Bubble tea?

Harami · 25-08-2011 9:02pm #1

I was pondering whether I should post this in the "Coffee & Tea" section of the board but it's not the regular tea so I'll just do away with it here.

So I recently got back from a trip to the west and I have been craving bubble/boba tea badly. Does anyone know if there is anywhere where I can find bubble tea? And if not sold in places, how to make one?

Here's a picture:

With tapioca and everything!

Pleeeease let there be bubble tea.

emeraldstar · 26-08-2011 9:31am

If you want to make your own there's a recipe here: (you have to scroll down) http://www.americancupcakeinlondon.com/2011/04/bubble-tea-fever-hits-london.html

tfak85 · 27-08-2011 4:34pm

I know this is a stupid question but, are you supposed to ingest the bubbles?!

I got a bubble tea in NYC this summer and while the flavour was nice, I got totally freaked when one of the bubbles traveled up the straw!

The fruity ones with the multi coloured bubbles look great, I think I may even make some myself!!

emeraldstar · 27-08-2011 5:10pm

Lol, yes! They're just like eating jellies (though perhaps not quite as tasty). I do find it a bit odd having to chew a drink though.

Harami · 28-08-2011 8:13pm

ah so there's nowhere that makes them here at all?

so depressing haha

i will try the tips in that link though. thank you, emeralstar.

emeraldstar · 28-08-2011 8:30pm

There could be somewhere in Dublin, I don't know. Did you Google it?

flikflak · 29-08-2011 3:17pm

You can get the `bubbles` for it in the Asian stores. I got some when I got back from Taiwan and made my own.

Asphyxia · 29-08-2011 3:26pm

Love Bubble Tea

You can buy the ingredients on Amazon and then just make your own.

supersheeps · 29-08-2011 9:52pm

Apparently Harvey Nichols in Dundrum will be doing these...sounds awful, sorry!
/http://www.dundrum.ie/events/bubble-tea-is-coming-to-harvey-nichols/

Gauge · 30-08-2011 11:42pm

For 2 days only

BOO. I love this stuff, even the chewy tapioca balls! Never been able to get it in Ireland though.

emeraldstar · 31-08-2011 9:25am

But it's just cold (usually), flavoured tea. Make some, buy some tapioca balls, throw 'em in, et voila!

Gauge · 31-08-2011 9:29am

Oh, I've been planning to alright, I eye up the pretty tapioca pearls every time I go to the Asian supermarket! The silly thing is I can't find the massive straws which of course are mandatory for the full bubble tea experience

maybe they're in the Asian supermarket too, must take a closer look next time I'm there.

emeraldstar · 31-08-2011 9:33am

You could hunt for them online, I guess. Found the below on the Amazon US site but you may well find another source.

http://www.amazon.com/Bubble-Tea-Fat-Straw-pcs/dp/B0001N7RJS

foodaholic · 02-09-2011 8:42pm

Harvey Nics doing bubble tea, heres the link:
http://www.anygivenfood.com/bubbleology-pops-up-at-harvey-nichols/

dollylolly · 18-05-2012 6:27pm

in Georges Street Arcade in Dublin! FINALLY someone spotted a gap in the market! :DInterested to see what flavour combinations they do as I've really had a hankering for a tarro milk tea..mmm I've been watching progress on the shop for the past week and it looks really slick. Let the Irish Bubble Tea revolution begin:)

Harami · 18-05-2012 8:37pm

Oh wow FINALLY. Thanks so much, definitely going to have a gander there sometime soon.

I love taro tea too so I hope they make that.

tfak85 · 18-05-2012 10:12pm

I'll be interested to see what this place is like, hopefully reasonably priced.. I've only had bubble tea a couple of times, including once when I made it myself.. I can't help but be freaked out by the bubbles, I don't like the texture one bit!!

No doubt I will go and try it out again though!

Lt. Palumbo · 24-05-2012 5:00pm

grand opening tonight in George's Arcade, I may have to check it out tomorrow

Coriolanus · 24-05-2012 10:29pm

dafuq is bubble tea

The Hill Billy · 24-05-2012 11:01pm

Threads merged.

tHB

dollylolly · 26-05-2012 8:14pm

saw Amy Humberman and Brian O Driscoll in Bubblicity today in Georges Street Arcade! I also had a taro boba tea and it was just like at home!!!

Brian · 31-05-2012 3:49pm

Seriously?! As soon as I move out of Dublin they open up a bubble tea cafe? I guess Yogism has shown that quirky food stuffs have a niche in the George's St arcade.

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