The Bubble Tea Chronicles
The
long debated topic amongst Bubble Tea connoisseurs:
Do small pearls suck? Are big pearls huat?
The basic tapioca iced tea recipe has evolved into an entire genre of
drinks. Milks can range from whole to
nondairy substitutes. Often there’s no milk at all, as in the case of
cold tea-infused or
juice-based drinks. The
pearls can be fat as marbles, small as
peas, square-shaped, red, or even crystal clear.
The pearls are made from tapioca starch, an extract of the
South American cassava plant.
Tapioca pearls start white and hard before being boiled in sugary
caramelized syrup. Eventually they’re transformed into the black,
springy tapioca pearls we’ve come to know and slurp.
Coded by Patrice T.