How bubble tea got its bubbles ⏲️ 6 Minute English

How did bubble tea get its bubbles? How was this drink invented? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.👇👇👇
❓❓❓ What proportion of Brits regularly drink tea? ☕️
a) 39%
b) 49%
c) 59%
Listen to the programme to hear the answer. [Cover: Getty Images]
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Vocabulary:
✔️cuppa - (informal, British English) a cup of tea
✔️signature - special feature for which something is particularly known
✔️chewy - needing to be chewed a lot before it becomes soft enough to swallow
✔️innovative - new and original
✔️spread like wildfire - (idiom) quickly become known by more and more people
✔️miracle - very lucky event that is surprising and unexpected
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Bubble tea is popular worldwide; you can find it anywhere, but tapiocas are mostly imported from Taiwan. The people from Taiwan know how to make tapioca the best. The best bubble tea can be found in Taiwan, so everyone is welcome to try it here in Taiwan.

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People in Taiwan use the letter 'Q' to talk about chewy things. For example, we can say "珍珠非常Q (Tapioca balls are really chewy "Q"," something is "QQ的 (something is very chewy)," or "這個好Q啊 (this is so chewy!)"!

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That's interesting! Do you know why people in Taiwan started to use the letter 'Q' to talk about chewy things?

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@@bbclearningenglish I'm not sure, but I guess it could be the capitalized form of the letter 'Q' looks like a soft-boiled egg, a rubber ball, or something flexible and bouncy and the small tail of 'Q' looks like it can be pulled and when you let it go it will bounce back?

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@@bbclearningenglish Cause that was from Taiwanese dialect " Soft Q Q" , To describe things are SO SOFT !

[@ericxu8988]

​@@BrianBrian-qn8scBecause the pronunciation of 'Q' coincidentally matches this Chinese dialect.

[@ibrahimbao]

From my life experience, Q is not commonly used in my and my friends circles in Taipei. Maybe the usuage is in some where of Taiwan?

[@BriantheBrick]

When talking about tea, most people might think of a cuppa of British tea, but actually, an innovative kind is spreading like wildfire. It's the bubble tea with its signature chewy tapioca balls!

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As a Taiwanese, I'm really proud of bubble tea became popular all over the world! 珍奶萬歲！（Three cheers to bubble tea!）

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Bubble tea is so prevalent in my country (Vietnam) especially with young people. It's very interesting when hearing you guys talking about its original and vocabularies.

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Absolutely loved this episode on the origins and global rise of bubble tea! It's fascinating to learn how a simple innovation by Liu Han-Chieh transformed a traditional beverage into a worldwide sensation. The inclusion of celebrity influences really highlights how cultural icons can amplify new trends. Thanks for sharing such intriguing insights and the rich history behind this unique drink. Looking forward to trying more innovative tea flavors inspired by your show! 🍵✨

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Hello. I am Korean. I have been studying English through this video recently. I like bubble tea. It's very sweet and refreshing.

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I didn’t like bubble tea in Japan, but when I went to Taiwan, my Taiwanese friends recommended to drink original bubble tea and I drank, which was so tasty!!! I’d like to drink it again.

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I've never tasted bubble tea but I'd love to. I like tea although I prefer coffee. I usually have three cups of tea during the day without sugar or milk. It helps me both relax and stay hydrated

[@thaothu3525]

I’m keen of perld milk tea. On weekends I usually serve myself a bottle of it. My favorite is “Sữa tươi trân châu đường đen” which is made of sugar, chewy bubbles, a splash of milk and crushed ice

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Thank you so much for this new podcast. I am not crazy about bubble tea, however, it is quite popular in Canada. Bubble tea is quite a trendy drink for the younger generation, but I myself prefer tea especially Earl Grey.😊🎉

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I also enjoy Earl Grey, always wonder what people can drink during whole day if not tea (without sugar of course)😊

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[@Brian-fo6ew]

I live in Taiwan, but I don't drink bubble tea a lot because it's a bit too sweet. Also, the signature chewy tapioca balls are a bit fattening.

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I will be in Phuket on June 3

[@Carolina-Fiddler]

Yeah, sweet drinks are treacherous.

[@loredanatagliaferri5339]

Sorry but this bubble tea sounds disgusting...as an Italian, I prefer coffee 😊

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@@alisedef6952 Do you mean you are going to Phuket to drink bubble tea? But, Phuket is in Thailand, and in this episode of 6 Minute English, they are talking about Taiwan 🇹🇼. Thailand and Taiwan are two different countries. Anyways, you are always welcome to Taiwan to drink bubble tea!😊

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Bubble tea is great!!

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Thanks for another great episode, I always wanted to know what are these bubbles made from. I tried bubble tea about ten years ago, bubble tea shops spreaded like wildfire then. But I still stay everyday classic tea lover, only black tea,only hardcore😅 And won't refuse to take a cuppa coffee with milk and cinnamon as a nice dessert!

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👍 Nice example! Quick tip - the past simple form of 'spread' is 'spread', so it should be: 'Bubble tea shops spread like wildfire'.

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I prefer coffee than tea. I grew up drinking coffee because it is a very popular drink in Brazil, but I really like tea as well. I drink coffee every day, I usually have coffee in the morning for breakfast and at work because I work at night and coffee helps me I don't sleep, but when I get home in the morning I feel sleepless because coffee gives me a lot of energy.

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I have never drank bubble tea. I want to taste it now

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In my city there are places where sell bubble tea. There is a tradition but it is a trend. It is a delicious with strange texture and I don't think to chew tapioca and milk in tea. Thanks bbc world service program

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I'd rather stick to the traditional...Earl Grey with a dash of milk in it. no sugar please!

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No sugar is great！We should cut down the amount of sugar that we take for the sake of our health.

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Bubble tea, also known as boba tea, is popular everywhere, so bubble tea existing in the Star Wars universe is not unlikely. The well-known character, Boba Fett, could be named after boba tea because he loves the fattening drink so much that he would be called Boba "Fett (Fat)"! Did you get it?

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He must be very excited when he sees so many bubble tea-like clones

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coincidentally,i'm drinking bubble tea now😊.But actually,i don't really like bubble tea so much,it's so sweet and i can gain weight.It's been 3 months that i drunk bubble tea again.But I don't know why almost students in my country love bubble tea so much 😶

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No idea about this kind of tea. South American countries know about tapioca.. well known in Brasil.. Bubble tea!! Amazing . No clue.. Need to google it. Thanks ...

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When I was a child,maybe twenty-five years ago, There was a candy brand named QQ chewy sweets in mainland China .

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I'm a tea lover. I prefer tea more than coffee. I regularly drink green tea.

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I'm drinking bubble tea while listening to this episode.

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My sons and husband love bubble tea. They told me the taste lingered in their mouth.

[@user-en7dr3ru2l]

Good！But please don't drink bubble tea too often, cause there are lots of sugars in it, even though you drink a cup of sugar- free bubble tea, it still contains some sugar because we need to add sugars in tapioca to make them tasty and chewy. It is not good for us to eat too much sugar in our daily life.

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Tapioca?????!!!!! 😳😳😳 That's amazing!! We have a lot of tapioca in Brazil. I wonder how did it arrive in China!

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That's from TAIWAN, NOT China.

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​@@randyclaireI'm just going to say that 😊.

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@@randyclaire So how does it come to Taiwan?

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the information which sometimes you people share in videos for instance in this video you said 59 percent people still regularly drink tea in Uk . its right ? ❤

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Bubble tea in Taiwan Is awesome!

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I love British calling it bubble tea while US calls it Boba tea. I somehow hate the pronounce of bona 😅

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Ironic how today, the english lecturer used this video and wants me and the class to explain what tf is this video about 💀

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I am from Korea I love bubble tea

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[@user-zj5lw2uq3v]

I am a big fan of bubble milk tea. But it contains plenty of sugar so I don't allow myself to drink too much. when I drank milk tea I frequently ate chewy tapiocas in the end. I think Milk tea is an innovative invention of humankind.

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Then you can also order the bubble tea without bubble, not just normal milk tea, it has bubble flavor without more calories, it's light and amazing , I'm Taiwanese , I most time do it.

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I'm from India and I'm also tea addicted

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☕️ We'd probably say 'I'm addicted to tea' or 'I'm a tea addict' though. :)

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Well, Bubble tea smells amazing. But I've decided to start drinking much more healthily recently. 😅

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'prefer coffee than tea' seems to be incorrect. Shouldn't it be 'prefer coffee to tea'?

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I love Taiwan and bubble tea.

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I'm sure this video will spread like fire.😊

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In Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, 99 percent of people drink tea, if I’m not mistaken

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I don't know any thing about bubble tea, I think it is the bubble that appears when someone pour the tea😊

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It’s super popular in Taiwan.

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Tapioca tea is quintessential Taiwanese tea.

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I drink at least 4 tees [green and black] and 4 coffees a day... 😅

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