Comments on: Pearl Tea

By: tezuk

tezuk

Great topic. I adore bubble tea. Such a shame that it costs £2.50-£3.00 here in the UK!

By: TingLan

TingLan

Tapioca is a root starch derived from the cassava, or yucca plant. I've used it in cooking to thicken soup and to make pudding. I haven't seen bubble tea in the mid-western US, but I have had it when visiting the west coast.

By: calkins

calkins

Good lesson, it's nice to know how to say 珍珠奶茶. There are quite a few bubble tea shops in Chicago. Small mistake in the Expansion: 我不要冰的，我要热的。 should translate to.... I don't want an iced one, I want a hot one.

By: calkins

calkins

Did Clay do the drinking sound effect for this dialogue? If so, his slurp has become quite refined!

By: lilywhytelegs

lilywhytelegs

我喜歡珍珠奶茶. Bubble tea is getting mainstream in Toronto. There are shops in non-Chinese areas and shopping centres. In case you are in Toronto and looking for a 珍珠奶茶 fix. http://www.bubbletease.com/main.html

By: sushan

sushan

What about the mighty 饱冰 băo bīng - shaved ice with all kinds of great things piled on top? My chinese ability has been strained to the limit getting my regular fix. Most places where you get 奶茶 also serve 饱冰 băobīng in the summer. Here is my 饱冰 bar vocab so far, besides the fruit. (I usually refuse the 经女果、 tomatoes) 珍珠 zhēnzhū - the pearls 果酱 guŏjiàng - jam 牛奶 niúnăi - milk 酸奶 suānnăi - yogurt 冰淇淋 bīngqílín - ice cream 红豆 hóngdoù - red beans Still trying to figure out green beans and how to refer to the different kinds of jelly....

By: Andy

Andy

interestingly no one refers to this as Boba milk tea, which is the Taiwanese name. Boba indeed originated in Taiwan, thus the Chinese here call it 波霸奶茶 because that is the Taiwanese name. Thus 珍珠奶茶 is a regional name to the PRC. unfortunately, the name Bubble tea has been cloned in the English world.... however, here in the States at least on the West coast, it is still called Boba, even by most Westerners. popularity of Boba amongst the Chinese populatino peaked a few years ago and the fad has passed, but it has been slowly spreading to Westerners. but some will balk at calling it 波霸奶茶 since it can also mean "big breasted milk tea"

By: Andy

Andy

let me restate, no one in this lesson refers to this as "boba milk tea 波霸奶茶"

By: bluemoons

bluemoons

Is "ng" actually a word??!! Or is that a mistake... ? (sorry, someone teach me how to insert characters!!)

By: jennyzhu

jennyzhu

Years ago in Singapore, I saw vendors attach a plastic doll to the pump which makes the tea bubbly. The doll would bounce up and down frantically. Quite quirky.

By: cgvcarpet

cgvcarpet

chhhhhh, try five bucks at 快可立 (sory for the spelling) here in the USA