# Bubble tea quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715 "2003-08-17T04:07:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/1 "2003-08-17T04:07:24Z")
Just found this interesting bubble tea quiz… thought you all might like to try it. [What flavor of bubble tea are you?](http://www.geocities.com/oObubbleteaOo) This is what I got: your flavor is oO Honeydew Oo Congratulations, you sweetheart. You enjoy wild popularity because of your sweetness and your caring nature. Selfless and sensitive, you care deeply about others and you worry sometimes about what others think about you. But people everywhere love you, so that’s okay. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/2 "2003-08-17T04:44:35Z")
And I thought I’d already seen the most bizarre web quizzes… Oh, well– your flavor is Natural Congratulations, you slacker. You’re laid-back, relaxed and, well, natural. Sensible and down-to-earth, you let very few things bother you. Suits me well enough. I still can’t make myself drink bubble tea, though. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/3 "2003-08-17T04:52:08Z")
your flavor is oO Natural Oo _What the fuck is bubble tea?!_ ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/4 "2003-08-17T05:10:53Z")
It’s tea…with _things_ in it. 😃 **Flammie** can explain better than I–she introduced me to the concept a while back. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/5 "2003-08-17T05:16:19Z")
Natural ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/6 "2003-08-17T05:37:43Z")
Taro. "Congratulations, you wacko. You’re just a little bit eccentric… okay, that’s an understatement. You’re weird, and some people might even venture to call you completely wack. But you’re an original, totally unique, and great at parties. " And what **js\_africanus** said…what is Bubble Tea? And what does Taro taste like? ---
**Author:** ![Hazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazel)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/7 "2003-08-17T05:52:38Z")
It’s a cold beverage, with “bubbles” of tapioca. The beverage is some pastel color or other, depending on the flavor; the small balls of tapioca are usually (always?) purple. This stuff is served in a tall glass with a really big straw; big enough to accomodate a tapioca “bubble”. ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/8 "2003-08-17T06:12:40Z")
\*“Clickety-wickety”??? \* ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/9 "2003-08-17T06:13:30Z")
Thanks **Hazel**. Sounds interesting, I’ll have to try some. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/10 "2003-08-17T06:17:40Z")
**Orange Skinner** , try [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=121407&highlight=bubble+pearls) for more information. 🙂 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/11 "2003-08-17T06:25:38Z")
Oh, and here’s something from my blog that I wrote quite some time ago about BBT. > [@](#): > > I’d just like to say that STRAWBERRY BUBBLE TEA happens to be a great starter flavor if you’ve not tried the stuff before. If the place you’re at does strawberry badly, you should be wondering about how good the other flavors are. And no… the black tapioca pearls don’t taste like white tapioca in tapioca pudding. They’re not heavily influenced by the flavor of bubble tea, either… unless you lick the pearls before chewing and swallowing them. Mmm, strawberry bubble tea. > > There are many other flavors of bubble tea, as well: it would strain my memory to recall every single one of them, but I’ll give you some: green apple / mint / mint chocolate / mocha / Horlicks / Ovaltine / mango / grape / wheat germ / pineapple / blueberry / cookies and cream / pudding / guava / green tea / peach / honeydew / watermelon / coffee… and they all should taste reasonably good. (heck, maybe even coconut / taro / other flavors I don’t personally like would taste good to other people… I don’t know) That should give you a bit more insight. 🙂 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/12 "2003-08-17T06:30:52Z")
Thanks for the link, **Flamsterette\_X**. I hope I can find a place around here, I’d love to try it. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/13 "2003-08-17T07:57:39Z")
No problem, I’m on the fast computer here at my brother’s. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/14 "2003-08-17T13:11:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hazel \* > \*\*It’s a cold beverage, with “bubbles” of tapioca. The beverage is some pastel color or other, depending on the flavor; the small balls of tapioca are usually (always?) purple. This stuff is served in a tall glass with a really big straw; big enough to accomodate a tapioca “bubble”. \*\* I deny everthing :eek: ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/15 "2003-08-17T13:51:39Z")
Hmmm. Sounds kinda gross. But if dopers vouch for it, maybe I’ll look for some. ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/16 "2003-08-17T14:04:55Z")
Mmmmm, bubble tea. (The quiz says I’m oO Honeydew Oo. The quiz is wrong. I’m clearly durian.) **Orange Skinner** , taro is a root (actually, it’s a corm) that is brown and hairy on the outside and vaguely purplish on the inside. It tastes very similar to yucca root, i.e. kind of sweet potatoish, but not really. It also has the feature of being mildly poisonous until it’s cooked. ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/17 "2003-08-17T15:03:06Z")
Strangely, I live in Japan and don’t think I’ve seen this kind of tea. They MUST have it here. I’m going to have to go out and look for it now! Slight hijack…Tapioca Dextrin, how did you get those symbols in your signature? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/18 "2003-08-17T19:36:31Z")
I looove bubble tea - mango is my fav. I could drink vats of the stuff. According to the quiz I’m honeydew. I can live with that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/19 "2003-08-17T20:20:30Z")
I’m natural. Fitting. I also want to try this stuff. It can’t be any worse than the Malaysian water chestnut drink (advertised as having “real chunks of water chestnut!”) that I had about a month ago. ---
**Author:** ![VenusGirlTrap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/58956e/32.png) [@VenusGirlTrap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusGirlTrap)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/20 "2003-08-17T21:00:14Z")
I’ve had it and I like it. Unfortunatly, the closest place to me is 30+ miles away. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715.md?page=2)