The hawker named the larger black tapioca balls “boba” to differentiate them from the smaller fenyuan normally found in tea shops.Įven Hillary's a fan.
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Most agree that it was coined by a hawker in Tainan who was inspired by Hong Kong movie star Amy Yip’s nickname, Boba, which, when loosely translated, means “champion of breasts.” Now synonymous with bubble tea in general, the word “boba” initially referred to the large black tapioca balls used in the drink. Though the battle for ownership has no winner, there is one undisputed segment of bubble tea’s history – the origins of its nickname, boba. We will let the people who drink our tea be the judge.”
“The lawsuit with Chun Shui Tang is a must-fight battle for truth but nothing personal. “We’re all old friends in the tea industry,” comments Tu. It is, therefore, unnecessary to debate who created it. The court decided that bubble tea was a drink that anyone or shop can make. The fight was finally settled in 2019 with a disappointing but friendly ending. Over the years, the fight for bubble tea supremacy grew heated. “Everyone at the meeting loved the drink and it quickly outsold all of our other iced teas within a couple of months,” Lin told CNN Travel in a previous interview.Ĭhun Shui Tang staff also claim the brand was the first to debut foam tea shaken up with a cocktail shaker. Just for fun, she poured the tapioca balls she brought with her into her Assam tea and drank it. Lin Hsiu Hui, product manager at bubble tea chain Chun Shui Tang, says she created the very first glass of bubble milk tea at a staff meeting in 1988. Tu isn’t the only person claiming to have invented bubble tea. Hanlin now operates about 80 branches across Taiwan and has franchises everywhere from the United States and Canada to mainland China.īut here’s where things get tricky.
“Bubble tea soon became a hot-selling item in the market and the steady revenue of the tea shop has helped me clear my debt,” says the tea-loving businessman. His first bubble tea shop, Hanlin, opened its door in October of 1986. We had to work with a plastic factory to customize straws just for our tea.”īubble tea is made using a cocktail shaker. “Our customers had to use spoons to scoop out the tapioca balls. “The black bubble tea balls were bigger than the straws the market had then,” says Tu. Tu then experimented by adding bigger, black tapioca balls to milk tea for a richer taste and a chewier texture, which became the classic bubble milk tea most fans know and love today. “So I coined it ‘zhen zhu lu cha’ (pearl green tea).” “I thought to myself ‘why don’t I add some fenyuan into my green tea.’ The white fenyuan looks almost translucent with a white center when brewed inside the golden green tea, much like my mother’s pearl necklace. “I was visiting the Yamuliao wet market in Tainan when I saw fenyuan, a traditional snack I loved from my childhood,” recalls Tu.
In 1986, Taiwanese artist and entrepreneur Tu Tsong He decided to kick start a new business venture by riding on the tea shop trend.Īfter his previous business blunder – a hot pot restaurant that went bust – Tu was left with a TWD 4 million (about $133,000) debt and desperately needed an idea to set his tea shop apart from the masses. The white fenyuan, tapioca balls, were first used to make bubble tea.
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