Bubble Tea is a popular beverage also known as pearl milk tea
Bubble Tea is a popular beverage also known as pearl milk tea, boba milk tea, boba tea, tapioca tea, boba nai cha, pearl tea, milk tea, bubble drink, zhen zhu nai cha, tapioca pearl drink, momi, momi milk tea, QQ, the drink with the fat straw, or any combination of the above. The original Bubble Tea is basically brewed black tea or green tea mixed with milk, sugar, any-sized chewy tapioca pearls, and usually served cold with ice. It is a Taiwanese tea-based drink invented in Tainan and Taichung in the 1980s. Most Bubble Tea recipes contain a tea base mixed with fruit or milk, to which chewy tapioca balls, and fruit jelly are often added. Ice-blended versions are usually mixed with fruit or syrup, resulting in a slushy consistency. There are many varieties of the drink with a wide range of ingredients with some ingredients being taro, coffee, lavender, and mango. The three most popular varieties are milk tea with tapioca, milk green tea with tapioca, and taro slush with tapioca. In the end, we all know that Bubble Tea is a popular beverage but we don’t know if it is a wise beverage. A wise beverage has a nutritional choice, health benefits, and different flavours.
Bubble Tea has a nutritional choice so the beverage could be a healthier drink. Bubble Tea has mainly tapioca, milk/creamer; sugars and artery clogging trans-fat in the form of partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, brewed tea, sugar, and water. Some tapioca pearls (carbohydrates) made in Taiwan were found in May 2013 to contain a harmful additive, maleic acid. These contaminated pearls were immediately withdrawn from sale for the safety of consumers. Bubble Tea also has flavoured syrup; sweeteners or sweetened fruit purees which are refined sugars. According to Singapore’s Health Promotion Board (HPB), a cup of Bubble Tea, with milk and tapioca pearls contains about 335 calories. The pearls represent about one third of the calories. Two cups of milk Bubble Tea with pearls are about a third of the average recommended intake of 1,800-2,000 calories for healthy individuals. To make Bubble Tea a healthier drink, ask for less or no sugar including less flavoured syrup and sweetened fruit purees, and/or ask for low-fat or skimmed fresh milk, as a substitute for non-dairy creamers, and/or ask for plain Bubble Tea without the chewy tapioca pearls or the milk to reduce the calories. The drink would be healthier and it would still be delicious.
Bubble Tea has health benefits, but it may not be a good choice for those watching their weight or sugar intake. Drinking black tea or green tea every day is beneficial to health because it is a rich source of a group of antioxidants called polyphenols. Polyphenols have anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic properties. They can help to protect the body against free radicals that cause cellular damage and inflammation in the body. “Drinking unsweetened black or green tea daily has health benefits, but drinking pearl milk tea regularly may not be a healthy choice if you are watching your weight or controlling your calorie and sugar intakes,” says Ms Wong Hui Xin, Dietitian, Department of Dietetics? and the LIFE Centre, Singapore
General Hospital (SGH), a member of the SingHealth?? group. Therefore, Bubble Tea has health benefits, but it may not be a good and healthy choice for those watching their weight or sugar intake, especially if it is daily.
Bubble Tea comes in a variety of different flavors, the most popular being the fruity and creamy ones. Some fruity and creamy flavors include strawberry, green apple, passion fruit, mango, lemon, watermelon, grape, lychee, peach, pineapple, cantaloupe, honeydew, banana, avocado, coconut, and kiwi. Other popular non-fruity and creamy flavors include taro, chocolate, coffee, mocha, black milk tea, thai tea, lavender tea, and rose tea. Some cafes and shops offer non-creamy drinks by using fruit pulp syrups like passion fruit, honeydew, strawberry, and lychee. Also, there are toppings other than tapioca. There is popping boba, coconut jelly, mini mochi, ice cream, jam, aloe vera, aiyu, brown sugar jelly, grass jelly, pudding, red bean, coffee jelly, strawberry jelly, white pearl, etc. There are now over 250 varieties of flavors and choices of a Bubble Tea drink. Bubble Tea is great as it has a lot of flavours.
In conclusion, Bubble Tea is a popular beverage with a variety of different flavours and toppings. There are now over 250 varieties of flavors and choices of a Bubble Tea drink which is a lot, however it may not be a good choice for those watching their weight or sugar intake. It has health benefits but it is not a good choice if it is daily. Bubble Tea has a nutritional choice so the beverage could be a healthier drink so when you want it, you could make it healthier. It has 335 calories but to make Bubble Tea a healthier drink, ask for less or no sugar including less flavoured syrup and sweetened fruit purees, and/or ask for low-fat or skimmed fresh milk, as a substitute for non-dairy creamers, and/or ask for plain Bubble Tea without the chewy tapioca pearls or the milk to reduce the calories. The drink would be healthier and it would still be delicious. So, Bubble Tea is a wise beverage as it is a good choice if you crave Bubble Tea. Plus, there are many flavors and toppings, and you could even make it healthy.
