Helen's thread about ice cream got me thinking about bubble tea. Anybody here enjoy this drink? It's one of those mea ono that I enjoy on occasion, like halo halo, but I don't go out of my way for it. When I do drink 'em, I like the strawberry flavor with the clear "bubbles". Anybody else?
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My big question when I first approach a bubble-tea place is "Do you use real tea?" I'm not interested in powdered flavoring. I want tea. The bubble-tea place at Ala Moana Center, just Diamond-Head of Center Stage, has good black tea with lots of milk and sugar. Another favorite of mine is Boba Loca, across the street from Puck's Alley. "Glug glug, chew chew."But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
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I can testify hordes of people drink it in Texas. A lot of people in the hula network know where to get it in downtown Houston. Of course, we've never had it here in Louisiana (that I know of), but it's an endeavor. The question of the year: "Have you had Bubble Tea???"
Not yet. But I will.~'Ailina
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Boba tea...YUM! I think it's okay...there's only one place I'd buy it and that's at Alderwood Mall's Pochi Tea Station. I love their taro flavor smoothie. My kids are fans too(mostly for the jumbo tapioca).
Weird though...I knew of this drink since I've been in Hawaii. I'm not too sure how long it's been here in Seattle but it's been a craze and very popular with the teens and the haole people.
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Originally posted by PikakeBoba tea...YUM! I think it's okay...there's only one place I'd buy it and that's at Alderwood Mall's Pochi Tea Station. I love their taro flavor smoothie. My kids are fans too(mostly for the jumbo tapioca).
Weird though...I knew of this drink since I've been in Hawaii. I'm not too sure how long it's been here in Seattle but it's been a craze and very popular with the teens and the haole people.
Those bigger diameter straws are good for sucking up the tapioca balls, but if you aren't careful, you might swallow da buggahs before you have a chance to chew on them (cough cough).
Miulang"Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain
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Originally posted by tutusueAh jeez...I feel so completely out of it. I've never even heard of the stuff. Is that a result of spending 99.5% of my time in Kakaako and Makaha?
If this is the case... I think you get your percentages wrong...I think it's more like...99.5% you spend at home... the rest anywhere that doesn't serve Bubble Teas (j/k)
If your not kidding... may I suggest you try one somewhere... I never thought I would enjoy them... however, I didn't find them as repulsive as I thought I might and my wife loves them.
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Originally posted by manoasurfer123you are kidding....right?
If this is the case... I think you get your percentages wrong...I think it's more like...99.5% you spend at home... the rest anywhere that doesn't serve Bubble Teas (j/k)
If your not kidding... may I suggest you try one somewhere... I never thought I would enjoy them... however, I didn't find them as repulsive as I thought I might and my wife loves them.
But, yah, if I see an opportunity to try one, I will. I'll have to check the Room Service in Paradise menu!
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Originally posted by MiulangThere's also a good bubble tea place in the Great Wall Mall in Kent (have you been there yet Pikake? They also have a huuuuge 99 Ranch Store in there and Imperial Garden which has fantasic dim sum).
Those bigger diameter straws are good for sucking up the tapioca balls, but if you aren't careful, you might swallow da buggahs before you have a chance to chew on them (cough cough).
Miulang
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One problem with bubble tea getting so common is poor quality control. I had a bad one the other day from a Ba-Le sandwich shop -- all the tapioca pearls were cemented together in a big brown gloopy mass. I tried to suck pearls up through my straw, and I sucked so hard I collapsed the straw cuz they were all stuck. I had to poke and stir quite a bit before they eventually separated.
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