5/19/2023 0 Comments Qq tea houseInitially, because shaved ice, milk tea, and boba were all individually popular traditional desserts, bubble tea was prepared by layering those three ingredients in a cup. Whatever its exact provenance, the drink was quick to take off in Taiwan. ![]() Meanwhile, Tu Tsong-he, the co-owner of Tainan’s Hanlin Tea Room, said that he invented the drink when he saw the preparation of white tapioca balls, a traditional snack, in a nearby market, and decided to start adding them to cold tea in 1986. Liu Han-Chieh, the founder of Chun Shui Tang tea room in Taichung, claimed that her product director created the drink by pouring tapioca balls into her tea and encouraging the business to start selling the resulting combination. The history of the drink in Taiwan is the subject of much fierce debate. Bubble tea is far and away its most famous sweet application, though. Mochi, handmade fish balls, and lye noodles are prominent examples of this beloved texture. QQ gets its name from the Hokkien word for chewy (k’iu), and describes food which are soft, but which also offer resistance when bitten into. QQ is one of those prized textures, a unique love of the Taiwanese palate. ![]() There is a concept within them of eating something purely, or mostly, for the pleasure of its mouthfeel, which is relatively absent in other food cultures. And it’s not just a culinary triumph for the tiny democracy it’s also become a symbol of important, and strengthening, international ties in the modern age.īefore we get to bubble tea’s diplomatic career, though, what is it, and where did it come from? East Asian cuisines, as the food writer and historian Fuchsia Dunlop has explained in her studies of Sichuanese food, prize texture much more highly than their Western counterparts. But, like popcorn chicken and scallion pancakes, bubble tea is a Taiwanese invention that’s grown to be beloved worldwide. You may know it as bubble tea, tapioca tea, pearl milk tea, or boba tea.
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