/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.14883082]

Does it taste any good? Why is this drink so prevalent in anime?

[Anonymous No.14883083]

>>14883082
It's delicious

[Anonymous No.14883084]

What is it?

[Anonymous No.14883085]

>>14883082
Because it's a popular drink.

>>14883084
Bubble tea

[Anonymous No.14883086]

>>14883082
Bubble tea is popular in some areas of the US too. It's in anime because people like it, it tastes good, is colorful, is visually interesting, and is easy to draw. If you're going to draw a young trendy girl it goes well with her for the above reasons and because young trendy girls drink it. It also has a straw so you can make drawings of the girl balancing the cup on her boobs whole drinking it;

[Anonymous No.14883087]

>>14883082
It's popular atm. Its however a sugar bomb.

[Anonymous No.14883088]

>>14883087
Yeah I always ask for 25% sugar and even that is pretty sweet.

[Anonymous No.14883089]

It's juice that comes with a minigame.

[Anonymous No.14883090]

I personally don't like it, had some authentic Blue Seal boba and just didn't like having to chew my drink.

I however really liked some lemon soda with tiny boba I got at disney sea.

[Anonymous No.14883091]

>>14883088
depending on the flavor i'll ask for 0% sugar because the shit is naturally really sweet already

[Anonymous No.14883092]

>>14883082
It just recently became very popular in Japan

[Anonymous No.14883093]

>>14883087
Aren't japs all sugar addicts? No wonder they like it.

[Anonymous No.14883094]

>>14883093
>Aren't japs all sugar addicts? No wonder they like it.
Human beings are sugar addicts. Our bodies are literally hardwired to crave sugar, this isn't just a Japanese thing anon.

[Anonymous No.14883095]

where do you guys live? This drink is very common in the east and west coast

[Anonymous No.14883096]

>>14883082
it tastes good
>>14883083
lets not go that far

[Anonymous No.14883097]

>>14883094
Well yeah, every human likes sugar to some extent. But supposedly japanese people like all their food kinda sweet. Maybe I'm talking out of my ass though, it's just something I heard before.

[Anonymous No.14883098]

>>14883095
It's pretty big in the states especially in most metro areas. Taiwanese/bubble tea shops are everywhere in Texas where I live.

>>14883097
Assuming you're an American, our cuisine is insanely sweet too. A lot of places prefer sweet foods.

[Anonymous No.14883099]

>>14883096
I'd go that far. If I could drink bubble tea everyday without consequences I'd totally do it.

[Anonymous No.14883100]

>>14883082
its alright
some of the places I've been to they're almost tasteless though

[Anonymous No.14883101]

>>14883095
It's become pretty prevalent even in redneck metros in the Southeast. I never got the hype, I was drinking bubble tea as a kid in NYC in 2001.

[Anonymous No.14883102]

>>14883095

knowing 4chan, probably most people are in bumfuck middle of nowhere

[Anonymous No.14883103]

>>14883082
It depends. It can be made with different kind of teas. Always ask for 25% sweetness or less.

[Anonymous No.14883104]

>>14883095
It was a small fad here in Germany like 5 years ago, but it vanished as quickly as it came.

[Anonymous No.14883105]

>>14883101
>only 2001 in nyc
Keep up kiddo. I thought it was shit in the 90s when I first tried it in the chinatown and I still hold that opinion about tapioca today.

[Anonymous No.14883106]

>>14883098
Very interesting to know that Taiwanese culture has impenetrated Texas. Are there a lot of Asians there?
>>14883101
same, haha. it's everywhere now, and horribly expensive.
>>14883102
True
>>14883104
thats a shame, i guess the palate is different over there

[Anonymous No.14883107]

>>14883106
>Are there a lot of Asians there?
There are a lot of Asians everywhere anon, especially if you go into cities. Texas has a lot of big cities, Houston especially is known for being very diverse.

[Anonymous No.14883257]

>>14883082
I've drunk a lot of bubble tea, but I've never seen it in anime

[Anonymous No.14883270]

>>14883257
it happens every now and then

[Anonymous No.14883282]

>>14883087
boba has less sugar than your typical starbucks drink

[Anonymous No.14883291]

>>14883097
i think youre mistaking japanese with americans.
americans put sugar in everything.

[Anonymous No.14884385]

Nectar of the gods, IF it's made properly

None of that powder shit. Give me a well brewed jasmine white.

If you ever have the misfortune of finding yourself in the bay area, make the best of a bad situation and go to an iTea order a "B7 chubby normal sugar 30 ice." If they have the popcorn chicken get that too.

Also in Chinese boba is slang for big boobs

[Anonymous No.14884417]

They sold it for a couple of weeks here in germany, it seems they are forbidden now, never tasted one.

[Anonymous No.14884636]

Never knew about bubble tea until a trend started in Japan, where girls stuck the bubble tea in between their breasts and used their boobs like cupholders, I didn't know it was my fetish but after looking up "Bubble tea challenge" I busted a nuclear nut

[Anonymous No.14884646]

>>14883082
>Why is this drink so prevalent in anime?
I have never seen an anime with bubble tea

[Anonymous No.14885793]

>>14884385
Based

[Anonymous No.14885818]

>>14883082
Only the brown sugar boba is delicious to me. I had it going overseas and it is night and day.
typical boba in the US is the premade crap you'd boil to reconstitute. Its just sugary milk tea with virtually flavorless tapioca balls.
but the brown sugar boba tea is so much better then this because the balls have flavor and the brown sugar gives it a nicer flavor then just the sugar they'd use ffor regular milk tea
i'd get egg pudding instead of the regular boba if i had a choice though

[Anonymous No.14885824]

>>14883082

I hate it. Especially the balls of shit that sneak into your straw.

[Anonymous No.14885828]

>>14883082
>Why is this drink so prevalent in anime?
Because it's bright colours and no substance for people who have the mental abilities of a toddler.
The same goes for the tea.

[Anonymous No.14885855]

>>14885828

I wish I was as clever as you, my friend

[Anonymous No.14886268]

chink /a/non here boba is not prevalent in anime at all what the fuck are you talking about

[Anonymous No.14886281]

>>14885818
There's no tea in it

[Anonymous No.14886298]

>>14886268
Think anon's mistaking it with the tapioca challenge fad last year.

[Anonymous No.14886303]

>>14883103
>Always ask for 25% sweetness or less.
this desu

the boba pearls(bubbles) are already sweet anyway

[Anonymous No.14886305]

Apparently the balls they put in it serve no culinary purpose, it's done simply because apparently the feeling of moving your straw against them in the cup is somehow pleasing.....

Truly autistic, is all of Japan actually autistic? That's far more autistic than fidget spinners that everyone used to make fun of.

[Anonymous No.14886308]

>>14886305
The fad originated from Taiwan in the 2000s. Japan only got wind of it like last year or something.

[Anonymous No.14886310]

>>14886305
>Apparently the balls they put in it serve no culinary purpose, it's done simply because apparently the feeling of moving your straw against them in the cup is somehow pleasing.....
??
you chew on them
like mini mochi or jelly.
its very satisfying.

[Anonymous No.14886312]

>>14883087
>It's popular atm
It's been popular for over a decade at this point

[Anonymous No.14886341]

>>14886310
So you drink the fluids, then you have a cup full of candy? Is that what you're saying is the premise?

[Anonymous No.14886351]

>>14883082
>Does it taste good
No it's like drinking a block of sugar
>Why is it so prevalent in anime
Japs and fat american weebs like it

[Anonymous No.14886356]

>>14886341
Eh you'd probably want to suck up all the balls before finishing the drink, else they will be among the leftover ice and it's a hassle to exact them. Taste-wise, I usually order the tea with 0% sugar to contrast it with the sugary tapioca balls.

[Anonymous No.14886407]

>>14883082
It's actually from south east Asia, I think it's Singaporean.
It was a fad for a while, and it's still ongoing in Asian backwaters who get the news delivered by steam boat.

[Anonymous No.14886450]

>>14883082
No
Because it looks le kawaii xDddddd

[Anonymous No.14886496]

>>14886341
no its like having a sweet milky tea with some candy "snacks" in every sip

its very chewy and satisfying

[Anonymous No.14886507]

>>14886356
>>14886496
So you suck the balls through a straw? Uh, wouldn't that require significant sucking force? It's hard enough sometimes dealing with a too thick milkshake or a slurpee/icee/slush that's too icy

[Anonymous No.14886525]

>>14886507
no the balls fit perfectly (hurhur)
its like a bloop bloop bloop bloop as the balls get sucked up the straw

however sometimes they can clump together when they have been sitting in the store's pot for too long and its much harder to suck them out. But you can just. squish them and "cut" them apart with the straw in that case

[Anonymous No.14886540]

>>14886525
the straw is bigger and thicker and much more rigid than a normal straw

and it is pointed to pierce the plastic lid

you can also use the straw and "shoot" the balls at people, cars, buildings by blowing it out like a blowpipe... thats what kids do

[Anonymous No.14886543]

for me it's black tea latte 25 % sugar, with pudding add on or when it's not available the one with yakult combination

[Anonymous No.14886574]

>>14886407
It's from Taiwan, though it was brought over to Singapore shortly after. There was a "Bubble Tea Bubble" from all the random chains opening up then imploding after. The fad is now Brown Sugar milk >>14885818 also brought over from Taiwan.