![]() Tap and hold your mouse to pour, but try to stop before you hit the line, as getting the right amount will earn you a star. The game requires you to pour each of the three ingredients - bubbles, tea and syrup - into a cup, stopping at the correct line. There are five orders to complete, and each one requires a different amount of ingredients. 29 Doodle features a fun animated game where users attempt to make the Taiwanese drink for cute animals, including Taiwan's indigenous Formosan Mountain Dog. A 2012 study conducted by researchers in Germany found that the pearls may contain traces of a carcinogenic chemicals called as polychlorinated biphenyls, the Huffington Post noted. This issue has been debated, though: the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration refuted the claims and questioned the authenticity of study.Google is celebrating boba tea with a Google Doodle. More concerning, some say the tapioca pearls contain cancer-causing substances. ![]() Plus, they're rarely consumed without the addition of calorically dense bubble tea drink. But because the pearls are typically soaked in a sugar mixture, their calorie count increases. The chewy balls aren't wildly high in calories: A 1.1-ounce serving of uncooked pearls contains 68 calories (drinks typically contain anywhere from 1 to 2 ounces of the tapioca pearls). Those looking for the classic drink experience, however, should start with the tapioca balls so that they can have their drink and chew it too. Other add-ins, like grass jelly (which has an herbal taste), pudding (yep, that thick custard-like treat) and even aloe vera can make its way into the beverage, Spoon University noted. ![]() But the real flavor comes from the drink itself - the pearls are more there for texture.īubble tea doesn't always have the tapioca bubbles, however. ![]() They become much sweeter after being soaked in simple syrup. The cooked pearls on their own are chewy but relatively flavorless. The drink is then shaken to mix the ingredients and sealed. The cooked pearls are then put in the bottom of a cup and then filled with various chilled drinks like fruity teas, icy smoothies or milk-based tea and coffee beverages as well as ice. They pearls are then kept in a simple syrup mixture so that they become sweet and remain chewy until they are ready for use, the Kitchn wrote. The raw tapioca pearls, which are often black but can also be transparent or white, get cooked in boiling water until they become soft. (Tapioca is a starch that is extracted from cassava root that is naturally gluten-free and typically made into flour and edible pearls, the Huffington Post reported.) These bubble-like pearls, the defining feature of the drink, are actually marble-sized balls of tapioca, the Daily Meal noted. Not old tires and shoes, that's for sure. The name "boba," on the other hand, originates from a Taiwanese slang term for the pearls. The term "bubble tea" is actually a reference to the milk froth that forms when the drink is shaken, not the chewy pearls in the drink that resemble bubbles, Quartz noted. The drink has a number of monikers, including pearl milk tea and tapioca tea, but it's most commonly referred to as bubble tea or milk tea.
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