0 a drink, originally from East Asia, consisting of tea mixed with milk or fruit flavours, to which small balls of tapioca (= a plant substance) or jelly are added. The drink is then shaken to create bubbles.
Occasionally, nata de coco is used in mass-produced bubble tea drinks as a healthier alternative to tapioca starch.
The milk in bubble tea is optional, though many tea stores use it.
To prevent this from happening, these slushies must be consumed more quickly than bubble tea.
Most bubble tea recipes contain a tea base mixed with fruit or milk.
The chain has been criticized for the relatively high calorie count of its bubble tea.
Some of the sour fruit flavors are available in bubble tea without milk only as the acidity tends to curdle the milk.
Bubble tea cafs will also frequently serve drinks without coffee or tea in them.
Pizza and bubble tea are two of his favourite meals.
