Bubble tea is, indeed, among the better beverages yet invented.
I admit that I once had disappointing bubble tea: it was at a cafe in Lubeck which I suspect had heard of bubble-tea only vaguely and third-hand and was the only place in Lubeck willing to try making it, and they had neglected to pre-cook the tapioca. One of the few restaurant drinks I've had to abandon ...
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Date: 2012-10-06 02:48 pm (UTC)Oh and I love the fact American schoolchildren apparently have a different nickname for it than British schoolchildren do!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapioca_pudding
Mike reckons he's never tried it.
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Date: 2012-10-07 10:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-07 09:28 pm (UTC)(I made the poll after having a bowl of calming tinned tapioca and being disappointed by the texture)
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Date: 2012-10-06 11:03 pm (UTC)The "solid suspended in liquid/semisolid" texture seems to polarize people.
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Date: 2012-10-07 07:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-07 09:27 pm (UTC)I admit that I once had disappointing bubble tea: it was at a cafe in Lubeck which I suspect had heard of bubble-tea only vaguely and third-hand and was the only place in Lubeck willing to try making it, and they had neglected to pre-cook the tapioca. One of the few restaurant drinks I've had to abandon ...
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Date: 2012-10-07 10:58 pm (UTC)