble.
It's often a sweeter milk tea (though pretty much anything goes these days)
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TIL. I’ve literally never seen the first drink you’re describing. (I’m in the USA)
They're talking about bubble foam tea. Sure that was a thing but at least in any part of America I've been in, boba tea and bubble tea from the start was the tapioca pearl drink.
Some people get this purist notion that things can only ever be one thing and screech if someone uses a term differently.
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tbh the worst someone will think is you're a dumb American, which there are a lot of. They won't single you out or care at all.
Even if they do, it'll just be a gossip sesh with coworkers to pass the time and nothing more
at least that's how it is at my grocery store job. The only things I can remember are
- an Irish man with a funny accent
- someone who wanted double bagged paper for some reason
- and some lady who stole a baby bottle and when the toddler picked it up and yelled "MOMMY YOU FOROGOT THIS!!
" nobody said a word about - also someone who tried to hide an antibiotic under dog food which I accidentally uncovered when scanning the dog food. When it rung up it was $25 and I felt sooo bad
wrote last edited by [email protected]I can (potentially) explain the double bagged paper. Growing up in the South that was the de-facto cooling rack, no wire racks or wax paper like you see today. They were cut open, laid on any flat surface, them cookies or cakes or what have you were laid on them to cool. They'd wick away moisture or grease and be easy clean up.
Free with groceries and if they were double bagged you had enough for a double batch of chocolate chip cookies while also usually guaranteeing (usually) the bag wouldn't split from condensation or something before you got home.
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Isn't ketchup pretty much just red sugar gel?
It varies a lot. From sweet banana, to tomato based, to the original fish sauce.
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This post did not contain any content.wrote last edited by [email protected]
I wanted to see what this entailed, looked up "shiba bubble tea" and found a bubble tea/restaurant pretty close to me that is Shiba Inu themed and looks like something you'd find in Japan.
I'm gonna go check this place the fuck out.
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TIL. I’ve literally never seen the first drink you’re describing. (I’m in the USA)
Early on when it was coming into the US shops made the distinction, but Americans just sort of conflated the two. Makes it confusing if you want bubble tea with jelly and not pearls.
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This has bugged me for twenty years.
“Bubble tea” refers to tea that is mixed in a shaker, creating a small layer of bubbles when it is served.
“Bubble tea with pearls” is the one with tapioca pearls in the bottom. Milk tea is tea made with milk.
@[email protected] the above comment answers your question.
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I can (potentially) explain the double bagged paper. Growing up in the South that was the de-facto cooling rack, no wire racks or wax paper like you see today. They were cut open, laid on any flat surface, them cookies or cakes or what have you were laid on them to cool. They'd wick away moisture or grease and be easy clean up.
Free with groceries and if they were double bagged you had enough for a double batch of chocolate chip cookies while also usually guaranteeing (usually) the bag wouldn't split from condensation or something before you got home.
that's actually super cool, that's a neat piece of history I didn't know about
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It's like the first time in any restaurant or food place where you're not familiar with the food:
Ask the server what they recommend.
Then say okay
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America doesn't even have pizza! They use the word to refer to some kind of large open-faced oven-baked sandwiches.
You talking bout the little scissors?
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Lol.
forget Italians, Hawaiians want no part in this travesty
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The "bubbles" refers to the little edible tapioca balls at the bottom.
The name started as "bo ba", the Chinese name for the tapioca pearls, and the west turned it into "bubble". No idea what the original Chinese means, could just be bubble.
It's often a sweeter milk tea (though pretty much anything goes these days)
The name started as "bo ba", the Chinese name for the tapioca pearls, and the west turned it into "bubble". No idea what the original Chinese means, could just be bubble.
The original chinese name before i was introduced to the english name is 珍珠奶茶(zhen zhu nai cha), literally translated as pearl milk tea. That's around mid 2000s. Not sure which come first though, bubble or boba.
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Ive never built up the courage to try even a single bubble tea, partly because its stupid expensive, but mostly because im worried about saying the wrong thing and having people think im strange. Like if you asked for extra sugar on your hot dog or something.
Finding that there's mad purists arguing about what is or isnt doesnt make this any easier.
Just pick any flavor you like and ask for it Animal Style.
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You talking bout the little scissors?
Is that the Piper Perri film?
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Ive never built up the courage to try even a single bubble tea, partly because its stupid expensive, but mostly because im worried about saying the wrong thing and having people think im strange. Like if you asked for extra sugar on your hot dog or something.
Finding that there's mad purists arguing about what is or isnt doesnt make this any easier.
It's basically a premium milkshake and/or slushie coffee/tea. The two questions you should ask are what kind of fruit do you want and how much caffeine should come with it.
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The "bubbles" refers to the little edible tapioca balls at the bottom.
The name started as "bo ba", the Chinese name for the tapioca pearls, and the west turned it into "bubble". No idea what the original Chinese means, could just be bubble.
It's often a sweeter milk tea (though pretty much anything goes these days)
Tapioca is super fun to shoot at your friends and coworkers.
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Hence it does not belong on tube steak
You leave my tube taco topping choices alone. I'll put cooked roots, processed milk, egg-oil, and whatever else if I like
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Isn't ketchup pretty much just red sugar gel?
Catsup is a pretty wide ranging condiment. You should look up 18th century cooking videos about catsup
