Chooba: Bubble Tea
Chooba is a tea-based drink with added "choo" - it derives from the popular bubble tea / pearl tea drink which is very popular amongst teens and young adults in Asia, and is gaining in popularity in the USA, Canada, and Australia.
Chooba is the first drink of this kind to hit Europe, and it's going down a bit well with the locals!
It's not just a drink, it contains tapioca pearls made from the all-natural cassava root. This means it's chooey, it's bubbley, and it's like having a meal and a drink at the same time.
Look out for it in your local cafe, restaurant, and drinks establishment, and if they don't currently stock it, ask them why not and tell them about the Chooba website.
Find out what others have been saying about us: Chooba bubble tea review
Not Just tea: Bubble tea!!
Short documentary on the drink thats causing a stir in the tea world
Not Just Tea, It's Bubble Tea!
A documentary short from Nevermind Films.
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Chooba Is Different
So what makes chooba different from other bubble teas?
Chooba is Natural!
Other bubble teas are made of unnatural flavoured products, Chooba isn't! Its made using the purest and freshest ingredients such as 100% redblack tea, pure blossom honey as well as whole milk. We try to keep Chooba as natural as possible so we use no artificial sweetners in any part of Chooba.
We don't want to say 'Try the rest, then try the best' because that's a bit naff, but we've tried the rest and they just weren't good enough. That's why we built Chooba from the ground up and we believe that our bubble tea is the finest tasting bubble tea in the world.
Try us and find out
Other bubble teas are made of unnatural flavoured products, Chooba isn't! Its made using the purest and freshest ingredients such as 100% redblack tea, pure blossom honey as well as whole milk. We try to keep Chooba as natural as possible so we use no artificial sweetners in any part of Chooba.
We don't want to say 'Try the rest, then try the best' because that's a bit naff, but we've tried the rest and they just weren't good enough. That's why we built Chooba from the ground up and we believe that our bubble tea is the finest tasting bubble tea in the world.
Try us and find out
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How To Cook Your Choobubbles
A step by step guide to getting your Chooba drink just perfect
Choobubbles are really quick and easy to make. When you can
cook pasta, you certainly can cook Choobubbles.
Here is how its done:
Always use a 8:1 ratio, water to Choobubbles.
Once they have been coated in the sugar syrup they can be stored in a sealed tub for the day, when you want to use them simply pop them in the tea.
NOTE: Different people have different preferences on how their Choobubbles should be cooked. We try to cook them to suit everyone but if they aren't to how you like them try these tips. If you want them softer try cooking them for longer, or if you prefer them chewy then cook them for less time. Here at Chooba we find the ideal consistancy is stightly softer than a gummy bear!
Visit our FAQ section for any queries
cook pasta, you certainly can cook Choobubbles.
Here is how its done:
Always use a 8:1 ratio, water to Choobubbles.
- Boil water in a large pot.
- Add Choobubbles to the BOILING water.
(Choobubbles would simply dissolve in cold
or tepid water). - Stir initially to prevent Choobubbles from
sticking to the bottom of the pot. - Boil for about 8 minutes with a cover on.
- Rinse the cooked Choobubbles in cold water and drain out.
- Cover Choobubbles with brown sugar or honey.
Once they have been coated in the sugar syrup they can be stored in a sealed tub for the day, when you want to use them simply pop them in the tea.
NOTE: Different people have different preferences on how their Choobubbles should be cooked. We try to cook them to suit everyone but if they aren't to how you like them try these tips. If you want them softer try cooking them for longer, or if you prefer them chewy then cook them for less time. Here at Chooba we find the ideal consistancy is stightly softer than a gummy bear!
Visit our FAQ section for any queries
Chooba In The Press
We love Chooba - but dont just take our word for it, see what others have written about us:
- Evoke Art & Design Press Release
- Evoke Art & Design is a creative hub covering news and events on art, design, glass, ceramics, furniture, photography and much more.
It also holds work for sale on its online shop. - Sunderland Life Press Release
- Sunderland Life is are a young dynamic e-magazine company covering news and events in the North East of England
- Chooba in the Press
- Visit the Press section of www.chooba.co.uk to see reviews from The Crack, Degrees North, The Sunderland Echo and The Journal
Bubble Tea on YouTube!!
Find out what weird & wonderful things people get upto with this drink
Wikepedia: Bubble Tea
Pearl milk tea discription and brief history
Bubble tea is a tea beverage that originated in Taiwan in the 1980s. The term "bubble" refers to the tapioca balls in the drink. These chewy tapioca balls, or "pearls," are consumed along with the beverage through a wide straw.
Bubble tea is extremely popular in Asia, California, and Canada. Bubble tea is especially popular in many East Asian regions such as Taiwan, Brunei, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The correct term for bubble tea is actually "Pearl milk tea" - "Bubble Tea" in Chinese actually refers to a modern method of beverage preparation.
There are two shops that claim to be the first creator of Bubble Tea. One is Liu Han Chie, who worked in Chun Shui Tang teahouse, Taichung City, Taiwan in the early 1980s, and experimented with cold milk tea by adding fruit, syrup, candied yams, and tapioca balls. Although the drink was not popular at first, a Japanese television show generated interest among businessmen. The drink became well-known in most parts of East and Southeast Asia during the 1990s.
An alternative origin is the Hanlin Teahouse in Tainan City, Taiwan, owned by Tu Tsong He. Hanlin Bubble tea is made by adding traditional white fenyuan, which have an appearance of pearls, supposedly resulting in the so-called "pearl tea." Shortly after, Hanlin changed the white fenyuan to the black, as it is today.
For the full version of the entry on bubble tea visit Wikipedia
Bubble tea is extremely popular in Asia, California, and Canada. Bubble tea is especially popular in many East Asian regions such as Taiwan, Brunei, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The correct term for bubble tea is actually "Pearl milk tea" - "Bubble Tea" in Chinese actually refers to a modern method of beverage preparation.
There are two shops that claim to be the first creator of Bubble Tea. One is Liu Han Chie, who worked in Chun Shui Tang teahouse, Taichung City, Taiwan in the early 1980s, and experimented with cold milk tea by adding fruit, syrup, candied yams, and tapioca balls. Although the drink was not popular at first, a Japanese television show generated interest among businessmen. The drink became well-known in most parts of East and Southeast Asia during the 1990s.
An alternative origin is the Hanlin Teahouse in Tainan City, Taiwan, owned by Tu Tsong He. Hanlin Bubble tea is made by adding traditional white fenyuan, which have an appearance of pearls, supposedly resulting in the so-called "pearl tea." Shortly after, Hanlin changed the white fenyuan to the black, as it is today.
For the full version of the entry on bubble tea visit Wikipedia
Wikipedia: Bubble Tea Names
"Chooba" is only one of many names!
Different names
Bubble (milk) tea has many other names (apologies for the use of language Squidoo does not support chinese), including:
Chinese
Bubble (milk) tea has many other names (apologies for the use of language Squidoo does not support chinese), including:
Chinese
- "bubble black tea" (Pinyin: paomo heicha), used mainly in Taiwan
- "bubble milk tea" (Pinyin: paomo naicha), used mainly in Taiwan
- "pearl milk tea" (Hanyu Pinyin: zhenzhu naicha; Tongyong Pinyin: jhenjhu naicha), in Taiwanese (Min Nan) and Chinese usage
- "large pearls milk tea" (Hanyu Pinyin: boba naicha; Tongyong Pinyin: boba naicha), used mainly in southern Taiwan for the large-pearl kind; tea with smaller pearls is called "pearl milk tea"
- "black pearl milk tea" (Hanyu Pinyin: hei zhenzhu naicha; Tongyong Pinyin: hei jhenjhu naicha), (less common)
- "(milk) tea pearl" (Hanyu Pinyin: (nai) cha zhenzhu; Tongyong Pinyin: (nai) cha jhenjhu), (less common)
- pearl (milk) tea or drink
- tapioca milk tea drink
- milk pearl tea or drink
- black pearl (milk) tea or drink
- (milk) tea pearl
- boba (milk) tea or drink
- Chooba tea or drink
- tapioca (milk) tea or drink
- bubble tea
- bubble milk
- Tra sua tran chau (Vietnamese): literally "pearl milk tea"
- (Korean): literally "Boba drink/tea", "bubble tea"
- (Japanese): transliterated "tapioca tea"
- (Thai): literally "pearl tea"
- SAGO (Tagalog): literally "tapioca pearls" (Sago at Gulaman "Tapioca Pearls & Agar-Agar Jelly" are the popular versions in Philippines)
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