It’s like the first time in any restaurant or food place where you’re not familiar with the food:
Ask the server what they recommend.
Informative review
Submitted 15 hours ago by ObviouslyNotBanana@piefed.world to [deleted]
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zabadoh@ani.social 47 minutes ago
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
Ive never built up the courage to try even a single bubble tea, partly because its stupid expensive, but mostly because im worried about saying the wrong thing and having people think im strange. Like if you asked for extra sugar on your hot dog or something.
Finding that there’s mad purists arguing about what is or isnt doesnt make this any easier.
Apocalypteroid@lemmy.org 28 minutes ago
Tbh I’m not even sure what bubble tea is. Bubbles, yep. Tea, yep. Tea with bubbles? Have you put washing up liquid in it? Why is it bubbly?
mushroommunk@lemmy.today 19 minutes ago
The “bubbles” refers to the little edible tapioca balls at the bottom.
The name started as “bo ba”, the Chinese name for the tapioca pearls, and the west turned it into “bubble”. No idea what the original Chinese means, could just be bubble.
It’s often a sweeter milk tea (though pretty much anything goes these days)
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Well the good news is that a Korean corn dog stand will happily add extra sugar and not find the request strange. I guess the lesson is you just have to find where you fit in lol.
The second good news is that food vendors are typically quite happy when you know nothing because they typically like to share new experiences with people.
CannonFodder@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Isn’t ketchup pretty much just red sugar gel?
Hugin@lemmy.world 4 minutes ago
It varies a lot. From sweet banana, to tomato based, to the original fish sauce.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 hour ago
On my continent it also has tomato and vinegar lol
dwemthy@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Hence it does not belong on tube steak
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
tbh the worst someone will think is you’re a dumb American, which there are a lot of. They won’t single you out or care at all.
Even if they do, it’ll just be a gossip sesh with coworkers to pass the time and nothing more
mushroommunk@lemmy.today 6 minutes ago
I can (potentially) explain the double bagged paper. Growing up in the South that was the de-facto cooling rack, no wires racks. They were cut open, laid on any flat surface, them cookies or cakes or what have you were laid on them to cool. They’d wick away moisture or grease and be easy clean up.
Free with groceries and if they were double bagged you had enough for a double batch of chocolate chip cookies while also usually guaranteeing (usually) the bag wouldn’t split from condensation or something before you got home.
lost_faith@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
Personally not a fan (don’t like the taste of teas), but many I know are. Order a basic one the first time however it says on the board, ask for a suggestion saying you never tried this before, ask any other questions you have they will generally answer, like “What do other people do with/put in this” you will either love it or feel you wasted money. Either way it will be a new experience. Oh, don’t worry about what others think of your choices (so long as you are not hurting anyone that is) you do you and enjoy, purists will just bring you down
BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
Just order online so then you don’t have to interact with anyone at all except getting it from counter.
RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 6 hours ago
There’s mad purists about everything. Don’t let them prevent you from casually enjoying life.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 5 hours ago
Italians can suck my short toe. They didn’t even come up with the pizza, it was italian heritage immigrants. Same thing for people who complain about deep dish pizza (which is really just a weird lasagna/casserole) not being pizza.
Dewe@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Which ‘Italian heritage immigrants’? Are you saying pizza is an American invention?
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 13 hours ago
This has bugged me for twenty years.
“Bubble tea” refers to tea that is mixed in a shaker, creating a small layer of bubbles when it is served.
“Bubble tea with pearls” is the one with tapioca pearls in the bottom. Milk tea is tea made with milk.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
TIL. I’ve literally never seen the first drink you’re describing.
mushroommunk@lemmy.today 12 minutes ago
They’re talking about bubble foam tea. Sure that was a thing but at least in any part of America I’ve been in, boba tea and bubble tea from the start was the tapioca pearl drink.
Some people get this purist notion that things can only ever be one thing and screech if someone uses a term differently.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
So… What are the bubbles then?
ddplf@szmer.info 14 hours ago
buckshot
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
Maybe he uses carbonated water?
Serbia appears to have normal bubble tea places.
icelimit@lemmy.ml 6 hours ago
What’s normal here? With or without ‘bubbles’ ?
aislopmukbang@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
hookah
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
somebody blows bubbles into the tea with a pipette, that is the serbian way.
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Instructions unclear; do not use bubble soap mix
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 minutes ago
I wanted to see what this entailed, looked up “shiba bubble tea” and found a bubble tea/restaurant in my city that is Shiba Inu themed and looks like something you’d find in Japan. 😮
I’m gonna go check this place the fuck out.