When it comes to trending beverages, bubble tea reigns supreme. The delightful Taiwanese creation has taken the world by storm as its charm knows no borders. Its popularity has spread to several countries, including Pakistan, featuring its own unique divergences and tropical tastes.
Bubble tea was also promoted by a beverage brand owner, who initiated an improved version in an episode of "Dragons’ Den", a Shark Tank-style reality show produced by the CBC in Canada. Famous actor Simu Liu was present and challenged them that he knew the drink better. This led to a milky debate, which raised the bubble tea hype to the next level.
But are you aware of the classical history of this famous drink? The original name for bubble tea was known as "foam tea" in Taiwan, a rich, smooth iced tea with tiny air bubbles on top. Discovered In 1949, Chang Fan Shu worked as a mixologist in an izakaya in Japanese-occupied Taiwan during World War II and opened a distinctive tea shop where he sold shou yao (hand-shaken) tea produced using cocktail shakers, making it most significant characteristic. Currently, there are hundreds of bubble tea flavours according to everyone’s liking and taste.
Nowadays people like to add caffeine to their bubble tea or tropical fruit jellies or a much wider range of tastes. However, the classical milk boba tea tops with its chewy black tapioca balls..