# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/21 "2003-08-17T21:04:31Z")
It’s great stuff, I like green apple myself. It tastes good, and the tapioca balls (I prefer swallowing, not chewing) are a better fit than they sound. I was reluctant to try it after having Orbitz (UGH) but I like it. ---
**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, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/22 "2003-08-17T21:35:43Z")
Oh, okay. Thanks, **yBeayf** ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/23 "2003-08-17T21:40:26Z")
It’s not surprising you don’t have it in Japan. It originated in Taiwan, I believe, and it’s spread to places with large numbers of people of Chinese ancestry. ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/24 "2003-08-17T22:18:16Z")
WooHoo! I’m oO Honeydew Oo ! 😃 ---
**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, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/25 "2003-08-17T23:06:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gadfly \* > \*\*I was reluctant to try it after having Orbitz (UGH) but I like it. \*\* Orbitz are definitely NOT the same thing as bubble tea… not even in the same league! 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, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/26 "2003-08-17T23:21:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yBeayf \* > **Mmmmm, bubble tea. (The quiz says I’m oO Honeydew Oo. The quiz is wrong. I’m clearly durian.)** _Durian_ bubble tea? Too bad we don’t have a “yuck” smiley here… thank goodness that flavor doesn’t exist as far as I know! (that would be disgusting, although they DO have durian gelato at the local gelato shops here) My friend Corey was trying this quiz last night. No matter what he put in, it apparently gave him sour apple every single time. I’m going to have to ask him about that in a few minutes… heck, he’s online now. F\_X ---
**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, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/27 "2003-08-17T23:28:10Z")
**Flamsterette\_X** , that flavor does indeed exist, and is served at the bubble tea place right near my house. They make it with frozen chunks of durian. I _love_ it, and it’s what I usually get. ---
**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 18, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/28 "2003-08-18T00:21:54Z")
Thanks for the information… I’m not sure that flavor would sell here. Then again, you never know… my friend Megan likes durian gelato, after all. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/29 "2003-08-18T03:45:36Z")
Although I’m not a big fan of the taste of the bubbles, the satraw they come with makes a fantastic peashooter. And you can hit passing cars if you drink it at a sidewalk cafe, which is entertaining for a couple of minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/30 "2003-08-18T03:51:59Z")
I like watermelon. I never thought of myself as a “macker/mackette”. ---
**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 18, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/31 "2003-08-18T04:08:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dr\_Paprika \* > \*\*Although I’m not a big fan of the taste of the bubbles, the satraw they come with makes a fantastic peashooter. And you can hit passing cars if you drink it at a sidewalk cafe, which is entertaining for a couple of minutes. \*\* Actually, that’s almost exactly what my friend Phil did with some bubble tea pearls when a bunch of us went to Dragon Ball last summer. He decided to shoot them out of his mouth at a brick wall and the sidewalk! 🙂 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 18, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/32 "2003-08-18T04:14:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dr\_Paprika \* > \*\*Although I’m not a big fan of the taste of the bubbles, the satraw they come with makes a fantastic peashooter. And you can hit passing cars if you drink it at a sidewalk cafe, which is entertaining for a couple of minutes. \*\* Actually, that’s almost exactly what my friend Phil did with some bubble tea pearls when a bunch of us went to Dragon Ball last summer. He decided to shoot them out of his mouth at a brick wall and the sidewalk! 🙂 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Hazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazel)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/33 "2003-08-19T04:35:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tapioca Dextrin \* > \*\*I deny everthing :eek: \*\* Heh. I like your pictorial sig line. Does it symbolize riding your bike to someplace where you can get a martini? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/34 "2003-08-19T17:52:08Z")
Besides what **yBeayf** said, taro is also what the Hawaiians make poi from. Poi is the odd-tasting paste served to tourists at a luau, or so I’m told. ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/35 "2003-08-19T18:40:39Z")
Apparently, I am Beef Jerky flavored Bubble Tea. How, um… _odd_. Oh, sorry, “oO Beef Jerky Oo” ---
**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 19, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/36 "2003-08-19T21:57:52Z")
Beef jerky-flavored bubble tea?! Hmm… **Washte** , come out if you’re anywhere around. Not sure how well that would go with bubble tea, though. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/37 "2003-08-21T14:23:01Z")
**Boo!** You rang **Flammie**? At the moment I’d settle for a coconut or strawberry summat… ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/38 "2003-08-21T15:58:56Z")
The best tasting flavor of “bubble tea” is plain. I guess that’s “natural”? Milktea is what it’s rightly called. Why do people call them bubbles? They’re not bubbles. ---
**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 21, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/39 "2003-08-21T19:49:34Z")
**Washte** : don’t worry. There’s definitely strawberry bubble tea. In fact, asking a bubble tea place if they have strawberry available is like asking a Chinese restaurant if they serve tea! 🙂 **White Lightning** , this is my extremely unresearched guess from off the top of my head: the pearls are called “bubbles” because another name for them is “boba.” “Boba” might be too hard for certain segments of the _gwei loh_ population to wrap their tongue around. Therefore, they were caled “bubbles” because it sounded similar enough to the original word. “Pearl” and “bubble” shouldn’t be too hard for most anyone to pronounce, right? 😉 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 21, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715/40 "2003-08-21T20:12:05Z")
Oh, and most places should have coconut-flavored bubble tea. So if **Washte** ’s looking to have both coconut and strawberry, she can have both at one place. Preferably not in the same sitting, since a bubble tea IS pretty filling. (my brother’s friend Adam had two bubble teas in one sitting very recently… I wouldn’t think he could do that, but he did… the thought of that is kinda gross, though) F\_X [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-quiz/195715.md?page=3)