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Flavoured Powder drink For one serving (16oz.)
Ingredients:
2 tbsp of Bubble Tea "Sugar Syrup"
2 tbsp of "Refined Creamer"
2 tbsp of Bubble Tea "Flavoured Powder"
1/4 of Water/Tea or Tea powder
1.5 cup of Ice
1 scoop of cooked Bubble Tea "Tapioca Pearls" in a drinking cup
It's been called the hottest trend in the specialty beverage industry today; but unless you live in close proximity to major Asian-American town centers, chances are, you probably have not heard of "bubble tea," let alone enjoyed your first perfect cup yet. Depending on how you feel about adventure today, the name alone is either catching and intriguing or completely alien. One thing we need to get clear on right away though, bubble tea is not bubble gum tea.
Contemporary Bubble Tea traces its roots back to Taiwan. Legend has it that a particular Tea establishment attracted young customers by combining fruit juices with chilled Tea. The concept proved to be such a success that in a short time the drink became ubiquitous throughout Taiwan.
So how did this amazing drink develop? First we must travel back to Taiwan into the early 1980's.
Perhaps a little eclipsed by the world-wide success of Rooibos, another natural South African health tea, Honeybush; is finally getting the attention it deserves.
Honeybush tea (botanical name: Cyclopia intermedia) grows along mountain slopes in the Cedarberg and Langkloof area, and has a naturally sweet, almost honey-like taste. Its brewing colour is a pinky red. South Africa produces only 200 tons of Honeybush tea per year. Not much when compared to the annual Rooibos tea crop of around 4000 tons. This lesser known tea has, however, apparently plenty to offer.
Substances in green tea known as catechins have been proven to be effective against many serious diseases.
In experiments with rats green tea catechin restricts the excessive buildup of blood cholesterol.
In Japan, where tea is drank several times a day cancer mortality statistics on Japanese people indicate that the death rate from cancer is significantly lower, for both men and women. Only 254 mg. of catechin begin to show effective results in the bloodstream. One cup of green tea contains 100 to 150 mg of catechin. In 1998, Chinese scientists presented details of a six-month study suggesting that drinking green tea improved pre-cancerous oral lesions in patients.
