Social Is Milk Tea a Fad in your country/City?

[ShinkanPo]

Somewhat. We've got Gong Cha locations here now and other bubble tea places. I'd say they've been here to some extent for about 15 years. I live in the Boston area in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_Cha

I read the Wiki until I reached this part

In May 2011, a scandal broke out in Taiwan when many drinks were found to contain DEHP, a plasticiser which was added as a clouding agent in order to improve the appearance of the drinks. Ingestion of DEHP is known to cause heart problems and to affect male genital development.[6] Even though Gong Cha's products were proved to contain no DEHP, the sales record of its branch in Causeway Bay dropped approximately 30%, caused by

Now I am really getting scared buying local tea and other food products who knows what these cheap shits are putting into our food.

 

[Phlog]

You drink tea without milk? WTF?

 

[fingercuffs]

Never seen one. I mean women like to have tea and cake at famous hotels but I’ve never seen a exclusive milk tea shop. Normal cafes/coffee shops have tea so I don’t really see the appeal.

Personally I can’t stand tea without milk

It isn't the same thing. I add milk to hot English tea, I always have. This isn't hot. There are loads of these shops here.

 

[fingercuffs]

Yup I am quite surprised the trend did catch on its like some Tea Shops opened up for the sake of serving Milked Tea.

Tea was not really that big in my country until Milk Tea happened and it quickly got commercialised and they put some more Asiatic twist like adding tapioca etc

I agree I prefer fresh milk on my Tea,

Although I would agree I have been into some of those Milk Tea shops and some of them do taste good but for some it seems adding milk seems to make it more bitter.

I had a pina cola milk tea (not actual alcohol) with boba and coffee jellies and it was heavenly.

 

[ICHEERTHEBULL]

It isn't the same thing. I add milk to hot English tea, I always have. This isn't hot. There are loads of these shops here.

from the look of it no. I drink tea with milk, this looks like milk with a dash of tea

 

[badascan]

Milk is for plebs... So probably?

 

[fingercuffs]

from the look of it no. I drink tea with milk, this looks like milk with a dash of tea

Yeah. It really is lovely though, just not something you'd go and drink with as high tea at The Ritz with your girl friends.

Okay, but what even is it?
The word “boba” can refer to either a broad category of chunky drinks — including everything from iced tea with tapioca pearls to fresh juice loaded with fruity bits — or black tapioca pearls themselves. Boba tea, bubble tea, and pearl milk tea — in Taiwan, zhenzhu naicha (珍珠奶茶) — are essentially different names for the same thing; the monikers differ by location, but also personal preference. (In the U.S., the East Coast favors bubble tea, while the West prefers boba.) Whatever you call it, in its most basic form, the drink consists of black tea, milk, ice, and chewy tapioca pearls, all shaken together like a martini and served with that famously fat straw to accommodate the marbles of tapioca that cluster at the bottom of the cup.

 

[Kjeewb]

I’ve never seen it only heard of it

 

[Rand M Arthur]

It's a British thing, I believe. And it is disgusting. I like my tea black, like my soul.

the fuck is that shit??? That ain’t tea!!!!

It's a latte, but with tea

 

[Wrath of Foamy]

There's a stall at the Asian food court close to where I live, but I never tried it, as I'm cheap and it tends to be twice the price of a regular drink.

It's also why I don't drink alcohol...

 

[fingercuffs]

It's a British thing, I believe. And it is disgusting. I like my tea black, like my soul.



It's a latte, but with tea

It's not a British thing, it's Asian.

 

[Rand M Arthur]

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It's not a British thing, it's Asian.

Someone told me it's been around the M62 highway for years.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

I think come 2009 its just seems the Milking Tea business started to boom and it popped out in almost every street corner even in residential areas for the poor.

And in the Pandemic where thousands of people lost jobs and shops closed I heard a lot of people opened Milk Tea shops.

I just don't get it how manny Milk Tea shops can be opened every few blocks?

Someone even got poisoned and died because some motherfucker poisoned the Tea!



I am not saying I hate it I am okay with I like Tea and adding milk is okay but. its not something I am crazy about.

If it makes people really happy well good I like it as an alternative to coffee etc.

It really did caught on as a trend I thought I am just imagining things.
https://www.yummy.ph/news-trends/milk-tea-trend-history-philippines-a00261-20190307-lfrm2

I was in Taiwan for work about 7 years ago, a work colleague brought me a milk tea for afternoon break. So awful, and I like drinking black/green/oolong tea, never again. And what is up with those fucking jellies as well, disgusting.

 

[fingercuffs]

I was in Taiwan for work about 7 years ago, a work colleague brought me a milk tea for afternoon break. So awful, and I like drinking black/green/oolong tea, never again. And what is up with those fucking jellies as well, disgusting.

The jellies and tapioca are the best bit! I guess it depends on the flavours, I haven't triied the taro.

 

[DaleBoca]

Boba? It’s always been a thing here in LA. But it’s gotten huge over the last 10-15 years.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

The jellies and tapioca are the best bit! I guess it depends on the flavours, I haven't triied the taro.

That whole deal was disgusting to me, but the lemon iced teas are epic (though you need to make sure they don't put too much sweetness into it)

 

[VulcanNervPinch]

So this is Bubble Tea?

I've seen a few shops and wondered what they were.

 

[Oeshon]

It's not a fad here, it's been a thing in Thailand for a very long time.